Posts about District of Columbia
-
Breakfast links: Moving, moving, moving
Move to Largo; Wooing Marriott; No more MARC and VRE?; No money for Baltimore; Happy, but noncommital; New start for College Park; Tree hugger; NY ❤ Uber; Too much parking. Keep reading…
-
This map shows some information about Georgetown. We don’t know what it is. Do you know?
This heat map of DC surfaced on Twitter on Tuesday, but not because people thought it had interesting information. It was actually just the opposite: nobody was sure what the map is trying to show. Any ideas? Keep reading…
-
DC built 13% less housing over the past decade than its own citywide plan calls for
In 2006, DC adopted a Comprehensive Plan to guide its development efforts. At the time, the District’s population had just started to perk up after six decades of decline, and the plan reasonably foresaw that growth could continue into the future. The District’s population has indeed grown substantially, but its housing stock isn’t keeping pace. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Safety first
MPD on the MBT; Striping for safety; Metro, meet Congress; More Parkway CaBi; More rides for Metrorail; Still poor; The new ghost town; And…. Keep reading…
-
Construction is starting on a mixed-use building at Eastern Market. It took seven years to get this far.
In a ceremony on Friday, a mixed-use development formally broke ground at where the closed Hine Junior High School used to stand, across the street from Eastern Market Metro. This hard-fought project has been in the works since at least 2008, and is a good example of how long many of these projects can take amid community battles. Keep reading…
-
Twelve out of 33 DC Streetcar fixes are complete
Earlier this year, outside experts identified 33 issues for DDOT to address before the H Street streetcar can open. According to DDOT spokespeople, 12 of those 33 have since been completely fixed. The remaining 21 are in progress. Keep reading…
-
How a DC neighborhood got the name of a Georgia poet
Lanier Heights, near Adams Morgan, isn’t home to any live oaks or tidal marshes. But the person after whom the neighborhood is named, Sidney Lanier, is famous for his poetry about the natural beauty of his native Georgia. And now from the Vast of the Lord will the waters of sleep Roll in on the souls of men, But who will reveal to our waking ken The forms that swim and the… Keep reading…
-
Rhode Island Ave could get a huge new housing complex. Will it make the area more walkable?
A Big Lots and Forman Mills currently sit on the huge swath of land on Rhode Island Avenue NE, next to the Metro station. Soon, that same land may be home to a 1,550-unit housing development with retail stores on the ground floor of all of its buildings. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Almost ready
Streetcar almost there; Millenial bust?; Purple hopes; Largo’s future hospital; Park or parking; Planning 2.0. Keep reading…
-
DC’s two futures
After a generation of losing population, the District is attracting people of all ages, and housing costs have skyrocketed as a result. While growth has slowed, costs continue ascending beyond the reach of not only poor residents but also many middle- and upper-middle-class families. Keep reading…