Posts tagged Southwest Waterfront
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DDOT recommends 4 Metro station renames
DDOT has formally asked WMATA to change the names of 4 Metrorail stations in the District. It also recommended, but later withdrew, a 5th: Current nameProposed nameWaterfront - SEUWaterfront - Arena StageNavy YardNavy Yard - BallparkNew York Ave. - Florida Ave. - Gallaudet U.New York Ave. - NoMaGallaudet UniversitySmithsonianSmithsonianThe National MallFoggy Bottom… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Governments get the message
MPD issues cyclist mea culpa; Maryland getting tougher on bad drivers; Housing prices are more than supply and demand; Whither the young preservationists?; Arlington hires celebrity planner; ANCs make their own rules; Some stations have 4th, 5th, and 6th rails; Is Southwest DC historic enough?; It’s curtains for the Lincoln Theatre; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Scrutiny for new business
Walmarts see design scrutiny; ANC may dry H St; DC gets a new bus line; Gas tax increase unlikely in Maryland; Accenture moves to transit location; NYC chooses bike share system, imitates DC; Parking problems frustrate for decades; Dostoevsky on DC; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suited for development
GSA focusing on TOD; A diffrerent redevelopment of Southwest; CaBi coming to Montgomery; How can Custis Trail improve?; Students want greater ANC role; Security gate creates danger; DC schoolbuses don’t make the grade; And…. Keep reading…
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Southwest Ecodistrict looks to fix ‘60s planning failure
The area along 10th Street in Southwest is now little more than a desolate heat island of bland federal buildings where few dare to tread after 5 pm. The Southwest Ecodistrict project seeks to change this by radically remaking this neighborhood into a vibrant place and a national showcase for sustainable development. The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and DC Office… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 12 dirty pols
Why nobody spoke up; Bond tax delayed 1 year; No bus garage at Walter Reed; Bulger not a regular rider; Parking required at historic train station; ANC supports waterfront development; Walmart asked for transit improvements; Greens not for transit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Teeming with Teeters
Teeter to North Old Town; Yards getting retail; Crossroads at a crossroads?; One way to get a road project done; Policies impact pregnant, breastfeeding first responders; 12 arrested for voting rights; What a creative name; 2 competing reauthorizations coming; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sprawl debate rages on
Sprawl lives; Sprawl report author speaks for roads; Housing is getting even more expensive; Petworth/Park View station?; Councilmember fights crime herself; It’s sink or swim in the water taxi business; Gray picks Peck to pluck out waste; Make no little plans. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: NoVA small cities, MD universities think big
Alexandria flirts with CaBi; Falls Church flirts with density; UMD won’t fight campus Purple Line; LaHood mediates in Silver Line; Struck in Loudoun, crushed in DC; Stop breaking fake ground; MTA clears up photography spat; Population shift necessitates housing shift; And…. Keep reading…
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Hidden tunnels, bugs, and bigamy
One of my favorite things about historic research is that no matter how strange or intriguing a story is at first, I really have no idea where a little digging might take me. Sometimes a lead just fizzles out. But sometimes what I discover is more bizarre and ridiculous than I could have imagined… In May of 1917, while working on the foundation for the luxurious Pelham Courts… Keep reading…