Posts tagged National Gallery
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Architect I. M. Pei, designer of “notorious” DC buildings, has died
World-renowned architect I.M. Pei, most known for designing the East Building of the National Gallery of Art and L'Enfant Plaza in DC and the glass pyramid at the entrance to the Louvre in Paris, has died at the age of 102. We first published this article on April 26, 2017. We're sharing it again today in his honor. Keep reading…
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Historic preservation in DC prioritizes the loudest neighbors, not the finest buildings
Squeaky wheels turn to historic preservation because it’s the most powerful regulatory tool in a municipality's land-use arsenal. Since every resident “squeaky wheel” is invited to request historic designation for just about any site in the District, many do — and overwhelmingly, they succeed. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more problems
Poverty rising in the east; Service cut snapshots; DC workers left behind; Circulator buses safer; Arlington acts on Airbnb; Keeping housing affordable; SelectPass success; Teen riders speak; Derailment in Hoboken; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Turning the corner
A new era?; Behind the Metro mess; More safety inspections; Stuck in the door; Good news for CaBi; Fountain’s revival; Alexandria skyscraper; Take two for gas-to-condos; Taming transit costs; 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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Breakfast links: It’s clear now
Bike lanes get clear; Kidnapped for taxi fare?; Bikeshare comes to more Metro stations; DC Water passes on Anacostia facility; Public housing faces huge shortfall; BRT for Arlington; Bad road gets worse; 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: Getting what you want
McDonnell gets his WMATA seat; DC readies for shutdown; Dulles station criticism takes off; Security can’t help us; Rental vacancies low in DC; Cities growing out and up; Denver kills diagonal crossings; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Friction over lanes
Gabe Klein busts illegal parkers; Real economists get bike lanes; NYC BRT “creeps” downward; John Galt had a high-speed train; Idaho and New Mexico Stop?; DC’s heliport may reopen; FTC HQ Mica’s only priority; And…. Keep reading…