Posts about District of Columbia
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Morning links: Money, money, money
Pay to play ball; Surface parking now below; Cramped corners; No profit in running Metro; RIP Ron Linton; Hi-Yo, Silver Spring; Spare a dime?; And…. Keep reading…
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Residents push for stop signs, not a wider road, at one Petworth intersection
In April, two cars collided at Kansas Avenue and Quincy Street NW. Crashes at the intersection aren’t uncommon, and residents and ANC commissioners are asking for a four-way stop. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Decisions are hard
How Hogan decided; Blown opportunity; Springfield evolution; Alley suit in Shaw; People counters; Let’s talk about sharing; Which MTA. Keep reading…
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Can a park bridging the Anacostia bring investment without displacing residents?
If the plan to build a park over the old 11th Street Bridge comes to fruition, there’s no question it will change Anacostia. For now, the people behind the park are working hard to ensure that the people who are there now will be able to stick around to enjoy it. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hogan’s choices
Purple haze; Red riot; Highway work; Metro’s next steps; Worth the cost; Need parking?; Bad roads; Fair housing win; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Decisions, decisions
The future of the Purple Line; Tough decision on the streetcar; No more bus?; Got to go; Income inequality; Who will buy?; Not your grandma’s Ford; Q&A with APA; And…. Keep reading…
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NoMa is lighting up its underpasses. Next up: L Street
The L Street underpass in NoMa is about to get a whole lot brighter. A new art installation called “Lightweave” will go into the space, continuing the neighborhood’s plans to brighten and activate the four underpasses at its heart. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stand by
The NTSB report is out; Not cool; Empty office parks; Goodbye, flag; Go fishing; Ahead of the curve; Elevate; And…. Keep reading…
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Will Georgetown’s campus plan collapse the area’s rental market?
In 2012, the Zoning Commission approved Georgetown’s latest campus plan. A central part of the plan is that the school committed to providing 385 new on-campus beds by the fall of 2015, with the long term goal of housing 90% of its undergrads on campus by 2025. With that first deadline rapidly approaching, is the rental market already feeling the pinch of reduced demand? A lot… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step by step
Memorial walk; Metro’s stalled recovery; DC’s transportation experiments; Careful bike lanes; Recycling woes; Tiny apartments; Constant construction; The Pope is a planner?; Faded renewal; And …. Keep reading…