Posts tagged Retail
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Breakfast links: Running on Empty
Shutdown impact grows; Gray proposes environmental legislation; 3 vie for last PG casino license; Rough day on Metro; Heating plant plans heat up; Fare hike coming?; ICC traffic increasing; Cab drivers file suit; Kilpatrick gets 28 years; And…. Keep reading…
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Then & Now: The only Chinese restaurant east of the river
Chinese restaurants are ubiquitous in the DC area, with multiple Chinatowns across the region and a plethora of carryout joints. But a century ago, Chinese food was more of a novelty here. The city’s first Chinese restaurants opened on Pennsylvania Avenue in the 1890s, according to local historian John DeFerrari, author of the recently published Historic Restaurants… Keep reading…
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Is there room for local businesses in White Flint?
New developments in urban areas often have a lot of chains. At Pike + Rose, the large mixed-use development on Rockville Pike, all of the first six restaurants to open will be chains as well. Will there be room for local businesses in the future White Flint? Representatives from Federal Realty say their goal is to create an interesting array of shops and restaurants, no matter what… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get on bikes
Bikeshare Grand Opening!; Crystal City peddles bikes; Bikeshare thefts in Paris; Walkability and mortgage rates; No code red this summer; Ground-floor retail made easy; Twinbrook Metro development moves forward; Reopened Union Station turns 25; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting around
PARK(ing) Day 2013; Go car-free; Crosswalk conundrum; Travel-time signs change minds?; Bike commuting continues to rise; Metro revises exitfare policies; To rent or to own?; White Oak envisioned as new Silicon Valley; DC unchanged since 2011?; And…. Keep reading…
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Sign up right now to testify on DC’s zoning update
After 5 long years, DC’s process to update its decades-old zoning code is almost done. But DC won’t make important progress on reducing parking minimums, allowing accessory dwellings and corner stores, and more without your help. The Zoning Commission just released dates for its public hearings on the zoning update. They will span 9 nights in November, with a different… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New laws
DC Council resumes work; How Downtown DC came to be; Let riders’ voices be heard; Customer value should drive Metrorail; Bike lanes don’t hurt retailers; A restart of sprawl?; Trees illegal in Georgia?; And…. Keep reading…
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DC kicks off planning for Southwest’s future
What should Southwest DC look like over the next few years? Will it continue to be a quiet neighborhood despite increasing development around it? Or will it become a bustling area with more people and retail? On Wednesday, the DC Office of Planning held a kickoff meeting for the Southwest Neighborhood Plan, which will be the Small Area Plan that will cover most of Southwest… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Save money, live better?
Gray vetoes living wage bill; Were job losses exaggerated?; Walmart moves forward with stores; All-night Metrobus service possible; Metro employees protest background checks; Potomac Yard Metro design still unknown; Congestion in the Loudoun sprawl; And…. Keep reading…
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Design for pedestrians, not cars in Glenmont
A long-awaited redevelopment could finally bring new housing and retail to Glenmont. But to create a urban, walkable environment around the Metro station, the Glenmont Metrocentre project needs to be designed for pedestrians, not cars. Keep reading…