Posts tagged Rock Creek
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Ask GGW: Where do you enjoy the outdoors?
With spring weather almost here, it’s time to get out and enjoy the less concrete-filled parts of our region. We asked our contributors to tell us about their favorite outdoor spots and why they love them. We also gave bonus points for places you can get to by transit! The answers were as wide-reaching as our contributor base itself, but the District had the highest concentration… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changes in the neighborhood
To pop or not to pop; Navy Yard a hit; Play place DC; Benefits for Buzzard Point; Redeveloping Grimke; Lake of debate; Dining outside gets easier in DC; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Housing progress or failure?
Halfway to affordable housing goal; Luxury over affordability; Pot enforcement highest in SE; No LOS in California; Bike lanes free up sidewalks; Who commutes by bike?; Bored at BWI? Go bike!; How Singapore seniors cross the road; Chocobo-oriented development?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build for bikes
Trail rebuild gets OK; Bike lanes mean more space; Bikes are the real menace!; Support for stadium?; No liquor delivery?; A bigger Circulator?; Check out affordable housing; And…. Keep reading…
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DC has too few dedicated east-west bike pathways
While DC’s bicycling network has grown, there still aren’t a lot of crosstown connections. In fact, there are no protected east-west bicycle routes in the whole third of the District north of Florida Avenue. Cyclists need more of these, as well as north-south routes to form a grid of dedicated paths. Much of DC’s bicycle infrastructure, like trails,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Musical chairs
Vihstadt wins; Tommy may run; And Yvette may run; Holder defends investigation; Mikulski questions Metro; Rock Creek repairs soon?; M is for Mostly finished; Purple Line Holocaust bill stalls; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mission Accomplished
Phase One complete; The forgotten trail; A moratorium on the moratorium?; An ICC loyalty program?; Complete streets everywhere?; When gentrifiers become the gentrified; Bikes elevated in Europe; Love is better signage; And…. Keep reading…
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Plans for a sidewalk and bike lane get caught on trees
While a proposed sidewalk and bike lane on Broad Branch Road has community support, possible damage to trees has sparked opposition. But it’s unclear why these particular trees are worth saving. Keep reading…
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Besides Metro and a gondola, plan lays out many ways to burnish Georgetown
Georgetown used to be DC’s premier shopping district, but development downtown and in other neighborhoods, coupled with the lack of a Metro station, have made it lose some of its luster. A new “Georgetown 2028” plan lays out strategies to spruce up the neighborhood’s commercial areas. Keep reading…
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To see urban wildlife in the snow, find flowing water
Despite cities’ reputation as concrete jungles, most have a healthy collection of wildlife. Birds, rodents, deer, anything that can live on the margins of human activity. But what happens to that wildlife when the city is hit with winter weather? Keep reading…