Posts tagged Walter Reed
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Breakfast links: Ward 8 winners
Bike lanes in all 8 wards; Wait, there’s an election?; Housing the homeless; A small moratorium lift; FBI to… AFRH?; Facelift for Upper Marlboro?; Where are the stores?; Filmed in DC?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Competition heats up
Development for College Park Metro?; PG gets competitive; Bikes to get Royal treatment?; Walter Reed grocery store bids; Is Baltimore the next foodie paradise?; Can transit fix food deserts?; Better for the planet?; And…; And and…. Keep reading…
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Where will DC’s next 200,000 residents go? The mayoral candidates weigh in
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here is the first of 2 posts on discussions about housing with candidates for mayor. See all of the posts here. “We’ve been a city of 800,000 before,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop in the road
Road project on hold; Will McAuliffe stop the Bi-County?; Gray in the lead; More bike racks downtown; Federal budget falls short for St. Elizabeths; Walk under Wisconsin Ave; The rent is less damn high; Traffic kills 1 million a year; Rockville #MasterPlan; Bye Geoff and Jaime!. Keep reading…
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Schools combine to extend language immersion
Thanks to a unique collaboration, students from some of DC’s most popular charter schools will join together to continue their Chinese, Spanish, or French immersion instruction through high school. Next fall, students from the 5 feeder schools will become part of the inaugural 6th- and 7th-grade classes at DC International School (DCI). For the first year the school… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of the bike lane
Drivers ignore cycle tracks; DDOT hall of shame; A pop-up ban?; Nobody votes for the mayor anymore; Taxi drivers sue city to stop impounding cars; Metro accomplishes safety recommendations; Whole Foods comes to H Street NE; Big change in China?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We have winners
Walter Reed gets developer; McAuliffe wins; Big plans for RFK; Keep the 5A?; Plans for Glenmont; SOME plans for Benning Road; Alone to work. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Biking for the win
Bike sharing helps close gender gap; Texas cities get it; Metro train kills student; MoCo pedestrian safety; Should DC listen to retailers?; Developer still thinks it’s TOD; HOT lane decision-making; And…. Keep reading…
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Walter Reed’s main street should be Georgia Avenue
The Walter Reed campus is one of the largest redevelopment sites in the District. It may one day become the biggest node of activity between Columbia Heights and Silver Spring. Three teams are competing for development rights, and it’s now up to DC to select which team will get the opportunity to build. Keep reading…
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Universities’ role in real estate development grows
As DC determines how to repurpose 68 acres of the former Walter Reed hospital campus, one thing seems clear: the new development will include at least one university. Citywide, universities are playing a greater role in the regional real estate scene, partnering with developers and moving beyond a “behind-the-gates” approach to education. Keep reading…