Posts tagged Waterfront
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Should East Falls Church have a waterfront?
As Arlington County prepares a redevelopment plan for East Falls Church, the City of Falls Church is considering its own options. One is to use Four Mile Run as the centerpiece of an East Falls Church Waterfront District. Yes that’s right, a waterfront district. Falls Church may be 6 miles from the Potomac, but why let that stop them? The waterfront plan was prepared… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground spaces, above-ground fights
Center Leg gash to heal; Dupont tunnels: Public money or not?; UMD backs down halfway; Fighting over VRE; Commission opposition; Lawyers on bikes; Down with opaque windows; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Opposition of the week
Wal getting green, not too green; Big growling over Big Bear; Down by the riverside; A less icy Crystal City; King coming to the shore; Do you like the 15th Street cycle track?; Open bike lanes. Keep reading…
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Bridging a 138-year-old divide suits L’Enfant’s spirit
NCPC will debate whether “closing” portions of three nonexistent “paper streets” along the Anacostia waterfront adequately respects the L’Enfant Plan. The way to best fulfill the spirit of the L’Enfant Plan, however, would be to focus on connecting the Barney Circle neighborhood to the waterfront. The railroad first separated the two when it was built in 1872, and the freeway… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s roll
Wiehle turning; Metro momentum; High turnover or high demand?; Barnes Dance in Chinatown?; What Cohen says about their project; WTOP on top of bike safety; Planning can go in both directions; And…. Keep reading…
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NCPC worries about viewsheds in waterfront development
Thrusday’s National Capital Planning Commission meeting will consider a project along the Anacostia waterfront between the 11th Street bridges and the CSX railroad. Staff have objected to closing parts of “paper street” segments of Virginia Avenue, M Street, and 14th Street, SE. The project, at 1333 M Street, SE, would build a large hotel and office building… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: High-speed suburban buses
ICC buses will go to BWI, Fort Meade; Fairfax plans dedicated bus lanes; C is for calming; Marketing transit; New York Avenue Costco; Cool subway architecture; Come transformare una chiesa; And…. Keep reading…
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Poplar Point planners present possibilities
Should Poplar Point become two separate districts, one extending the Anacostia neighborhood and one connecting across the river? Or should it be one neighborhood, centered around the Metro station leaving parkland along the waterfront, or activating the waterfront with a large park to one side? Should DC redevelop the Anacostia Metro garage, or leave it? These are some of… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Benefits not always visible
iSee subway stations; Oh, there’s a Metro station there?; Cantorism in NoVA; Hands off our pike; Medical Center Metro entrance lives to fight another day; Nobody wants to live here, except lots of people; Don’t drink and dial; Underground pipe to waterfront park. Keep reading…