Posts tagged Historic Preservation
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Breakfast links: Paid leave makes leaps
One step closer to paid leave; Bowser meets Trump; McMillan breaks ground … sort of; Billboard bill burns brighter; Grimke back to the drawing board; More VRE, please; That’s no monument; And…. Keep reading…
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Should a “historic gas station” keep new housing units from going up in Dupont?
A new building with housing and ground-level retail was set to go up just west of Dupont Circle, but the project has stalled because some DC officials say it would harm a historic gas station building. There’s often tension between wanting to preserve historic buildings and needing to build more housing for a region that will continue to grow. We asked our contributors what they think… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Should DC block the Silver Line?
No money, no Silver Line?; Trim late night just temporarily?; Metro needs billions; Shelter limits; Fight for 15; New transportation top brass; Final ruling delayed for United; Dupont building rejected. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Election eve
Not sold on statehood; GOP out of cities; What inner city?; Transit on the ballot; Metro’s need for less speed; More Purple Line jitters; Real estate to the rescue?; Walkable future in Tysons?; Historic preservation discord; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s safety dance
A tally of Metro mistakes; Service over safety; The cost of paid family leave; The pane of history; SunTrust jumps another hurdle; Back home, for now; Uber for emergencies?; Hospital horrors; Pipe in on pipe prices; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Close call
Bad day for inspectors; Hogan changes tune on Metro funding; HPO approves SunTrust; A dozen strange Metro delays; Express bus for 14th?; Judging Maryland’s Marriott deal; Airbnb hearts inauguration; Behind Glover Park’s name. Keep reading…
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Adams Morgan could get more housing and preserve its plaza, too. But it probably won’t.
Some Adams Morgan leaders have said “no” once again to a proposal to replace an ugly 1970s bank building at the corner of 18th and Columbia. Redevelopment would destroy what’s now a plaza, but does it have to? If neighbors got over some “height-itis,” maybe not. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life’s a Beach
Bye bye Beach Drive; Still oppose SunTrust; The state of the commute; Making the rent less damn high; Salary history a thing of the past; A new shape for Fairfax; It’s Car-Free Day; Test the waters; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rollback on Walmart
Walmart, not a Prince George’s savior; Preserve Emerald Street?; Turf wars in Alexandria; WMATA’s labor problem; FCC says keep the WiFi; Beach Drive takes a vacation; Housing insecure, still; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailment could be a crime
Criminal charges for going off the rails?; Another pedestrian fatality; What’s the White House worth?; ANC on SunTrust; Another delay for Barry Farm; From cutters to condos; Deliveries in a flash for Virginians; More housing morsels…. Keep reading…