Posts tagged Retail
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Breakfast links: Boxes and bags
Box of trash or standard contemporary?; Safeway taking another way; How are the bags?; BRAC bike lanes; Fun and games until it becomes criminal; Reading makes a comeback; Fake placard involved in NYC bomb scare. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy New Year
A growing city; Charles County sprawlway; The ridership is right; C for yourself; Busted!; Is that multi-state inter-agency cooperation I see?; What’s driving business?. Keep reading…
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Parking changes could fix holiday traffic on Rockville Pike
Reports of congestion near malls across the region this holiday season make it sound like the recession never even happened. They also raise questions about how we handle traffic throughout the year. Many strip malls along Rockville Pike were built in the 1950’s for local shoppers. Today, they’ve evolved into multi-story, multi-building campuses, drawing customers… Keep reading…
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Reusable bag incentive begins in two days
Friday won’t just start a new year and a new decade: It also will start a new era in environmental economic incentives as the nation’s first bag charge goes into effect in DC. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: See the location
ART in real-time; Mission accomplished for camera; What color would you pick?; Filling the hole; Drive-thrus are so 20th century?; Just $1.677 billion to go; Big cuts at the MTA; How is Washington, DC like an investment bank?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: High-speed suburban buses
ICC buses will go to BWI, Fort Meade; Fairfax plans dedicated bus lanes; C is for calming; Marketing transit; New York Avenue Costco; Cool subway architecture; Come transformare una chiesa; And…. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Ben’s Chili Bowl
Ben Ali, founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl, passed away two months ago. Lines stretched out the door of the Ali family’s business as the DC community and the media gathered to honor Ben’s legacy on October 7, 2009. For many of us in DC, Ben’s Chili Bowl goes far beyond the half-smokes, shakes and chili served in the historical U Street corridor. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Debating density
Four stories? Professional offices?; A walkable Herndon?; Good questions; I-66 metering now two-way; More water for bank deserts?; Locking the canal again; Free car with condo. Keep reading…
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Wheaton sector plan recommends taller buildings, more open space
People have been talking about how to revitalize Wheaton since before I was born. Even if a slew of meetings in the past year have restarted the conversation with increased fervor, there’s been little focus on what exactly it’ll take to make the Wheaton CBD a better place. Yesterday, Planning Board staff made preliminary recommendations on revisions to the 1990… Keep reading…
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Will tax incentives make food deserts bloom?
With hunger spreading across America at levels unseen since the Great Depression and with low-income urban communities continuing to be disproportionately affected by a lack of access to healthy food, many are asking questions about the best way to reach communities without adequate food sources. One option that has been tried in many places, including Washington, DC, is… Keep reading…