Posts tagged Wheaton
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Maryland SHA needlessly draws community ire with poor Georgia Avenue Bus Rapid Transit options
Last November, Montgomery County passed a master plan envisioning high-quality Bus Rapid Transit on its eight busiest corridors. Unfortunately, Maryland officials are pushing to design BRT in an unreasonable way that would harm the community along the route, and have unnecessarily stirred up opposition to BRT as a result. The Maryland State Highway Administratrion (SHA)… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Neck and neck
Bowser and Gray lead poll; A hospital at St. Elizabeths?; Takoma likely moving ahead; Which Metro stations to develop?; College Park bikeshare on hold; Bus service fit for a king; Boat club battle is over; Youth Center is history; Metrobus schedule changes; Metro thefts increase; And…. Keep reading…
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Wheaton’s Youth Center represented the future in 1963. Could it do that again in 2014?
50 years ago, the Wheaton Youth Center brought local teens together around rock-and-roll and symbolized the idealism of the young, fast-growing suburb. As pressure grows to replace it with a new recreation center, can this building adapt to become a part of Wheaton’s future? To some, the 1960s-era building at Georgia and Arcola avenues is a local landmark with a storied… Keep reading…
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Town square could wake up Wheaton’s sleepy downtown
Wheaton could get a new town square with an amphitheatre, performance space, and a dramatic ramp connecting it to the Metro station. It’s part of Montgomery County’s latest plan to revitalize Wheaton’s struggling downtown, which officials released earlier this month. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: From the future
Georgetown Metro station by 2040?; Make way for the Purple Line; FBI definitely leaving DC; Federal transit benefits set to lapse; Two tiers of municipal service?; Deep roots of affordable housing shortage; Montgomery funds storefront renovations; And…. Keep reading…
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Good design, lots of parking at Wheaton’s tallest building
Last month, downtown Wheaton got a new Safeway, complete with 17 floors of apartments on top. While the new building gives Wheaton a skyline, it also has a lot of above-ground parking and blank walls, making the surrounding streets less inviting to pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Do concerts make the Wheaton Youth Center historic?
Wheaton residents want a new recreation center, but historic preservationists say the current one, where Led Zeppelin allegedly played a show in 1969, should stay. On Thursday, the Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a public hearing about whether to make the Wheaton Youth Center a historic landmark. Keep reading…
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New apartment buildings target Millennial renters
The largest generation in American history, Millennials are having a big impact on both national and local housing trends. But does it make sense to build housing specifically for them, as one developer wants to do in Wheaton? There’s been no shortage of writing about Millennials, or the generation of young adults between 20 and 34. On the one hand, they’re flocking… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Great year for Amtrak
Amtrak posts record numbers; Falls Church’s expensive real estate; New parking passes on the way; Why don’t people move?; Wheaton gets apartments for Millennials; Shutdown shorts; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less parking, more sharing
Less parking in the future; Greed may limit parking; Council halts parking passes; Ridesharing approved; Maryland worst for emissions; Redevelopment proposed for Wheaton; Cycletrack sets bad precedents; Plurality support congestion charge; Metro escalators disappoint; And…. Keep reading…