Posts tagged Memorials
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Baltimore’s World War I memorial is falling apart
Nearly 100 years after World War I, Baltimore’s memorial is badly deteriorated, and going ignored. As of now, nobody has plans to fix it. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s ride!
Streetcars are open; Retired trains; Separation of powers?; 11th Street bridge in 2019; Fix Fed buildings; Shelter-skelter; Baker attacks Hogan; The architecture of oppression. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Show of force
Increased police presence; Displaced in Chinatown; Frager’s gets family friendly; A DC for you and me; A memorial to?; Eyes on Kawasaki; A different way on delays; Charm City demolition; Urban revival trends; Live near work, for less. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver clouds and linings
Silver hurt Metro?; Silver helped Fairfax; Can you hear me now?; A second chance for Ramsey; Restaurant restrictions in Georgetown; Bi-County Parkway voted out; Unbalanced statues. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: For a safer system
Metro’s crime spike; No new fares; Unnecessary shutdown; Blizzard’s hefty price tag; Where’s our interchange?; New afforable housing projects; Picking Purple Line builders; Marriott’s decision deadline; No ballot initiative; Memorial sneak peek. Keep reading…
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The winner of a design competition will build the WWI Memorial. Here’s what that means.
Today, the sponsor of the World War I Memorial will choose the winner of its design competition, meaning we’ll get a sense for what the memorial will look like in the end. Whether or not design competitions succeed depends heavily the work that goes into planning them. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: She’s got a ticket to ride
Don’t cross the Potomac; Ride On or not; Split or ride alone; Death on the road; Pershing Park proposals; Count them; Housing vouchers; Cash money; Hot stations; Fun fun fun. Keep reading…
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Go ahead, wade in the memorial
Wading in the World War II memorial is emphatically not allowed. Solemnity is the officially preferred emotion. But the memorial’s buoyant design inherently invokes liveliness, and strict rules violate the spirit of the war against fascism. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving the goalposts
Don’t toll me, bro; Towing the line; Bikeshare by the numbers; All school and no play; Statehood song takes off; Speed tickets slow; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ooh shiny
More CaBi bikes; Hire a lawyer; Snake at the train; Changing of the guard; Stadium one step closer; Silver Spring saga; Closing time; I got a park, babe; And…. Keep reading…