Posts tagged Preservation
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Breakfast links: Metro money
More revenue ideas; Two Metro employees accused of stealing; CCT likely to be BRT; Shields up; Historic track preservation; Maryland smart growth tools not enough; Tenleytown Safeway still gets opposition; What crazy drivers do; The smaller American home; And…. Keep reading…
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Then & Now: Corner of 9th & G Streets NW
In many ways, the corner of 9th and G Streets NW is in a different world than it was in the 1920s. But even today, it’s recognizable by the architecture and remains a transit hub. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Not again
Metro brake breaks again; WMATA board all shook up; HPRB almost an empty board; Steal early, steal often; Battle for succession; Some gin with your zoning; Hawaii train on track; Development is harder than it looks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro works
Metro cars look good; Metro projects improve station access; MARC cuts delayed; MD Ave. plan improves land use, transit; Streetcar storage gets more expensive; Shady realtors of history; Union Square goes to AOC; Work around the alcohol; And…. Keep reading…
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Once great Howard Theatre will be great again
Earlier this month three dozen people donned hard hats to get a sneak preview of the ongoing renovation of Shaw’s historic Howard Theatre, at 620 T Street, NW. The nearly $30 million project will restore one of Washington’s most storied performance venues. The grand opening is scheduled for April 12, 2012, though renovations could finish as early as February. According… Keep reading…
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Neighborhood concrete problems get fixed
The Republic of the Congo has begun removing its unauthorized paving at the insistence of DDOT and the State Department, and DDOT restored a pedestrian walkway on Irving Street after residents complained. Let’s thank our public officials for getting these small but important neighborhood issues fixed. Over at 16th and Corcoran, the Congo had a deadline of December 17,… Keep reading…
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State Dept. tells Congo to remove unauthorized paving
The US Department of State has instructed the Republic of Congo to restore the front yard of their new chancery to planted green space. In a recent letter, the State Department says it “expects the Embassy to comply” with a DDOT request to return the yard to landscaping. The embassy paved over the entire front yard of the historic Toutorsky Mansion, at 16th and Riggs… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
MoCo big box bill unconstitutional?; “Science City” really just JHU profit city?; Safeway could block Skyland Walmart; Georgetown ok with Glover Park streetscape; Can RFK parking lots become ball fields?; Preservationists should be “picky”; Congress wants bike-ped shrunk in TIGER. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Downtown building angst
Franklin occupied; Add 2 floors to MLK Library?; Evans the paradox; Bill pays WMATA, changes MWAA; How WMATA got religion on open data; TEDxPhilly learns problem with car dependence; Fixing vacant lots is healthy; What avenue are you?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Urban features come to Montgomery
Streetcar to Silver Spring?; Berliner against anti-urban Walmarts; Mall owner prefers a town instead; Jobs outstrip housing; Parking meter aesthetics matter; HPRB nominees: 6 months later, no changes; Food stamps down in DC, up in MD, VA; WMATA questions 14-hour workdays; And…. Keep reading…