Posts tagged Historic Preservation
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Dinner links: New on the scene
Riding the Metro for the first time; This video could help; Chevy Chase candidates differ on fighting Purple Line; Take a left onto Bike Interstate 101; Specter used to be a bike messenger; Navarro wins primary; Jobs the anti-preservationist; Detroit depot as federal offices?. Keep reading…
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Tear down Third Church or I will, judge tells DC
While one judge railed against misconduct in the prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens on Tuesday, another judge in the courtroom next door sharply rebuked the DC government for its refusal to let the Third Church of Christ, Scientist at 16th and I raze their aging, concrete, historically landmarked building. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Two wheels good, beautiful stations and rising costs bad
The Segway car; Detroit razing old station; Complete the street; Metroaccess prices spiral; They can’t rent a self-storage locker or something?; PG united against United. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Do it yourself, not the old way
Design your own Oregon Metro; Silly, confusing and a waste of space; Rejected for being “too historic”; The Pullman Porters; Lewis: Cul-de-sacs aren’t safer; Overseeing bicycling; “Mystery rider” program reveals problems, may be cut. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: New news on old issues
The bag man vs. the bag bill; Eisenhower memorial or Gehry memorial?; Anacostia trolley delayed until 2012?; Sidewalk safety and suburban styling in Silver Spring; HPRB rejects sidewalk cafe, house move; How smart is it?; Ward 7 development latest to ask for parking exception. Keep reading…
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DDOT website first to get landmark status
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Full spaces, empty spaces
That’s a few bikes; Another $2 mil for the empty garage; To raze or not to raze?; Living in a city is better for the environment (but not so much in DC); Maryland’s streets are especially dangerous; Dean hates Metro delays, platform dawdlers; We’re lookin’ at you, SEPTA; PG to United: build your own soccer stadium. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: St. E’s, WABA gala, Anacostia cleanup, District 4
See St. E’s: As GSA plans to move DHS to the Saint Elizabeths West Campus come closer to fruition, the DC Preservation League is again offering a walking tour of the west campus of the National Historic Landmark on Saturday, April 4 at 10 am. Here are pictures from the last tour. You can RSVP by calling the DC Preservation League office at 202.783.5144 or emailing rsvp@dcpreservation.org. Keep reading…
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“Too big” isn’t a historic argument
What’s “historic”? The debate over what does and does not count as “historic” pervades most preservation controversies. The national criteria for deeming something historic are very broad. That’s helpful for preserving the truly historic, but people opposed to the destruction of nearly any structure can make an argument that it’s… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: bikes, brothels and bloggers
Bike lane blockers: In this comic strip, we see what happens when our hero runs across a car parked in the bicycle lane. No, no cars get keyed. (Tip: Steven) Keep reading…