Posts tagged Historic Preservation
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LeDroit “country house” could become 14 homes
A 19th-century country house at 1922 Third Street NW is one of the LeDroit Park’s gems. It is about to receive some much needed attention. At Thursday’s ANC1B meeting, Community Three Development presented this concept to renovate the main house, to renovate the carriage house, and to build a new townhouse at the southern edge of the property. The developer… Keep reading…
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Misplaced Park View: The Georgia Theater
A Georgia Avenue theater’s historic facade has been absent and in storage since 2007, but a signed agreement with a developer calls for rebuilding and returning it to the avenue in the future. The Georgia Theater was built in 1912 and at the time it was dismantled was Washington’s oldest surviving theater after the Minnehaha, which today houses Ben’s Chili… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green and urban
Bulb-out in a box; Work for CSG; Current debates; Compartir las bicicletas; Cell phone bans best in cities?. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Silly governments and parking
Bad economy means parking lot; Not what we mean by maximums; Smarter parker; Metro needs fixing, still safest; OK, we preserved enough?; “Tarnished my respect for the police a bit”; The Martians of PG don’t mind. Keep reading…
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Preservation shouldn’t stop future history at Falkland Chase
“Whenever there is a project plan that involves a historic property, designated or not, we will testify against the project,” said Mary Reardon of the Silver Spring Historical Society. It’s not surprising that an organization devoted to preserving the history of Downtown Silver Spring would fight to save historic landmarks. In the case of Falkland Chase,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MoSnow and MoCo
More snowy stuff; Forestry above and beyond; Maryland hearing bag bill; Better(-sounding) design for Falkland Chase; Lights, camera, zoning; Lots of bike parking or not that much?; Down in Atlanta. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build more in the east
Build in Capitol Heights, not Westphalia; Preserve UMD history and add the Purple Line; Big Chair big news; Those stylish reusable bags; Sex parties are not “residential”; Ride On a little longer; Real-time Arlington. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Not going to fix itself
The word on Catoe; Promised to fix transportation? Never mind; Red Line disruptions this weekend; Evans driving distracted?; VRE still growing; Go on a diet; Let Bethesda build; Pop that out of here!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New policies for the new year
Meters go to 10; Stop the bad planning, New York!; Feed the kids local food; One fewer house; Right way to be bright; More than just red, yellow, and green; What technology could do. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Looking to history
Historic Walter Reed; Independence from B Street; Do you know?; Year of Sustainability; 5 mph less, 40% fewer deaths; And…; Thanks, Stephen!. Keep reading…