Posts tagged Truxton Circle
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Breakfast links: Shiny new things
Developments at Dunbar; Screens lighting up with data; Is BRAC a priority for McDonnell?; How Moscow handles its escalators; Post: Keep up Klein’s work; Wells talks bikes; Bad privatization hits New Jersey; More on the federal transit benefit; And…. Keep reading…
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I Wish This Were… in Bloomingdale/Eckington/Truxton Circle
Forward-thinking New Orleanians started putting stickers on abandoned buildings and other places they wish were more than they are. Borrowing the idea, minus the physical tagging of properties, we bring you the first installment of “I Wish This Were…”, where GGW contributors imagine a better use for vacant properties and poorly-conceived public spaces… Keep reading…
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Make North Capitol Street a true gateway
North Capitol Street, framed by the Capitol dome and used by hundreds of commuters and visitors, stands as an oft-overlooked example of a highway mentality misapplied to an urban setting. To rectify this longstanding gash in the city’s fabric, DDOT should look into reshaping of the less appealing highway-like portions of North Capitol Street around Rhode Island and New York… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parks and schools
Lighting up Sherman Circle; New parks in NE Capitol Hill?; Benefits of school integration; Too cool for school; New 11th Street bridges on track; PG County gets first “high-end” grocery; Church housing; Fairfax wants chunk of VA surplus; No more back doors. Keep reading…
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Gray promises transit and bicycle funding at first town hall
At the first of eight town hall meetings, held Tuesday evening in Ward 5’s Truxton Circle neighborhood, presumptive Mayor-elect Vincent Gray began to flesh out his plans for taking on the District’s challenges and reemphasized his support for transit, bicycling, and affordable housing. The enthusiastically supportive crowd harshly criticized the Fenty Administration’s… Keep reading…
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They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
While parking lots are on the wane in some parts of town, that’s not the case everywhere. Houses in Truxton Circle have been torn down at a notable rate recently, and some of those have simply been turned into expanses of asphalt to house cars instead of people. Parking lots draw the ire of many who live in DC. They’re not the best use for limited city land and they’re… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Not going to fix itself
The word on Catoe; Promised to fix transportation? Never mind; Red Line disruptions this weekend; Evans driving distracted?; VRE still growing; Go on a diet; Let Bethesda build; Pop that out of here!. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: It’s not the communists who’re trampling on freedom today
Senators to DC: spend your money on us, not yourselves: You’ve probably already read that Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and Bennett (R-UT) are talking about blocking the recently passed bill to allow bars and restaurants to serve alcohol until 5 am on Inauguration Day. They said that “could seriously strain law enforcement resources that need to be focused on the large… Keep reading…