Posts tagged Mount Vernon Square
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Breakfast links: Less glass
Intelsat more suburban, its building less?; Modern buildings: stay in Seattle; Culture of mediocrity rules; CaBi gets more people biking; Some schools newly popular; See a building on wheels; Cyclist receives mercy; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Densification
Glenmont Sector Plan unveiled; BRAC for the civies; Big Chair relaunches, reopens; An encouraging but timid plan for the Mall; What to call gentrification by non-whites; Fight for your right to cycle; On the polycentric metro region; Towards healthier transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: World-sized ideas
Will giant globe perch over freeway?; Dupont underground movies?; What agencies say about buildings; Petition against the sidepath law; Height limit = high prices in one city; Traffic is bad for you, biking good; The decline of pedestrian rights; And…. Keep reading…
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New hope emerges for the Historical Society
After nearly a decade of publicized struggles at the Historical Society of Washington, a newfound optimism has emerged that this steward of the city’s past will not itself fade into history. The organization shut down this summer, unable to pay its staff or afford its high electric bills and maintenance of its headquarters, the Carnegie Library on Mount Vernon Square. After… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Easy fix might not be easy
It’s hard to relieve traffic (without pricing); Just try following speed limits; Will HUD stop undermining mixed-use?; Red light runner hits Tregoning; “Virtual tunnel”? Got a better name?; Capitol Riverfront/Curly W station?; MetroAccess not growing, more confusing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More jobs
Gray unveils more economic development details; Electronics maker to St. E’s; Demolition by divine neglect; MetroAccess riders suing over possible TB exposure; In transit-rich neighborhood, but transit not so useful; Get searched to hear music, see sculptures; Keeping Md. drivers & cyclists ignorant; Arrest made in parade shooting; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What feds are up to
Amtrak privatization plan stirs debate; House keeps riders, doesn’t add more; Park Police make things up; FBI tried hard to bribe Graham; Metro getting safer; Henderson: Still effective, more friendly; On the sidewalk; Bus lanes go far, almost. Keep reading…
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“Jackmandered” redistricting puts self-interest over sense
Last week, the DC Council redistricting committee issued its proposed boundaries, which included a strange and surprising line between Ward 2 and 6 which moves territory based on the personal and political self-interest of one person, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans. At-large members Michael Brown and Phil Mendelson have let themselves be complicit in this clear conflict… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mixed feelings
Welcome diversity or dog-park invaders?; Walmart can be good for small retailers; Height limit raisers include Gray; Inexperience a factor in derailment; Streetcars bring access, investment; Arlington, Alexandria cooperate on bus lanes; What’s faster than a bus?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s effective?
Tommy talks Metro & bags; MD smart growth policies ineffective; Councilmember Biddle; Another fight in Metro station; Metro to use 3-day weekend closures more; Developments in the works for 2011; NY Ave redevelopment not held up by historic preservation; Ohio puts interstate extension in multimodal plan; And…. Keep reading…