Posts tagged Public Spaces
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Hot issues in Greater Washington
Welcome Marc Fisher and Atrios readers! Here are a few of the most popular recent posts on Greater Greater Washington: Keep reading…
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Another donut with too much parking at Eastern Market?
Reader D. attended a community meeting in late April about redeveloping the site of Hine Junior High at 8th and C Southeast, one of the school buildings slated to be closed. Barracks Row Main Street and Capitol Hill Restoration Society both passed identical resolutions calling for smart growth, mixed use facing Pennsylvania Avenue, green space, live-work studios, reconnecting… Keep reading…
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Weekend walking roundup
Walking: so crazy it’s almost illegal: A group of Alabama students is responding to high gas prices by walking to school. Their courage is even more notable because parade rules almost made their actions illegal and their town lacks sidewalks. Keep reading…
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What’s wrong with 17th Street redux
There are more great comments on my post about what’s wrong with 17th Street after the Dupont Circle Update newsletter linked to it yesterday. Keep reading…
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Dupont’s 18th Street next for reconstruction
On top of the streetscape reconstructions planned for 17th Street, 14th Street, U Street, and Adams Morgan’s 18th Street, DDOT recently announced plans to rebuild 18th Street between Massachusetts and Florida. Some plans were done years ago and shelved, but 18th Street’s water main needs rebuilding, and so the street redo is back on the front burner. Keep reading…
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City Paper notices ballparking non-crisis
It’s partly the convenience of Metro and the warnings about parking. It’s partly the fact that the Nats are not exactly pennant contenders. But what parking exists, both the pay parking near the new ballpark and the free parking at RFK, are going mostly empty. Keep reading…
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Graham not giving up on Klingle
Jim Graham must feel pretty strongly about saving five minutes: he lost crushingly in the Council vote, but is still posting on neighborhood lists encouraging people to sign a pro-road Klingle petition. According to Graham, the final final vote is Tuesday, June 3. Keep reading…
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The last word on Klingle
A poster on the Columbia Heights list reports that Graham introduced an amendment this morning in the full Council to restore the budget funding for Klingle. The motion failed with only a few Councilmembers (update: only Graham, Bowser, and Schwartz) in favor. This is the end of the road for the road, at least for a while. Keep reading…
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Anyone who disagrees with the Post is a “self-interested minority”
The self-interested minority at the Washington Post editorial page is urging the Council to build Klingle Road. Their arguments avoid almost any discussion of the merits of the issue. Like most of the opponents at the hearing, their main argument is: the Council voted before to rebuild the road, and so we should push on against all objections—and anyone raising those objections… Keep reading…
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New Urbanist Plater-Zyberk nominated to CFA
President Bush has nominated Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, one of the two boards that oversee architecture and planning in federal DC. She and her husband Andrés Duany were founders of the New Urbanism movement and authors of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. Keep reading…