Posts tagged Nbm
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Here’s how DC’s youth are getting involved in urban planning
Teens from around the region recently built an exhibit at the National Building Museum to show what they know about city planning and design. It’s one of many examples of how local youth are plugging into the world of urban planning. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Building safe communities
This week, join the discourse in Alexandria about Eisenhower West and learn about safe commutes to school. Looking ahead, don’t miss a presentation of new ideas for Buzzard Point and don’t forget to register for Transportation Camp 2015. Safe routes to school: A safe commute to school is an integral part of any community. With missing pedestrian infrastructure,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put it in the burbs
FBI should head for suburban pastures; Maintain streetcars at NVCC; Cafritz project still in fierce debate; Crimefighting tool or privacy invasion?; What Washington could have been; Make way, NBA players and owners, for WMATA; Dial 522-3333, pay more; Getting off the hill and into the mayor’s office. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Urban features come to Montgomery
Streetcar to Silver Spring?; Berliner against anti-urban Walmarts; Mall owner prefers a town instead; Jobs outstrip housing; Parking meter aesthetics matter; HPRB nominees: 6 months later, no changes; Food stamps down in DC, up in MD, VA; WMATA questions 14-hour workdays; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery a prime example of “how housing matters”
It’s not often that 2 members of the Presidential Cabinet sit down for a morning chat before a crowd of several hundred spectators. Last week, however, at the National Building Museum’s “How Housing Matters” Conference, Secretary Shaun Donovan of HUD and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the Health and Human Services did just that. The keynote… Keep reading…
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Sustainability and equity should be part of development
Making American cities sustainable is about much more than just greener buildings. Programs such as economic development initiatives can contribute to sustainability and need to incorporate equity for residents, said speakers on a recent panel at the National Building Museum. The Penn Institute for Urban Research, along with the Urban Institute, Next American City, and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Lined up two-by-two
Region sees flash floods; Dupont may lose an entrance; Countdown to the bus; Redesign 3 Mall sites; Watch out for falling trusses; Is communication Gray’s problem?; Obama pushes infrastructure, Republicans push back; And…. Keep reading…
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Support the CaBi CANstruction and feed the hungry
In this morning’s Breakfast Links, we pointed out a sculpture of a Capital Bikeshare bike made out of cans. Builder Jorge Mayor wrote to us with more information about the project and how it helps the needy. I was part of the team that built the Capital Bikeshare bike out of Amy’s soup cans. We made a timelapse video and posted it on Youtube:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mixed news for pedestrians
Car chase on foot; Walking safer in MoCo; People like to tweet on 9 mph streets; Illegal to let a kid bike to school; Bike sharing IS transit; NNMC getting more parking; Watch where you swim; Skyland delays test patience; And…. Keep reading…