Posts tagged Libraries
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Breakfast links: Metro screaming, Metro silence
You make me wanna shout; Speak up, Metro; Make way for museum; Contractor controversy; Toning down the Confederacy; Cute little problems; New home for bookworms; Walking in the rain; Point taken (literally); No permits for pop-up stands. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Francis A. Gregory Library
Some of DC’s most interesting architecture is hiding in its least-visited neighborhoods. The dynamic glass and timber Francis A. Gregory Library, which was designed by the same architect that brought DC the new African American history museum, sits on Alabama Avenue SE, near the Maryland border. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to find housing
DC short on housing stock; Sprawl isn’t cheap; NoVa’s big rail and road plan; Church conversion; Obama’s architect; Reunited and it feels so good; Bus showdown in Albuquerque; Autopilot death; Party on the roof. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Catch the bus
BRT or bust; Hit the ground running; Keep it simple; DC’s dime; Office worker walkers; Feds riding Metro; Transit saves you money; Fairfax school space available; Ditch this deal; And…. Keep reading…
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New developments at Reston Town Center North are closer to breaking ground
Plans are underway for redeveloping the library and homeless shelter that sit on the 50-acre plot north of Reston Town Center. These sites are the first part of a project that aims to build a new street grid with a central park, mixed-use buildings with housing, and a rec center. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring is a more complete place thanks to its new library
Downtown Silver Spring’s library opened just over a week ago, and it’s more than just a building full of books. The new library is full of things that are there to help the community, like meeting spaces and a coffee shop and, in the future, a transit stop. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Infrastructure
Too fast; Bad timing; MoCo’s branch begins; Sexy buses; Budget blows; No cause for celebration; CaBi saves cash; Damaged; Making transit happen; Poor placement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shifting service
Streetcar service cuts; CaBi counts; It’s just parking; Say cheese?; Building out; Country clubbing; Mind the gap; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Congratulations, it’s a train!
Birth of a Metro car; Deja vu?; I can’t see them; In n’ out; Diet commitments; Marines on the move; The library goes to school; Cooped up; Gotta go; “Up” house floating away; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Next stop?
Surface rail is on shaky ground; Will Reeves remain?; Reverends for rain gardens; Take down a parking lot; Busboys to Anacostia; Cycletracks safer for peds; Bell tolls for toll roads; And…. Keep reading…