Posts tagged Historic Preservation
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Breakfast links: Go the distance
Silver Line to Largo requires extra silver; Spingarn gets historic; No rentals at St. E’s?; Council committee giveth; Council committee taketh away; What changed after Rhee?; Can Amtrak ever satisfy Congress?; And…. Keep reading…
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Vacant Congress Heights building holds relics of the past
“Look at that thing! That’s an antique!” says William Alston-El as two workers in yellow vests and hard hats emerge from the long-vacant Wilson Courts in Congress Heights. The men carry an aged band saw. “Man, I’ve been working with tools my entire life and I’ve never seen anything like that,” Alston-El observes with reverence as we angle… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Veterans
Thank you, veterans; Post not local enough; Fairfax court goes light on speeding, DUI; Efficient transit = expensive housing?; Restonians want less Silver Line TOD; 3 townhouses won’t be parking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Grocery shopping
Nobody bikes for groceries?; No more Yes; Reduce car spaces, add bike spaces; Safety before ATC; More transit, fewer cars; No damage to Metro except pocketbook; Obama on transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Spingarn car barn design sounds good, but isn’t public
DDOT has apparently been hard at work designing an attractive streetcar maintenance facility at the corner of Benning Road and 26th Street, NE. They’ve worked extensively with historic preservation officials on what sounds like a good design, but still have yet to release it publicly. Today, DDOT presented the concept design to the Historic Preservation Review Board… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hunker down
Sandy shuts down transportation; Farragut Crossing a hit; CaBi gets ads; No love for Hoover; Bus garage at AFRH?; And…. Keep reading…
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Union Station Main Hall redesign is close, but not quite right
The Main Hall at Washington Union Station is undergoing a redesign that will eliminate the Center Cafe, punch holes in the floor for escalators to the lower level food court, and change the room’s furniture layout. Keep reading…
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Demolition and restoration continues at Big K Site
On the 2200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Anacostia there is the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory. The past is still the present; there was a shooting down the street near the corner with Good Hope Road last Wednesday afternoon. But the future is now; 2228 MLK is just a memory while the long neglected 2234 is being stabilized. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Course correction
Heights not yet achieved; Almost one illegal U-turn a minute; Healthier ways to got to health jobs; Gray lukewarm on lower fines; Historic garages?; Berliner backs taxes to pay for transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Glenmont Arcade shows Montgomery’s commercial history
With its distinctive sign, the Glenmont Arcade was a local landmark and an emblem of Montgomery County’s suburbanization after World War II. But as the county prepares to redevelop Glenmont, will it still have a place in the community? Located in the Glenmont Shopping Center at Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road, the Glenmont Arcade is like a little mall-within-a-strip… Keep reading…