Posts tagged Preservation
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Breakfast links: Hunker down
Sandy shuts down transportation; Farragut Crossing a hit; CaBi gets ads; No love for Hoover; Bus garage at AFRH?; And…. Keep reading…
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Union Station Main Hall redesign is close, but not quite right
The Main Hall at Washington Union Station is undergoing a redesign that will eliminate the Center Cafe, punch holes in the floor for escalators to the lower level food court, and change the room’s furniture layout. Keep reading…
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Demolition and restoration continues at Big K Site
On the 2200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Anacostia there is the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory. The past is still the present; there was a shooting down the street near the corner with Good Hope Road last Wednesday afternoon. But the future is now; 2228 MLK is just a memory while the long neglected 2234 is being stabilized. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Course correction
Heights not yet achieved; Almost one illegal U-turn a minute; Healthier ways to got to health jobs; Gray lukewarm on lower fines; Historic garages?; Berliner backs taxes to pay for transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Glenmont Arcade shows Montgomery’s commercial history
With its distinctive sign, the Glenmont Arcade was a local landmark and an emblem of Montgomery County’s suburbanization after World War II. But as the county prepares to redevelop Glenmont, will it still have a place in the community? Located in the Glenmont Shopping Center at Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road, the Glenmont Arcade is like a little mall-within-a-strip… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Contested transportation
GMU pushes sprawl some more; ANC agrees to no parking; Arlington candidates cold on streetcar; Graham vs. WMATA ethics; Got 11 cars?; TOD underway, awaits transit; Expanded transfers expands bus service; And…. Keep reading…
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Landmark nomination, or DDOT snafus, may delay streetcar
The historic landmark nomination for Spingarn High School could delay the H Street streetcar by 3 months or even much more, said DDOT Director Terry Bellamy at a DC Council hearing today. But could DDOT have avoided this long ago? Councilmember Mary Cheh rebuked the agency for not planning effectively and not sharing its plans with the council or public. The Kingman Park Civic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Columbus Day
Streetcars get historic; Zoning update hyperbole; Don’t bother with new bike map; Germans love transit; Live on the Mall?; Homelessness rises; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Votes and taxes
Online voter registration?; Commuter tax for DC gov workers?; Norton skeptical of autonomy referendum; Bag fee helps clean up Anacostia; Finish the trail; Corcoran interior a landmark?; DC’s offices the fullest in the nation; MARC World Series?; And…. Keep reading…
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Park View community battles over preserving church
The latest historic preservation fight is in the Park View neighborhood, where a newer resident wants to landmark a church on Georgia Avenue, but the church’s leaders and many longtime residents oppose the idea. Kent Boese, librarian, ANC commissioner, Park View history expert, and former contributor to Greater Greater Washington nominated the Fishermen of Men Church… Keep reading…