Posts tagged Historic Preservation
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Breakfast links: Northern exposure
Snow approaches; Uncertainty for CaBi vendor; The Holocaust and Purple Line; Can San Francisco be affordable?; A busier DCA; Bowser says no to 16th St. bus lane; Car-free in Greenbelt?; Less federal office space in DC; And…; And more…. Keep reading…
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Here are the three teams who could redesign MLK Library
Designed by Mies van der Rohe, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown DC is an architectural landmark, but the 1973 building doesn’t meet the library’s needs. Can it be brought back to life? From a shortlist of ten qualified applicants, DC Public Library (DCPL) has chosen three teams: Mecanoo Architects with Martinez + Johnson, Patkau Architects… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough on transit
Poor transit hinders Baltimore; Transit benefits decrease; LA cracks down on jaywalking; Cycling’s popularity invites taxes; Utah improves traffic light efficiency; Neighbors oppose Grosvenor townhouses; DC traffic cameras will not go live; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step forward…
MARC weekend service; Silver Line delays cost millions; Food truck lottery causes retool; Pepco requests rate hike; Commuting down; Plead for Metro customer service; Overhaul in Madrid; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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See Georgetown’s historic movie theatres
Like many DC neighborhoods, Georgetown historically had several movie theatres. While none of them are still in operation today, almost all of the buildings that once held movie theatres are largely intact. Keep reading…
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Do concerts make the Wheaton Youth Center historic?
Wheaton residents want a new recreation center, but historic preservationists say the current one, where Led Zeppelin allegedly played a show in 1969, should stay. On Thursday, the Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a public hearing about whether to make the Wheaton Youth Center a historic landmark. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving On
How much did the shutdown cost Metro?; Huntington development moves forward; Virginia Sq. planning mismatch; Heating plant gets another hearing; Major bike moves in MoveDC; Green paint for bike lanes; Traffic could be worse; Taxi drivers protest credit card fees; And…. Keep reading…
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No, DC is not going to be like Paris
Supporters of DC’s height limit say restricting building heights has worked to keep Paris beautiful. But embracing the Parisian built form would have unintended consequences on DC’s neighborhoods. The mid-rise Paris that we know today was built not by a democracy, but by a mad emperor and his bulldozer-wielding prefect. As Office of Planning director Harriet… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Redevelopment a hard sell
New hotel proposed for Alexandria Waterfront; Controversial election for MLK Library; Arlington planners study parking lot size; Rockville farms for farm ideas; Vote on Purple Line delayed; Thousands apply at Marriott and Walmart; Cafe shutters in Anacostia; Ice Skating in Shaw; And…. Keep reading…