Posts tagged Hyattsville
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On the calendar: Happy hours, festivals, and a bike race/scavenger hunt
Streetcar Happy Hour: The Sierra Club and streetcar supporters are holding a happy hour on Wednesday, August 18th, beginning at 6:00 pm on the second floor of SOVA, which is located at 1359 H Street NE. Keep reading…
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Join GGW for a happy hour on August 19
It’s time for another GGW Happy Hour. And you’re invited! Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Affordable and accessible
We’re really affordable!; Every bus stop is political; PG snow debate neglects pedestrians?; Bloggers for WMATA Board?; GPS making us dumb?; Congress to dig holes, point transit systems into it?; Development dispatches. Keep reading…
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Park and Planning closing commuter routes at dark
We don’t close main arterial streets at night even if a road is less safe. So why do many local governments close walking paths and bicycle trails, even ones that are used as commuting routes? Reader Bianchi wrote in with a report: My S.O. and I bought a house in Historic Hyattsville this fall. He uses the Northwest Branch bike trail to get to either West Hyattsville metro… Keep reading…
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33-story “iconic building” proposed for Hyattsville
While LifeSci Village, Percontee’s proposed community of homes, shops and research facilities in Calverton, waits for Montgomery County’s approval, they are turning to Hyattsville, where they’ve envisioned one of the most ambitious urban redevelopment projects in the region. The existing Belcrest Plaza is a 1960’s-era garden apartment community… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Outdoor people and places
Car-Free photos; Anti H Street festival; Better pictures of the huge bike; High taxes for blight but not vacancy; MWAA now a road-widening agency?; A little relief on BRAC; NTSB: Fix the mystery track circuits; Grants grants grants; And…. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Around and about the Beltway
Wheaton is smart; Hyattsville is getting smarter; East County loses again; Tuss recovers from EDJS, CCT still ailing; Don’t carpool; you might cost Virginia money; The best car; Good ol’ WSJ; What do futures traders know about oil?. Keep reading…
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Hyattsville: the next Bethesda, or the next River Terrace?
Hyattsville has seen a great deal of promising development in the last few years. The crown jewel, the Hyattsville Arts District, has inspired the moniker “the new Bethesda,” insinuating good houses, potential for retail, and transit access. It’s one place in Prince George’s County where elements of transit oriented development are starting to flourish. Keep reading…
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Hyattsville approves sidewalks over objections
Sometimes, even sidewalks are controversial. In Hyattsville, many narrow streets never had sidewalks; as the city has grown, this has become a pedestrian safety problem. Yesterday, the Hyattsville City Council passed a resolution to add sidewalks to a few neighborhood streets around Prince George’s Plaza. Keep reading…
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Digging the parking hole deeper
The Washington area is deeply schizophrenic about whether it wants to be a city of driving and parking or of people and transit. While DC is working hard to put mixed-use high-density development next to many of its stations, plans in Foggy Bottom and West Hyattsville call for more parking than should be necessary. Whether a city is car-dependent or transit-accessible is… Keep reading…