Posts tagged Marion Barry
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Breakfast links: Life of a Mayor
Marion Barry dies; Olympics group eyes venues; Improve the stadium deal; Wilson changes popular; From nowhere to NoMa; What’s next for streetcars; No Hollywood here; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcars on a roll
Streetcars live; Mayor for life fined; Candle mural too religious?; Catania files ballot petition; Traffic camera comes home; City staffer in restaurant tiff; Trolley Trail section completed; A better electric bike; Keeping gentrification positive; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver lining
Birth of a new line; Vote in Maryland; Build nothing on Bradley; Suburban inversion?; Bad stadium timing; A widening gap; Checking out the Internet; Point up, not down; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Car freedom
No car Capitol?; Marylanders worry about VMT tax; Take VRE to the fireworks; Next train in how long?!?; How to make the W&OD safer?; Gas station sculpture planned for Anacostia; Marion Barry in his own words; Lean urbanism could revive cities faster; Light rail connects Twin Cities; And…. Keep reading…
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Worried about DC gentrification? A new bill would speed it up and lose affordable housing
As housing prices rise, the few affordable units in booming neighborhoods become even more important. But a new bill in the DC Council would cut the period of time when such a unit has to remain affordable, removing affordable housing in some of DC’s fastest-changing neighborhoods. Right now, when the city subsidizes a new housing unit for sale, that unit has to remain affordable… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eat nearby
Fancy food for St. Elizabeths; Graham throws dirt, hits self; DC’s just roads and parking to you?; Train goes up stairs; Silver Line too bureacratic?; Crash victims get memorial park; Kids lose out; People are happy with DC; Build for cars, transit costs more; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Planes, trains, and automobiles
More flights and people for DCA; Metro eyes station development; Brookland keeps a green; Normal weekend Metro service (for now); HOT in Virginia; Sordid road; Not so cooperative; Group fights zoning restrictions; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A hop, skip, and a jump
A new Hopscotch Bridge; New approach to New Communities; A much bigger Reston; New allies for bikes and peds; Entrepreneurial enterprises; Development downers; Sneckdowns inspire upgrades; And…. Keep reading…
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Playgrounds show how far DC has come in 20 years
Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced that DC will renovate 8 more playgrounds next year, bringing his “Play DC” project to a total of 40 playgrounds. That’s a far cry from the 1990s, when residents who wanted a new playground were basically left to fend for themselves. The District is allocating $1 million for each of those playground makeovers. And… Keep reading…
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The DC Council tells Congress: “We don’t want to make our own choices”
On Tuesday, the DC Council sent a message to Congress on the subject of self-determination. That message: “Congress, please don’t give us more control over our city. We need you to tell us what’s good for us. We don’t want to make our own choices.” Keep reading…