Posts tagged Tenleytown
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Breakfast links: Punt it
Extended play; Congressional meddling to get behind; Streetcar comes up short; Schools face cuts; Bar owners back their best interest; DoD choice worsens traffic; Bike sharing a ripoff? Expand it!; Formalize the informal street; 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: Metro money
More revenue ideas; Two Metro employees accused of stealing; CCT likely to be BRT; Shields up; Historic track preservation; Maryland smart growth tools not enough; Tenleytown Safeway still gets opposition; What crazy drivers do; The smaller American home; And…. Keep reading…
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Parking-free, mixed-use building is right for Tenleytown
Douglas Development wants to rebuild Tenleytown’s long-vacant Babe’s Billiards into a mixed-use development with 60 residential units and ground floor retail space. Perhaps most significantly, Douglas wants to build no parking at all on the site. The once-popular neighborhood nightspot has been shuttered for several years, despite its location just a few… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sports talk
Skins envy explained; DC to get a velodrome; Streecar stop stops moving; Memorials are stubborn things; ICC pays homage to history; Company helps riders dodge fares; Ethics bill passes; Housing costs change poverty stats; And…. Keep reading…
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Activate Ward Circle for pedestrians and cyclists
The center of Ward Circle near American University is an unused and wasted space. The road design heavily favors car traffic and features few bicycle or pedestrian facilities. Closing some traffic lanes and adding pedestrian crosswalks and bike lanes could make Ward Circle a more coherent public space. The center of the circle, at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new big thing
More signs for Chinatown?; DC getting a new tunnel; GM backpedals on anti-cyclist ad; New leader discovers MoCo problems; COG opposes airports takeover; DC eschews Superfund’s toxic stigma; Treehouse of horrors; Historic preservation a “black box”?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The battle is joined
Cameras: the next bike safety feature?; McDonnell stops faking bipartisanship; Sulaimon Brown arrested, does one thing right; Metro morsels; Small savers get a slide; Architects pick box for big prize; NYC parking spaces to become parks; Ride with a bell or get strip searched?; And…. Keep reading…
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Don’t just preserve history at AU, interpret it
With a more creative approach to preservation, American University’s plan for its Tenley Campus could produce better urban design and a more compelling presentation of the site’s history. AU has agreed to preserve several structures on the site: the a former farmhouse called Dunblane House, Capital Hall the main building visible from Tenley Circle, and a Chapel. Keep reading…
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AU’s Tenley campus proposal is pinned to the past
American University plans to move its law school to its land two blocks from the Tenleytown Metro. That has enormous potential, but the design should more directly engage the surrounding urban fabric. Unfortunately, as expansion plans are presented it is becoming clear that AU’s designs remain pinned to the past. Despite the urban location of the Tenley campus,… Keep reading…