Posts about District of Columbia
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A NoMa cooperative hopes to redevelop mixed-income housing more successfully than DC’s past attempts
A 1968 experiment in cooperative low-income housing near DC’s NoMa neighborhood will soon be the site of a large redevelopment project. The owners plan to add new apartments and retail while preserving places to live for current residents of the community. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How we house
Housing boom; Rent disparity; Commutes between counties; A history of public pools; Buses for the region; The name stays; Football facility fail; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Never change
In the middle of change; Uber-difficult; Metro under the microscope; Take the A+ train; Baltimore on the back burner; Press on; Kensington school concerns; How to pay; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Petworth residents say changes to a dangerous traffic circle should go further
Many people in Petworth lament how dangerous it is to cross the street and get to Grant Circle, one of their neighborhood parks. DDOT has an initial plan for addressing the problem, but pedestrian advocates say the real way to make the circle safer is to make the streets narrower and add more crosswalks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumps in the road
What’s next White Flint; Ivy City changes; O Street Green; Enough is enough; Go big or go home; Getting there; Bucks win; Housing on HBO. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All aboard
Purple Line negotiations; Making Metro safer; A bus stop after all; Metro as a marketing tool; De-escalating; DC power; School for grown-ups; BnB fee; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smaller footprints
Fewer feds raises revenues; Smile, you’re on camera; Paying for permitting; Downsizing; Bridge rebuilding; MARC moves to diesel; Beautification Day no more; Like father, not like son. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We’d really like nice things
Less money; Escalator out; Why transit stinks here; Police on camera; Pennsylvania Avenue revitalized; Maximize the Mall; Tapped out; Singing for statehood; In LA the car is out; Hello old friend. Keep reading…
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DC can save the Olympics, if Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles all help
Boston has backed out of its bid to host the 2024 Olympics, and officials are begging DC and other cities to try and host the games. But fewer and fewer cities want to. What if, instead of picking one host city, the entire country pitched in, with venues spread out in several cities coast to coast. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: But that’s crazy
Refunds and apologies; All for one and one for all; Almost hit; The Mayor’s duplex; Filling the void; That’s nuts; Who really needs the help. Keep reading…