Posts tagged Southwest Waterfront
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Meet me down in Pipetown: DC’s neighborhoods in 1877
By now, most Washingtonians have heard of Swampoodle, the historic Irish neighborhood that was destroyed by the construction of Union Station. But what about The Island? Pipetown? Bloody Hill and Bloodfield (“the ancient feudal ground of the southwest”)? These were all names of Washington, DC neighborhoods during the decades of the 1800s following the end of… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Scandalous
Old money, new tricks; Thompson scandal goes to Annapolis; Slow walk the red top; A concert hall to challenge the Wolf; Huge income gap brings new problems; School comes to you; Bad planning knows no bounds; Building affordably is difficult; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Money in Virginia
They literally have a bridge to sell you; Arlington still pays for HOT lanes; TOD or FBI eventually in Greenbelt?; Contractor defends concrete; Church tries to build housing; Win some, lose some; No more garden stores?; Too much stuff in urban parks?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More tickets
School bus cameras on the way; Councilwoman gets ticket after all; More bike lanes; Will PBR be served at housing forum?; Redskins won’t make One City; No cloture, no Mica; Faster roads bad for cities, seniors; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Millions
CaBi tops 1.5 million rides; Metro admits blame; Bill encourages complete streets; More seats for NoVa on transpo board; Old is the new green; One way around a height limit; And…. Keep reading…
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Freeway construction brought neighborhood destruction
When DC built the Southwest-Southeast Freeway, it simply demolished whole swaths of the surrounding neighborhoods. Photographs from the construction show the street grid that once existed, and the extent of the destruction just to speed driving to Virginia. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Goodbye thieves; Post Office Trumped; Bus burns again; New plans for waterfront; CaBi brings in capital; Evans won’t let go of ‘Skins; Where the poor live; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who rules transportation?
Meet the new boss; One piece of taxi tech or many?; Senate bill is better; Not much of a bike path; Building not to be; Silver brings in slightly less green; ICC won’t get faster; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t jump
Metro behind in suicide prevention; Troubles for the trolley?; 11th St. Bridge span opens; Who should maintain the roads?; Gentrifiers get gentrified out; More playgrounds than you think; Photo tickets down, bike lane tickets up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxicab opinions
Cheh hails for taxi feedback; Bus burns; High prices make DC less cool; Do this, don’t do that; Not gentrification?; Parking to parklet; And…. Keep reading…