Posts tagged History
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DC’s downtown wasn’t supposed to be where it is. Here’s how it migrated
George Washington and Pierre L’Enfant envisioned a very different city when they laid out plans for the Capitol. Part I of a three-part series discusses what changed for the nation’s capital between the 1700s and World War II. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Administrative issues hampering nonprofits’ use of DC homelessness aid
DC housing nonprofits returning federal aid for unhoused due to staffing and administrative challenges. Regional tap water has odd taste due to prevalence of algae byproducts. Baltimore considers land bank to tackle vacant housing crisis. Keep reading…
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DC’s historic board voted to protect a non-historic parking lot. Why?
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board protected a non-historic parking lot in Chevy Chase. The decision indulges the desire (of some) to use historic preservation to override zoning and prevent development, and defies HPRB’s own precedents. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Identifying 41 Alexandria streets named for Confederate leaders and likely to be renamed
Alexandria report identifies 41 streets named for Confederate leaders to be renamed. Despite high interest rates, tough competition for upper NW DC homes. Metro’s bus network redesign includes Tysons-to-Bethesda route. Keep reading…
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Downtown DC’s recovery hinges on one word
Stop focusing on forcing workers to return to the office in cars. DC has bigger questions to answer. Keep reading…
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Greenbelt and Langston Terrace planners promised quality housing — and to improve residents’ morality
The unique New Deal planned communities were designed to address DC’s acute housing shortage in the 1930s and uplift the virtue of residents, but ultimately failed to live up to their full promise. Keep reading…
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Tastee Diner is not Silver Spring’s soul
I wondered why I can’t just give in and enjoy Tastee Diner the same way. One reason is that, for a few reasons, I didn’t go to Tastee Diner much. The other is that to say one diner marks the decline of an entire community is short-sighted. Keep reading…
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Goojie? Gootie? Google? Googie.
The fight over a 1960s-era dry cleaners in Silver Spring reveals a major problem with how the county handles historic designation, and we may have ended up with the right outcome despite the law. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Red Line trains suspended Monday morning due to person killed on tracks
Person dies on Red Line tracks during Monday’s rush hour. Downtown DC needs more amenities to be livable. Audit finds Maryland Toll Authority overcharged thousands of users. Keep reading…
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Study: Vision Zero cannot succeed without examining racism and classism in land-use
A recent study presents the idea that Vision Zero cannot succeed unless racism and classism in land-use is addressed. Keep reading…