Posts tagged National Zoo
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Breakfast links: It’s Metro, just without the Metro
Metro considering huge closures; Bring back BRT; Criminal justice changing in DC; September house hunting; Seed money; Closing the 7000 gap; Clueless about race and cities; Is the Mall broke?; Transit truths; And…. Keep reading…
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Work on the Rock Creek Park Trail will fulfill a long-ago promise
Two complementary projects starting in the near future promise to completely change the bike trails in Rock Creek Park. Both will address trail issues first raised over 20 years ago. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No time like the present
Population pace; A new station; Assault on the Red Line; Funny but not funny; Home for the holidays; Zoo changes; Tis the season; Gun law change; Get serious. Keep reading…
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The National Zoo has clarified its safety concerns. Turns out you’re the problem.
The National Zoo is changing its hours because of safety concerns, but Zoo users aren’t so sure that’s necessary. The Zoo director clarified Friday that his concerns aren’t about crime or animal safety; what he’s really worried about are people jogging and running into Zoo maintenance vehicles. A November 6th email from Lyn Mento, the executive director… Keep reading…
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The National Zoo will be open for 1,000 fewer hours in 2016
Starting in 2016, the National Zoo’s grounds will be open for three fewer hours per day. Beyond not having as many chances to see the animals, the change means people who use the Zoo to walk and exercise early in the morning or late in the afternoon won’t be able to anymore. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build for bikes
Trail rebuild gets OK; Bike lanes mean more space; Bikes are the real menace!; Support for stadium?; No liquor delivery?; A bigger Circulator?; Check out affordable housing; And…. Keep reading…
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The National Zoo and DC Metro fit together. So could Baltimore’s Zoo and its Metro (but they don’t).
While Washington has a Metro stop with “Zoo” in its name, the Metro subway in Baltimore and its zoo appear to ignore each other. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Community schools may get the axe, but a school farm gets a reprieve
Nipping community schools in the bud?: This year DC funded a new program that uses schools as hubs for providing social services, but there’s no funding in next year’s proposed budget to sustain or expand the effort just as it’s getting off the ground. (DCFPI) Reprieve for farm at DCPS school: A one-acre urban farm at the Walker-Jones Education Campus off North… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Is the bar tender here?
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. Termites: the new face of gentrification?: Angry neighbors in Woodley Park argued with zoo keepers at a public meeting last night, saying that the African Termite mound at the zoo’s new insect exhibit is taller than what existing zoning allows. Silver line encounters another setback: Officials have discovered… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Northern exposure
Snow approaches; Uncertainty for CaBi vendor; The Holocaust and Purple Line; Can San Francisco be affordable?; A busier DCA; Bowser says no to 16th St. bus lane; Car-free in Greenbelt?; Less federal office space in DC; And…; And more…. Keep reading…