Posts tagged Temporary Urbanism
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In Georgetown, a crash course in how to turn parking spaces into a sidewalk
Each weekend from the start of April through the rest of the year, a busy retail strip in Georgetown will swap on-street parking for more space for people to walk around. The “temporary sidewalk” has been a hit in the past, and the folks behind it want to make it even better this time around. How would you do that if you were running this project? Keep reading…
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Silver Spring could get a big, new, temporary park
Downtown Silver Spring could get a big new park as part of a massive redevelopment of the Blairs, an apartment complex across the street from the Metro. The park will be temporary, but eventually several larger parks will take its place. Keep reading…
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Using tape, paper, and potted plants, Arlington built a temporary bikeway
On June 11, Arlington closed a block of bustling Wilson Boulevard for what organizers called the Active Streets Festival. There were bike-oriented games and activities, plus a collection of temporary bikeways “built” with tape, paper, and potted plants. Keep reading…
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Park(ing) Day highlights the value of green, public space
On September 18th, the region celebrated Park(ing) Day with 33 pop-up parklets in DC, plus more in Maryland and Virginia. The annual event showcases alternative, human-friendly uses for urban parking spaces and is a reminder of the value of public land, no matter how small. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Kids these days
My car is a bus; Teens and police talking; Candid camera; Get off my lawn; Diversity please; Cost of Columbus; Declining towns; Temporary urbeerism; Occupy London; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lane frenzy
Pop-up bike lanes sweep the nation; Bike lanes safer for all; Court OKs Hine development; Bowser won’t commit to debate; Real estate touts transit; Booze by phone; Not quite 26; Light rail success in Phoenix; And…. Keep reading…
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“Let’s use this space!” say mysterious signs around Silver Spring’s unfinished transit center
While repair work continues on the Silver Spring Transit Center, the entire block around it remains roped off. On Friday morning, big signs appeared asking to turn the space into a temporary park. Keep reading…
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St. Elizabeths new ice slide is more than a fun ride
Over 700 people crowded the new St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend for DC’s latest winter attraction: a $220,000 ice slide. “They didn’t want an ice rink, they wanted to do something different,” says Kelsie Wright, whose company KCW Communications, LLC was contracted to oversee the slide, as well as decorate… Keep reading…
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Shipping container restaurant opens on U Street
Shipping containers continue to proliferate as an affordable building material. The latest addition is a new restaurant near the corner of U Street and Vermont Avenue, NW, called El Rey taqueria. Keep reading…
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How to make better streets, quickly and cheaply
Changes to our urban landscape can seem daunting at times. But reader thm points us to this TED talk in which New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan shows how New York quickly and cheaply changed its streets, sometimes with only some paint, to improve the experience for all users. Keep reading…