Posts about Community
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Breakfast links: Malign neglect
Public housing demolition by neglect; Homeless in DC; Intersection of less-certain doom; The price of control; Sticker shock; Brookland bidding war; Hide your cans; Until it goes “click”; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: One high school will get an international focus, another may stay closed for a while
Roosevelt HS will reopen with international focus: The troubled Petworth school, currently being modernized, may offer dual language instruction and international travel when it reopens in 2015. (Post) Shifting school renovation money: DC Councilmember and mayoral candidate David Catania wants to delay reopening Spingarn High School as a career and technical education… Keep reading…
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Week 5 whichWMATA answers: Transfer stations
On Monday, we posted our fifth photo challenge to see how well you know Metro. I took photos of five transfer stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do? We got 57 guesses on this post. 21 of you got all five correct. Congratulations! Do you have photos that could stump our readers? Next week, we’re going to run a guest set of whichWMATA photos. If you want to submit… Keep reading…
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Calling all kids! Join us for a GGW/Streetsblog playdate
Cities are great places to raise children, DC in particular. So Greater Greater Washington and Streetsblog are teaming up to host a playdate and family picnic to bring our readers together for some kid-friendly fun. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Creative ways to boost tourism
Give Pittsburgh the scaffold?; When movie tax credits help a city; Bikeshare thievery; GSA proposes cybersecurity campus; Corupt developer punished; Alec Baldwin, bike salmon; And…. Keep reading…
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In 1979, was your neighborhood “sound” or “distressed”?
DC looked very different in 1979. A map of neighborhood housing conditions shows just how much. In many neighborhoods in Washington now in high demand, 35 years ago the housing stock was in danger. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who needs a license?
Taxis vs. the future; License to tour; Not too high; Get ready to bike to work; No place to park; Bus flips; From students to Shakespeare; Solar pavement; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Forums, freight, and financing
This week, learn about infrastructure and support smart growth advocacy. Next week, weigh in on projects that will make communities better in DC, Arlington, and Alexandria. And enjoy the nice weather, get outdoors, and explore the Washington region with more walking tours. CSG Livable Communities Leadership Award: The Coalition for Smarter Growth’s annual awards… Keep reading…
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Heat maps show where people bike… or at least, where affluent people exercise by bike
A global cycling heat map from the fitness app Strava shows where people are exercising by bike. It’s a useful tool to chart the most popular bike trails, but the data skew heavily towards wealthier recreational cyclists and away from transportation and less affluent areas. Keep reading…
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Can you guess the Metro station? It’s whichWMATA week 5
It’s time for the fifth installment of our weekly “whichWMATA” series! Below are photos of 5 stations in the Washington Metro. Can you identify each from its picture? Keep reading…