Posts about Architecture
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Morgan Boulevard Metro is the best site for the FBI
Prince George’s County has several Metro stations that could accommodate a new FBI headquarters. But to get the FBI, Prince George’s County needs to pick a site quickly. The ideal site is the Morgan Boulevard Metro station. In a prior post, I argued that the Morgan Boulevard station is an ideal site for a new regional hospital that the county, state, and the University… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s for transit?
Obama stiffs WMATA; Republicans for transit; Bethesda second entrance lives; From vacant lot to trendy market; Will Trump Post Office fail?; Property rights on the ballot; Arts fade downtown; How WMATA uses contractors; And…. Keep reading…
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To lure the FBI, Prince George’s must be more nimble
Prince George’s officials are eager to attract the FBI headquarters to a Metro site in the county, and it’s the right place for the FBI. But if they’re going to win out over a competing proposal by Fairfax County, officials need to move quickly and lobby for a single, appropriate site. On February 9, County Executive Rushern Baker signed a County Council resolution… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bag fee blockage
PG bag fee loses vote; Don’t live free; Hard to drive 55?; More camera controversies; Bite your tongue; Defaulting Thomas; New plans for NoVa; Unaffordable affordable housing; People want walkable; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Goodbye thieves; Post Office Trumped; Bus burns again; New plans for waterfront; CaBi brings in capital; Evans won’t let go of ‘Skins; Where the poor live; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pressure’s building
Tensions mount over budget; The signs of disengagement; Up in arms over car barn; A walk down K Street; Confusion burns; First, they came for our land…; Florida HSR would have been profitable; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Groundhog Day
6 more weeks of… winter?; House transpo bill to markup; Metro finds more cracks; Not terribly deliberate speed; Main drag a drag; Food deserts not a huge issue?; Public safety and history collide; Preservation group didn’t stall Met Branch; And…. Keep reading…
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New building raises Silver Spring’s urban design standard
Former Washington Post architecture critic Benjamin Forgey once said, “there are so many bad buildings in Silver Spring, it’s a hard place to do good.” Yet some architects and developers are trying to do better here. Last month, ground was broken on Eleven55 Ripley, a new residential complex in the Ripley District, located west of Georgia Avenue in downtown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pedal pusher
CaBi gets one Post editor biking; Limbaugh calls Cheh “babe,” gets facts wrong; Why the projects failed; The answer is infill; Congress slow-walking FBI relocation; Skyland still in limbo; Placemaking in Baltimore; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More about the Metro budget
WMATA to hire 1000; Bike lockers get cheaper; Sarles answers only some questions; Transit center delayed; Fairfax wants FBI; Grants push a better H Street; Herndon says no to roundabout; Poor kids miss play. Keep reading…