Posts tagged Preservation
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Here are the three teams who could redesign MLK Library
Designed by Mies van der Rohe, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown DC is an architectural landmark, but the 1973 building doesn’t meet the library’s needs. Can it be brought back to life? From a shortlist of ten qualified applicants, DC Public Library (DCPL) has chosen three teams: Mecanoo Architects with Martinez + Johnson, Patkau Architects… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough on transit
Poor transit hinders Baltimore; Transit benefits decrease; LA cracks down on jaywalking; Cycling’s popularity invites taxes; Utah improves traffic light efficiency; Neighbors oppose Grosvenor townhouses; DC traffic cameras will not go live; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step forward…
MARC weekend service; Silver Line delays cost millions; Food truck lottery causes retool; Pepco requests rate hike; Commuting down; Plead for Metro customer service; Overhaul in Madrid; And…. Keep reading…
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McMillan plans show expansive new recreation spaces
Opponents to redeveloping the McMillan Sand Filtration Site often say it’ll result in a loss of recreation and park space. But a recent video of the proposed plan by development team Vision McMillan Partners shows a compelling vision of a site with a large park and recreational component. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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See Georgetown’s historic movie theatres
Like many DC neighborhoods, Georgetown historically had several movie theatres. While none of them are still in operation today, almost all of the buildings that once held movie theatres are largely intact. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ready to rumble
Taxi Commission meeting gets rowdy; A chicken fight; Drivers misuse Dulles Access Highway; Shutdown hurt low-wage workers most; Do subsidies steer supermarkets?; Saving one abandoned building at a time; More Red Line delays frustrate riders; Walmart plans for Oxon Hill; And…. Keep reading…
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City Year aims to cut dropout rate
City Year, a program that deploys young adults to work in high-poverty DCPS schools, helps keep attendance up and boosts learning. But it’s not clear yet that it’s achieving its goal of preventing dropouts. A national organization that has been around for 25 years, City Year’s overall aim is to reduce the number of students who drop out of high school, a figure… Keep reading…
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Do concerts make the Wheaton Youth Center historic?
Wheaton residents want a new recreation center, but historic preservationists say the current one, where Led Zeppelin allegedly played a show in 1969, should stay. On Thursday, the Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a public hearing about whether to make the Wheaton Youth Center a historic landmark. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving On
How much did the shutdown cost Metro?; Huntington development moves forward; Virginia Sq. planning mismatch; Heating plant gets another hearing; Major bike moves in MoveDC; Green paint for bike lanes; Traffic could be worse; Taxi drivers protest credit card fees; And…. Keep reading…