Posts tagged The Mall
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Vancouver-style Anacostia ferries and the Water Mall
Vancouver’s False Creek ferries shuttle people between major attractions and neighborhoods, activating their waterway. Yesterday, we discussed whether a similar program could achieve the same for the Anacostia River. Could a connected Anacostia become a significant destination or even a second, water-borne National Mall? The False Creek ferries run every 5-10… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Atone
The mind is the root of bike hate; Memorial gets too much life; Goodbye, Greyhound terminal; PG wants more TOD; Inaugurate freedom for DC; Trees aren’t whole story; Railgate to the Metrodome; Paris wants genuine residents; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More gentrification?
Is Union Market gentrification?; The gentrification invasion; Riders’ freewill presents challenge; Inaccessible machines; Development school of thought; Opposition group of one; A councilmember in 73; WMATA not the only one; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting there
Metro raises SmarTrip minimum; Passenger trains come back to Norfolk; Gray and employment; Flooding problems; Reflecting Pool reopens; Bypasses go out of favor; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Contributions
No vote on corporate contributions; Invest yourself; A green Anacostia; Heating plant to park; Who needs a truck?; Walk around, win stuff; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to revitalize
Police adapt to changing neighborhoods; Can Crystal City change direction?; Oregon to try out VMT tax; Keep Union Station historic?; Atlanta’s BeltLine still progressing; Montgomery works on farms; And…. Keep reading…
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Southwest Ecodistrict would repair 1960s damage
One day, disjointed streets and lifeless blocks around L’Enfant Plaza could become a complete neighborhood with a connected street grid, park space, mixed-use buildings, a museum and more. That’s the vision of the Southwest Ecodistrict plan from the National Capital Planning Commission and a companion plan focusing on Maryland Avenue, SW by the DC Office of… Keep reading…
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Holiday links: For the fourth
How to get around; Non-profit drives drinkers home; Safety rules a waste?; WCP gets bought; Charles County adopts traffic cameras; Rents in NoMa, Capitol Riverfront rise the most; Only some city brands stick; NPS will soon change vending contract; Don’t assault anyone; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good and bad choices
Silver has support; Not an Outer Beltway?; We want buses; Blaze your own trail; Fairfax has draft of future bike map; At least we’re not Muni; Premade bulbs; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being a business
Secondhand stores safe; DC not so easy for small business; Corcoran of Alexandria?; Will Tysons lose more trees?; Congress considers more monuments; Better sewers benefit all; Listen car-free; And…. Keep reading…