Posts tagged Navy Yard
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Breakfast links: We could have nice things
Tear it down; DCRA fail; Streetcar haters gonna hate; Rand won’t ride; Housing and poverty linked; USDOT threats; Buzzard Point Marina closed; Let’s move beyond the automobile. Keep reading…
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How the Navy, baseball, and government planners made Capitol Riverfront one of DC’s hottest neighborhoods
Capitol Riverfront, the area around Nats ballpark, ranks high on any list of Washington’s most rapidly transforming neighborhoods. But it took more than baseball to make that transformation happen. Keep reading…
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NoMa is one of DC’s fastest growing neighborhoods
The population of NoMa is booming, putting the neighborhood on track to be among Washington DC’s densest when it is all built out. New charts released by the NoMa Business Improvement District (BID) highlight its growth. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tee up for TOD
Transit-oriented Tysons; Metro station use; Not SmarT enough; Daring design in DeafSpace; Architecture for all; Housing market hype; From fantasy to reality. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety and security
WMATA safety; Anxious riders; Smoke scare; High fines, nope; Bad landlords face the music; Morbid start to new year; Higher gas taxes for NoVA?; Stadium deal scrutiny; Navy Yard grows; Taxis claim harassment. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dividing and conquering
Scary separation; Theft during robbery crackdown; Purple Line plowing ahead; More options for biking downtown; Right spot in Reston?; Walking toward Silver; Office parks go obsolete; Population density around the world. Keep reading…
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A lesson from NoMa: It’s important to build parks early
NoMa has laid out an ambitious plan to invest $50 million into new parks in the booming neighborhood. But rapidly rising property prices are making it increasingly difficult to realize those plans. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Protests in Charm City
Baltimore erupts; Silver slows; Mayoral legacies; Grow east young man; Let them roam; MTA moving on; The perfect spot; Building a Bridj; And…. Keep reading…
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DC proposes an incentive for three-bedroom apartments
With so many new one- and two-bedroom apartments under construction in DC, how can officials guarantee the city has enough housing for families that need bigger homes? One idea they’re considering would give developers permission to build more units in new buildings, as long as some of the added units contain at least three bedrooms each. Image from the DC Zoning Map. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lanes coming
Next bike lanes; More Metro fallout; No endangered species; A vision, realized; Candidate campaigns on Metro; The wandering museum; We’re driving less; And…. Keep reading…