Posts tagged Laurel
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Breakfast links: District’s Black and white unemployment gap largest in the country
DC has the worst Black-white unemployment gap in the country. MTA to shut down Laurel MARC station for ten weeks. DC students get updated SmarTrip cards for new school year. Keep reading…
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A streetcar used to run down Rhode Island Avenue, connecting College Park and downtown DC
Most of Washington’s original “streetcar suburbs” were built within the District’s boundaries. However, one important corridor of streetcar suburbs went up in Prince George’s County, in the communities along Route 1 south of the Beltway. Keep reading…
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Laurel nearly became a pro sports metropolis. Here’s how it dodged the Bullets (and some other teams).
The city of Laurel prides itself on its small town charm and historic areas, but during the 1980s and 1990s, multiple sports owners made plans to build stadiums there. Here’s what happened next. Keep reading…
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Here’s how much of the Washington region is off-limits to growth
The US urbanist community has been profoundly shewk by Minneapolis moving last week to end single-family zoning citywide. It raises the question: How much of the Washington region is locked into the least-intensive level of land use via the type of zoning that Minneapolis will now end? Keep reading…
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Laurel nearly became a pro sports metropolis. Here’s how it dodged the Bullets (and some other teams).
The city of Laurel prides itself on its small town charm and historic areas, but during the 1980s and 1990s, multiple sports owners made plans to build stadiums there. Fortunately for Laurel— and the region— it didn’t become home to all of the region’s professional sports teams. Keep reading…
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A streetcar used to run down Rhode Island Avenue, connecting College Park and downtown DC
Most of Washington’s original “streetcar suburbs” were built within the District’s boundaries. However, one important corridor of streetcar suburbs went up in Prince George’s County, in the communities along Route 1 south of the Beltway. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro moans
Crowded commutes continue; Senators soured; Digital age; Keeping score; Not fare; Building a better College Park; Boost the parkway; Konterra coming later. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy new streetcar!?
New year’s streetcar?; Safety still lacking; Bus arrivals posted; Please take our road; Expensive offices; Veteran Metro riders; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s chat
Hear from Muriel Bowser today; Hear from David Catania next week; Olympics pro and con; Possible spots to spy; Sprawl repair in Vienna; Not in Georgetown; More historic hill?; Endangered spaces; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cool enough for Olympics?
DC for 2024 Olympics?; Touting benefits of hosting Olympics; DC unveils “cool” new marketing campaign; DC area still ranks high for meetings; Residents still unhappy with 5333 Connecticut; Suspicions confirmed?; Laurel mixed-use to promote art; Easy way to protect cyclists?; Something smells; And…. Keep reading…