Posts tagged Memorials
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Breakfast links: Utterly official
Another option, please; Purple Line delayed again; White flag; The People’s House; Construction blocks; Better buses; Stamp of approval; Strike snarls commutes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Park and ride
Far from home; All inclusive; No parking for you; Density debate; Never gonna give you up; Pedal up; Not in her, er, driveway?; Picture perfect; Facelift. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Almost there
Stadium deal nearly done; DC taxi app; Memorializing Barry; Purple Line lobbying; Transit for Prince William; Changing Rosslyn’s sidewalks; Lots of bridges; Mass transit crime myth; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eminent, imminent
Stadium negotiations; Trash or treasure; The name game; Enough with the monuments; Shelter successes; Election timing; Cell correlation; How to win a bike lane; 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…
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Breakfast links: Taxi money
Driven out; Hailo for less-o; A freeway revolt in the making?; Cycletracks can reduce car congestion; Transportation is key to sustainability; Will garden cities help housing costs?; How to be polite; Memorial for freed slaves; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Clock’s ticking
Will the stadium deal happen?; Maryland limits speed cameras; Conventions might’ve been on the Mall; One year, zero fatalities; Ozone and cyclists; Caribbean’s problems are urban; And…. Keep reading…
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How politics sank a radical monument 105 years ago
The simple Commodore Barry monument in Franklin Square gets lost among the many dead generals of Washington. The original design was very different, but was scuttled amid battles over how much a memorial in Washington, and immigrants in American society, should maintain a clear identity or assimilate into the conventional. Keep reading…
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How much will the Eisenhower memorial cost?
How much would Frank Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial cost? A lot, but not more than other similar memorials if you adjust for the rising cost of construction. At the recent National Capital Planning Commission meeting, the memorial’s executive architect, Daniel Feil, stated that the hard costs, including parts and labor, of their design, include the… Keep reading…
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NCPC sends Eisenhower Memorial design back for changes
After a five-hour hearing yesterday, the National Capital Planning Commission decided not to approve the current design for the Eisenhower Memorial. Although the commissioners praised various elements of the design, they found that the size and location of the 80-foot metal tapestries unacceptably disrupted key viewsheds and divided the site too starkly. Keep reading…