Posts tagged Ivy City
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Breakfast links: Skeptic city
Shelter doubts; Safety blitz findings; On the up in Ivy City; Weekend cuts?; Car2go Arlington and DC; Wilson is fine; Smoked out in DC; Consolation fee; And…. Keep reading…
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A trail from NoMa to the National Arboretum is in the works
Planning is officially underway for a new pedestrian and bike trail parallel to New York Avenue NE. The trail would run from NoMa through Ivy City and out to the National Arboretum. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Human error
Red light problems; Bad news for buses; Bring on the user fees; WMATA Real talk; Shelter selection woes; United on MetroAccess; Alexandria housing drama; Ivy City is gonna be huge; Power to the principals; Teacher pay tension. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumps in the road
What’s next White Flint; Ivy City changes; O Street Green; Enough is enough; Go big or go home; Getting there; Bucks win; Housing on HBO. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paying and placing transit
Green for Purple; Silver at bat; No bus parking; Housing paying for transit; The housing burden; Worse before it gets better; Tokyo drifts toward zero deaths. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: If not now, when?
Light rail limbo; Waiting for transit; No U-turn; Ivy City reborn; Close to the people; Stuck; Total eclipse; Subterranean blues. Keep reading…
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Cheh funds 11th Street Bridge Park, trees and recreation for Ivy City, and an Upper Northwest pool
Transportation chair Mary Cheh has released her serious budget proposals today, and has added funding to design and build a park on the piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, give the neglected Ivy City neighborhood new trees and a recreation center, and more. Keep reading…
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DC wants charters in 4 closed schools, and KIPP is interested
Charter schools could soon occupy 4 campuses which housed DC public schools until the latest round of school closings. KIPP DC, part of the highly successful national chain of charter schools, plans to make a bid for one of them, the Hamilton school in Ivy City near Ivy City and Gallaudet. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After Boston
Cities go on high alert; Mara profited from past donors; Unbuilt VA highway already creating sprawl?; This garage is convertible; DC gov subsidizes parking more; Sidewalk wars come to Hyattsville; Big verdict for unsafe bus stop; Metro fights fatigue; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT could put tour bus parking on Southeast Freeway
DC is having trouble finding a place for tour buses to park, but DDOT might have an answer: part of the Southeast Freeway east of the 11th Street Bridge, near 14th and L Streets, SE. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has started a study to replace that last segment of the Southeast Freeway, which connects the 11th Street Bridge to Barney Circle, and redesign the circle… Keep reading…