Posts tagged Parks
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Breakfast links: Standing alone
And then there was one; They’re called roadside stands for a reason; Go Saqib; Not another passive park?; A safer McLean; States not fixing it first; The condo paradox; Tweet of the day. Keep reading…
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Farragut Square, 1886
The basic plan of Farragut Square (left) has been stable over the years. The only real changes that have occurred have been in lighting and foliage. The image at right, from the first quarter of the 20th century, shows the style of the gas lamps that once graced the park. Below is a list of the plants in the square in 1886. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Bikes, parks, and parking bikes
Stop it, guys; Truck hit by cyclist, poor truck; Congressmen spend more time at the mall than the Mall; Recreation? That’s not what parks are for!; Which neighborhood will get extremely green?; And…. Keep reading…
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Poplar Point planners present possibilities
Should Poplar Point become two separate districts, one extending the Anacostia neighborhood and one connecting across the river? Or should it be one neighborhood, centered around the Metro station leaving parkland along the waterfront, or activating the waterfront with a large park to one side? Should DC redevelop the Anacostia Metro garage, or leave it? These are some of… Keep reading…
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Dupont Circle, 1887
The 1887 Report of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army includes this plan of the Dupont Circle park: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peas and carrots
Building a hotel? Build a bike station too; Council holds land deals; Spoil the land for the greater good?; Hope Park?; Don’t close ‘em, add concessions; Old buildings are green; Parking around the globe; Just a little bit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Watch out
A new low; New bus bunching watchdog; Obama park?; Dangerous or uninformed?; If all spending were that dumb, we’d all agree to cut it; Portland to copy us; Boo for ghostboxes. Keep reading…
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11th Street bridges design makes some improvements
JDLand got a copy of the current design for the 11th Street bridges project. The original EIS showed a potential layout for the ramps and bridges, but DDOT asked engineering firms bidding on the project to design their own implementations. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Some other great cities do great things
Public space much better without cars; How London is greater; Who’s your Virginia governor candidate?; Fenty ignores law again, is sorry; Not so hot on Metro food; Chilling traffic on Wisconsin; New York Avenue TMP presentation short on answers. Keep reading…
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Shaw getting new pocket park
DC is turning a vacant lot on 10th Street in Shaw into a small park. While DC has 7,847 acres of parkland, almost 80% of that is in the few, very large parks such as the Mall, Rock Creek, Anacostia Park, and the large forts in River East. Plus, highway ramps such as the GW Parkway near the Memorial Bridge and the parking lots around RFK Stadium count as parks. Most residents of DC aren’t… Keep reading…