Posts tagged Shaw
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Breakfast links: Complicated planning
Salvage yard could stall stadium; No amphitheater for Chuck Brown Park; No sports complex at Hensley; CaBi in demand; Houses go fast; PG could get first dibs on rentals; Wonder how Wonder Bread factory looks?. Keep reading…
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Let the market decide how to redevelop public land
Residents and community leaders are unhappy with the District’s chosen developer for a city-owned property at 965 Florida Avenue NW in Shaw. Instead of choosing a development scheme behind closed doors, could DC just auction it off and let the market decide what’s best for it? Last week, the Deputy Mayor’s Office of Planning and Development (DMPED) selected… Keep reading…
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“Geocaching” uncovers murals about DC culture and history
Hidden treasures lie all over Greater Washington. For those in the know, these finds can create a new map of local culture and history, street art, and changing neighborhoods in a game called “geocaching.” Keep reading…
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Metro bag searches aren’t always optional
If you refuse a bag search at a WMATA subway station, Metro Transit Police may follow you if you leave and even if you board a bus. That’s what happened to me Tuesday morning in Shaw. I entered the Shaw Metro station with a bag containing my lunch and my laptop. An officer waved me aside on the north mezzanine and told me to put my bag on the table for inspection. Stunned that I was… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take transit farther
More Circulator, more expensive; Bike part of the way to work; Up with pop-ups; Even more anti-Purple Line candidate wins; Should Arlington Cemetery expand?; More bike lanes and clarity; Baltimore bikeshare?; Density leads to dollars; An ambitious plan for SW; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the headquarters go
Police HQ swap for DCU stadium?; Post wants “cheap” HQ, handouts; The housing action is in cities; Single unemployed people don’t buy homes; McAuliffe backs ethics panel; Metro morsels; Bike bits; Development dollops; Forethought for Foxx. Keep reading…
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Gray budget funds school modernizations and more
All middle and high schools that still need modernizing will get done in the next 6 years, under the budget Mayor Gray is releasing today, and some of the most out-of-date elementary school buildings. The capital plan has $465 million to modernize high schools, starting with $162 million in Fiscal Year 2014. The money will finish modernizations for the remaining high schools:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A better ride
A sick route; Reliable railcars; Kubicek leaves WMATA; War on non-cars continues; US drives less; Hampton Roads only gets roads; Brown in the clear; Check out the new library; A hero to save us; And…. Keep reading…
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Shaw church parking demand is nothing new
Church parking is a huge problem in Shaw, especially today. It’s commonly said that the churches in Shaw used to serve immediate residents, and thus didn’t need as much parking, but as their congregants have moved farther away over time, they need space for their cars on Sundays. But is this true? Mari at InShaw did some research and found a 1957 survey of churches in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gray areas
U-turning taxi hits cyclist; Service changes raise Gray’s ire; New depths for extra height; Make lobbyists disclose faster; Why was Yes a no?; Plans for Shaw parcel; Arlington considers homeless shelter; And…. Keep reading…