Posts tagged Public Art
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Breakfast links: The election looms large
Weaver running for at-large, Klein passes; Special election polling places not so convenient?; Who’s responsible for local schools?; Is Congress Heights really in?; Get involved in Purple Line planning; New Tenleytown library opens Monday; Washington traffic tied for worst in US; An art truck?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stepping up
Tysons working to be more bikable; Escalator work accelerating; Cold keeps shelters full; DC Schools’ COO departs; Others find same DC population shift; Travel options on New Years Eve; Norton will fight through 2012; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety and security first
DC water is safe (?); Lawyers Road diet successful so far; Close the Washington Monument; Arlington mural generates federal suit; Metro ridership lower than expected; Malls have way more parking than they need; Virginia not solving road funding problem; Changes coming to Jones Point; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go and stop on HSR
90 minutes to Richmond; No HSR for Palo Alto; Columbia for transit; Safe bike parking at school; What is the “area” for affordable housing?; Zoning marathon in PG; Potomac Yard neighbors protest taxes; Fight graffiti with art; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Change in Maryland
New Bethesda entrance; WABA offers bike valet for dueling rallies; Maryland cycling laws changing October 1; Energy for kayaking; Please forgive my distraction; Freight rail concerns stall High Speed Rail; Parking ticket and a little yoga; Sleeping in a bubble; Scaffolding beautification. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Park it
Who runs the Circulator; The wheels on the bikes; Stuck in park; Reap what you sow; Original art in transit; Making the grade; It’s high time; No more free parking. Keep reading…
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Let’s cover blank walls with public murals
One of the most basic tenets of good urban design is that walkways should be lined with things to look at. Blank walls discourage walking because they make a walk seem boring and therefore longer, and because empty and lightly maintained spaces feel less safe. Detailed, colorful places are inherently more pedestrian friendly than dismal, blank spaces, and therefore urbanistically… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bears and hogs
Seat hogs article hogged Page One space?; ANCC still for the trail; ANC roars at Big Bear; DDOT to all be in one building?; Tattoo Vermont Avenue; Silver Line delayed?; New cameras, more money?; Bike bits; Are we the best?. Keep reading…
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Metro morsels: SmarTrips and Gallery Place art
This morning’s WMATA Board meeting, as usual, brought up a number of small yet significant items. WMATA will sell SmarTrips at a loss: Last month, the WMATA Board voted to reduce the cost of SmarTrip cards to $2.50. That decision was made in part on information some staff told the Board that SmarTrip cards actually cost WMATA about $1. However, a presentation today revealed… Keep reading…
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Pianos as public art both look and sound beautiful
Lancaster, Pennsylvania has a brilliant public art exhibit on display, Keys for the City. The exhibit contains twenty pianos dispersed throughout the city, each ready for a pianist to sit down and start playing. The exhibit, a joint-venture between public and private interests, has been chiefly organized by a non-profit organization, Music for Everyone. … Keep reading…