Posts tagged Photos
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Greater Greater Washington is on Instagram!
Are you on Instagram? So are we! Check us out, and tag your own urbanist-related photos with #greatergreaterwashington, #ggwash, and #ggw so they become part of the Greater Greater Washington universe. "The pickle" helps look out for problems on Metro's tracks. #ggw #ggwash #greatergreaterwashington… Keep reading…
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See the view from atop The Cairo
The Cairo is DC’s oldest and tallest residential skyscraper. When it opened in 1894, policymakers were so troubled over its height that they soon enacted the District’s famous height limit. 121 years later, The Cairo still towers over Dupont so much that it offers one of the city’s best views. Keep reading…
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Metro’s flooded stations, in pictures
The water main break that temporarily flooded parts of Metrorail this morning was painful for commuters. These photos from Metro’s Twitter account show just how serious the flood became. Keep reading…
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The Potomac Yard transitway is looking good
Construction on Alexandria’s Route 1 transitway is coming along, in anticipation of its August 24 opening. These pictures show the station at Route 1 and Custis Avenue. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Coming and going
Boomers are choosing cities too; Mark Center, Mark II; DC taxis face new competition; How accurate are city growth models?; Build affordable; Tysons was once just a crossroads; What is necessary for successful cycling?; And…. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Education launches a photo pool
As Greater Greater Education continues to grow, we’re looking for your photos to help us fill in the picture of education in DC. Keep reading…
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Density on U Street?
I got my first taste of local politics last month by attending the Dupont Circle ANC meeting. DC is divided into a number of regions each with an Advisory Neighborhood Commission, a group of unpaid local elected representatives. They do have certain powers, such as reviewing and approving liquor license applications, though most of the board’s actions are advisory, like giving… Keep reading…
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The soul-crushing emptiness of downtown DC
410,000 people enter Washington, DC each weekday (as of 2005), the second-largest increase of any American city. But if you walk around large parts of downtown in the middle of the day, you might not think so. So many buildings face inward, with their public spaces in central courtyards cut off from the fabric of the city, feeding their workers in indoor cafeterias, leaving the… Keep reading…
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“We Are Smart Growth”
You know Smart Growth—the philosophy of building “compact, transit- Keep reading…
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Charleston
Last month, I visited Charleston for the Democratic debate. Here are my thoughts on the debate itself. The next day, I got to walk around historic Charleston. It has some beautiful old Southern houses, and some great commercial streets with historic brightly colored townhouses. For a small city, it has some pedestrian activity in the evenings, though the jobs aren’t downtown… Keep reading…