Posts tagged Tenleytown
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Mistrust muddles Tenleytown Safeway debate
A week ago, some Tenleytown residents received letters discussing the project to rebuild the Safeway at Davenport and 42nd Street, and asking residents to sign reply cards in support of the project. The letters came from Safeway or a Safeway representative. Safeway hasn’t exactly explained what they intended to do with the card, but it appears that Safeway and Venator… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cutting back and cutting through
Cherry blossoms without Circulation; More park, less cut-through in SF; Dulles taxis unpopular; A tale of two Safeways; Parking far more subsidized; San Jose rail light but not rapid; Everybody wants the TIGER. Keep reading…
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With Safeway and library, Tenleytown takes two steps forward and one step back
This past week, Safeway revealed their plans to renovate the Safeway at 42nd and Ellicott Streets, along Wisconsin Avenue in the northern reaches of Tenleytown. What they propose (huge PDF) is a dramatic improvement over the bunker-like current building, and will enliven a dreary section of the neighborhood. However, the project includes no residential or commercial component… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: HOT lanes, cold retail market
Suicide by Metro; I-66 hot again in the press, on the campaign trail; Tempers hot on 95 and 395; Correct(ing) the park(ing) story; No traffic lights in London; Empty storefronts are increasing. Why?; 1940s Sears didn’t destroy Tenleytown; The perfect city according to Byrne; The “rural until we want sprawl there” tier. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dear Current, please get a real Web site
Sidewalks, assured; Don’t drive? You must not live here; These go to Elevenleytown; Tall TOD at PG Plaza?; Days since last injury: 1; Metro keeping its escalators; Cowening before trains; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Roads, rails and walls
Widening 270 is very bad for Baltimore; Yet another highway?; Game trains you to move cars above all; The people I used to be are ruining my neighborhood!; Riders not happy; Lynx links new riders to transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Bikes, trikes and automobiles
Bikes becoming fashionable in NYC; Arlington pushes trikes; Montgomery pushes cars; No eating unless you’re a cop; Lewis calls out the antis; What’s wrong with Franklin Square?; Rail should replace short flights; Short buildings equal job sprawl; Korea has “women-only” parking spaces; Bags for the City. Keep reading…
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Smart growth, dumb process: Tenley-Janney will proceed without PPP
The multi-year saga of the Tenley-Janney PPP is finally at an end … mostly. Today, Mayor Fenty announced that DC will move forward immediately to build a new library at the corner of Wisconsin and Albemarle, across from the Tenleytown Metro. They will also move ahead right away to improve the neighboring Janney school. DC officials will not proceed with a public-private partnership… Keep reading…
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Cheh, Brown ask to shelve Tenley library PPP
Councilmembers Mary Cheh and Kwame Brown have formally asked Mayor Fenty to stop pursuing a public-private partnership for the Tenley library and the adjacent Janney school. The original idea was a good one: the library is a low-rise building on a major corner that could support housing above, and help fund a better library and expansion for Janney. Keep reading…
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Cheh, Wells, Fisher on car-freedom
Marc Fisher spoke to Councilmembers Mary Cheh and Tommy Wells at last week’s Car-Free Day. Fisher relays anecdotes about Harriet Tregoning converting her free office parking space into bike parking, and about Marion Barry moving Tommy Wells’ bike to take one of the parking spaces at the Wilson building. Keep reading…