Posts tagged Repost
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What does a trail network in the Washington region actually look like?
Trails like Four-Mile Run in Arlington; the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis in Prince George’s County; and the Marvin Gaye Trail in Washington all help people stay active, connect neighborhoods and workplaces, and support sustainable modes of transportation. Unfortunately, most of the time jurisdictions build their own trails without considering the greater network they feed into. Keep reading…
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Exodus: Why DC’s Jewish community left the central corridors, then came back
Beginning in the 1950s, synagogues and other Jewish institutions left DC’s central commercial corridors for Upper Northwest and Maryland, and they didn’t return until the late 1990s. Keep reading…
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What it means for a household to be cost-burdened
When housing advocates talk about the affordability crisis, they often focus on one important statistic: the share of cost-burdened households in a city. A household is said to be cost-burdened when it pays more than 30 percent of its income toward housing expenses. As a more extreme measure, a household is said to be severely cost-burdened when it pay at least 50 percent of its income toward housing expenses. Keep reading…
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How some parts of Montgomery County used to be divided and named
At a convention to draw up a new Maryland constitution in fall 1776, delegates voted to divide Frederick County in thirds, establishing Montgomery County with its current borders. Keep reading…
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How Pennsylvania Avenue’s Freedom Plaza failed
One of Freedom Plaza’s designers, architect Denise Scott Brown, described the original design as “a lovely success” but said “I see the execution as a failure.” Keep reading…
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A former WMATA employee tells us what Metro was like in the 70s and 80s
What was Metro like in its early years? I posed that question recently to Harry Barley, who worked at WMATA from 1974 to1996 in a wide variety of roles. Before retiring from a four-decade career in transportation, Barley agreed to an oral history-type interview about WMATA in the 70s and 80s. Keep reading…
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Laurel nearly became a pro sports metropolis. Here’s how it dodged the Bullets (and some other teams).
The city of Laurel prides itself on its small town charm and historic areas, but during the 1980s and 1990s, multiple sports owners made plans to build stadiums there. Here’s what happened next. Keep reading…
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What’s a historic district, anyway?
Historic designation can be complicated, but since DC has more than 50 historic districts, it’s important to understand. Here’s a breakdown of what it actually does. Keep reading…
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This is why some of DC’s avenues have states as names
From A Street to Verbena Street and from Half to Sixty-Third, DC’s lettered and numbered streets make it difficult to get lost with their logical progressions. But DC’s transverse diagonal avenues confound everyone from tourists to suburban motorists. Keep reading…
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Take a look at the exceptionally designed Kreeger Museum
Nestled among the spacious homes of Foxhall Crescent is the Kreeger Museum. This hidden gem’s genre-defying architecture is as unique as its art collection. Keep reading…