Posts tagged Nps
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Gen Xers and Millennials are not going away
Members of the baby boom generation gave immeasurably of themselves to help their children succeed. But when those children want to participate in public policy decisions, at least a few people think the members of Generation X or the Millennials should still be seen and not heard. Those who want an occasional window into the “get off my lawn” mentality in DC keep… Keep reading…
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What are your top issues with federal parkland in DC?
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is organizing a town hall to talk about National Park Service-controlled parkland in the District of Columbia on October 25. I’ll be participating on a panel. What issues or requests should I bring up? Norton convened a town hall last year after a coalition of parks advocates and other activists, including myself, called attention… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving on
There was history before you; Ride sharing apps meet regulators; CEO cuts corners, trees; Line dead in suicide; SHA goes on a diet; GOP hates cities?; Texas faces high cost of roads; And…. Keep reading…
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Vancouver-style Anacostia ferries and the Water Mall
Vancouver’s False Creek ferries shuttle people between major attractions and neighborhoods, activating their waterway. Yesterday, we discussed whether a similar program could achieve the same for the Anacostia River. Could a connected Anacostia become a significant destination or even a second, water-borne National Mall? The False Creek ferries run every 5-10… Keep reading…
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How about Why Don’t We Control Our Own Parks Day?
Park(ing) Day (which is today; go check out a pop-up parklet at 12th and G, 1350 Pennsylvania, or 1101 Wilson in Rosslyn) started out as a guerrilla performance art project to call attention to how little public space on streets goes to people. In DC, there’s a different parks-related issue that needs attention: The obstacles to actually programming the parks we have. In… Keep reading…
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Tregoning, Wells bash blank wall on Ukraine memorial
DC Office of Planning Director Harriet Tregoning and Councilmember Tommy Wells criticized the design for the planned memorial to the Ukrainian Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 on Massachusetts Avenue near Union Station, primarily for of the way it turns a blank wall to F Street. Both ultimately voted against the design at yesterday’s meeting of the National Capital Planning… Keep reading…
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Highway would fuel sprawl, pave over history at Manassas
In July 1861, the Union and Confederacy met at Manassas (Bull Run) in the first great clash of armies in the Civil War. On August 28-30, 1862, the armies clashed in the Second Battle of Manassas. Exactly 150 years later, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is proposing a highway through the historic landscape of Manassas, with particularly harmful impact on the landscape… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New growth in old places
CaBi comes to Alexandria; Where the growth is; Around the field; Circle in the sky; Planning roots; Romney’s record on smart growth; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Battle plans
Transportation battle at Manassas; MoCo gets bus bill; More Silver oversight; That smell; Teens imagine recreation bridge; Big BRT or big lanes?; Green roofs get more green; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Heat wave
Heat to blame; Wave bye to heat wave; I70 turns in sigs; Another tech tax break; Wild city; Bike more places in parks; Less smart growth; And…. Keep reading…