Posts about History
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Breakfast links: Identifying 41 Alexandria streets named for Confederate leaders and likely to be renamed
Alexandria report identifies 41 streets named for Confederate leaders to be renamed. Despite high interest rates, tough competition for upper NW DC homes. Metro’s bus network redesign includes Tysons-to-Bethesda route. Keep reading…
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Downtown DC’s recovery hinges on one word
Stop focusing on forcing workers to return to the office in cars. DC has bigger questions to answer. Keep reading…
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Greenbelt and Langston Terrace planners promised quality housing — and to improve residents’ morality
The unique New Deal planned communities were designed to address DC’s acute housing shortage in the 1930s and uplift the virtue of residents, but ultimately failed to live up to their full promise. Keep reading…
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Tastee Diner is not Silver Spring’s soul
I wondered why I can’t just give in and enjoy Tastee Diner the same way. One reason is that, for a few reasons, I didn’t go to Tastee Diner much. The other is that to say one diner marks the decline of an entire community is short-sighted. Keep reading…
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Goojie? Gootie? Google? Googie.
The fight over a 1960s-era dry cleaners in Silver Spring reveals a major problem with how the county handles historic designation, and we may have ended up with the right outcome despite the law. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Red Line trains suspended Monday morning due to person killed on tracks
Person dies on Red Line tracks during Monday’s rush hour. Downtown DC needs more amenities to be livable. Audit finds Maryland Toll Authority overcharged thousands of users. Keep reading…
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Study: Vision Zero cannot succeed without examining racism and classism in land-use
A recent study presents the idea that Vision Zero cannot succeed unless racism and classism in land-use is addressed. Keep reading…
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Is Prince George’s County losing its status as the region’s Black promised land?
For years, Prince George’s County was known as a mecca for Black homeownership and middle to upper class growth. However, its status as such is not so guaranteed. Keep reading…
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Why do we celebrate Transit Equity Day?
A throughline of how transit equity has been, and continues to be, a central part of the fight for social and economic justice. Keep reading…
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DC’s historic districts may be preserving racial segregation
All but three of DC’s historic districts are majority white, and analysis of Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park suggests that historic district designation may be contributing to the displacement of Black residents from those neighborhoods. Keep reading…