Posts tagged Preservation
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Downtown needs a school more than a boutique hotel
Representatives from the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the DC Department of Real Estate Services got an earful last Thursday night at a hearing on the proposed plan to declare the Franklin School building a surplus property. Declaring it surplus would clear the way to sell or lease the building, located at 13th and K Streets NW, to a private developer. Keep reading…
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Will Wal-Mart be urban? Part 1: Brightwood
Ever since Wal-Mart announced earlier this week that they intend to build four stores in the District of Columbia, the question on the mind of urbanists has been: What will they look like? Can Wal-Mart be fit into an urban context? Will we be getting walkable, transit oriented stores like the Columbia Heights Target, or the typical sprawly suburban model with acres of parking out… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bringing Metro online
Fix escalators, and federal benefit declining; Metro joins the blogosphere; 100 vs. 539 (and counting); Falkland Chase passes Planning Board; Increase RPP fees?; Merchants decry free parking; Indy privatizes parking meters; PEA Party? Planned enough already; And…. Keep reading…
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“Woodies,” the sentimental favorite
For many longtime Washington residents, The Woodward & Lothrop department store, or Woodies as everybody knew it, is a touchstone for memories of easier days and simpler pleasures when Washington was much younger. The looming 9-story building at 11th and F Streets, NW, taking up virtually an entire block in the heart of old downtown, served as the stage for many happy moments… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
How far can you get in 15 minutes?; 85-year-old man killed; Hit-and-run driver avoids felony charge; How CaBi handled the insanity; Coke gives $50,000 toward Mall rehab; Ballston looks to create BID; Dulles Metro stop could ruin viewshed?; EPA attacks manicured lawns; And…. Keep reading…
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Historic almost-losses: Dolley Madison’s house
On the northeast corner of Lafayette Square sits a distinctive yellow house with an ornamental wrought iron porch. Quaint and domestic as it is, it seems transported from a bygone era, a time when Lafayette Square was where the rich and famous lived and this house on the corner was the epicenter of Washington social life. Dolley Madison (1768-1849) owned the house at one time and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s Election Day!
Vote today; Voting on transportation; Need for speed becomes need for flame?; New and old side by side; Work begins on 15th Street bike lane extension; What happened to Metro Saturday?; Some DC teachers get “Ovation”; New Anacostia license plate; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Tall poles and walkability
Giant stone pole needs massive security?; Really tall pole for your phone?; Non-ugly building joining 14th Street; DC’s good for more than just politics; Walkable is desirable; LaHood on livability; Remaking the market; From seedy to trendy; Flat roofs. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Questions in Alexandria
Should Alexandria spend on regional transportation?; Alexandria to wait and see on more bike signals; Not so much Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Good luck organizing a block party; Amtrak signals possibly sabotaged; How to balance the budget; Transit indirectly brings cars?; A bike section in the paper?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parks and schools
Lighting up Sherman Circle; New parks in NE Capitol Hill?; Benefits of school integration; Too cool for school; New 11th Street bridges on track; PG County gets first “high-end” grocery; Church housing; Fairfax wants chunk of VA surplus; No more back doors. Keep reading…