Posts tagged Mbt
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Breakfast links: Latest addition to the Met Branch Trail is now open
New stretch of the MBT is complete. It’s primary day in DC. Report shows housing discrimination in Fairfax County. And more in today’s Breakfast links. Keep reading…
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NoMa wants your help naming its new large park
The NoMa Parks Foundation has begun the process of selecting a name for its new large park off the Metropolitan Branch Trail. Taking into account some of the controversy over naming the space directly after the neighborhood, the organization is looking to local history and landmarks for possible ideas. Keep reading…
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A new park where the Met Branch Trail curves at R Street has a final design
A big new park is coming to Eckington, just south of where the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) meets R Street NE. There will be a large green space that can be used to host events, along with a playground and dog park. Keep reading…
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Two new sections of the Metropolitan Branch Trail are in the works
Some day in the not-too-distant future, the Metropolitan Branch Trail will run through Fort Totten on its way up to Silver Spring. It will also run as a separate bikeway near the Brookland Metro rather than sharing space with cars on 8th Street NE. Keep reading…
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Residents of these apartments will be able to walk straight out their front door and onto the Met Branch Trail
Where the Metropolitan Branch Trail meets R Street in DC's Eckington neighborhood, there's a fenced off piece of land that will soon become a park. The developer that owns half of the site has plans for a housing and retail building that goes hand in hand with the park, trail, and surrounding neighborhood. Keep reading…
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A passageway between the Met Branch Trail and Florida Ave is coming, and it just got a big upgrade
Back in the summer, the company behind the Washington Gateway development just off the Metropolitan Branch Trail updated plans for a “bike lobby” in the bottom of one of its new buildings. At that point, the plan was to enclose the it with glass walls but, thanks to community input, the space will no longer be enclosed, and it will be open for longer hours. Keep reading…