Posts tagged Preservation
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Breakfast links: How well does it score?
Rate the TOD; Growth of a deaf-friendly neighborhood; Georgetown students for classical style; It’s style, not size, at McMillan; Development details; “End of Autopia”; Where the groceries are; Parking minimums in NYC; Sprawl and suicide?; And…. Keep reading…
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Preservation board members regret ever allowing roof decks
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board approved a roof deck for a row house near 15th and T last month, but not before a few members lamented ever setting a precedent of allowing them in the first place. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walmart’s threat
Walmart might pull back; Is Walmart bluffing?; Marijuana bills moving; More of SW is historic; More crashes in Fairfax; Behond the new Sherman; Metro morsels; See where the hipsters are; Not much reason in highway rankings; We could use some CA HSR right now; And…. Keep reading…
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Nader-backed group opposes creative reuse of MLK Library
Even before proposals have been made, the District Dynamos, an off-shoot of Ralph Nader’s Library Renaissance Project, says they’ll oppose any attempt to modernize, renovate or substantially change the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown DC with a private partner. Discussions about the the library’s future began in 2006. The building,… Keep reading…
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As streetcar work kicks into gear, details emerge
It’s going to be the summer of streetcar in DC, with increasingly rapid progress visible on H Street and at the vehicle testing site in Anacostia. At last week’s streetcar community fair, DDOT representatives presented the timeline for vehicle testing, gave line-by-line construction and planning status updates, and showed images of streetcar station signs,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What Republicans don’t want
Republican for speeding; TIGER endangered; Foxx populi; Vote for the road, or else; Late night track work gets later; DCPS violating Title IX?; Park complex; Less default near public transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fixes for problems
Heard there was a problem; Make the MBT safe; 8+ people struck yesterday; Church must have stained glass; No shuttle for Chevy Chase; Too much burden on small business?; Tech companies isolate; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Longtime residents
Bonds wants tax break for elderly; Sued for blocking development; Evans opposes disclosures; Food truck regs not tasty enough; Arlington may relax rules; Bike lanes for Hyattsville; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA won’t pay
WMATA will run, not fix transit center; Graham must pay for his lawyers; Wrong escalator parts; A shifty shift of funds?; In Purple’s path; BIDs get real-time; Less flooding, but other problems; DC IDs 150 food truck spots; Bike lanes breed safety, profits; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underpaid
Capital Bikeshare underpays workers?; Food trucks protest; Veterans crash; Reverse commute trips rise; Metro redesign gets a redesign; Who’s the most anti-growth?; Vandalism plagues bus stops; And…. Keep reading…