Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: parks, parkways, and parking
White House stadium? Did you know that in 1910, the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts “approved plans to build a football stadium either on the White House Ellipse or at some other spot in East Potomac Park”? That’s part of Marc Fisher’s fascinating history of the long debate over stadiums in DC. Keep reading…
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“Too big” isn’t a historic argument
What’s “historic”? The debate over what does and does not count as “historic” pervades most preservation controversies. The national criteria for deeming something historic are very broad. That’s helpful for preserving the truly historic, but people opposed to the destruction of nearly any structure can make an argument that it’s… Keep reading…
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Who’s our candidate for Montgomery District 4?
It’s gotten little attention in the traditional press, but eastern Montgomery County voters will make a big decision on April 21 that will greatly influence the direction of the county. In January, District 4 Councilmember Don Praisner died, less than a year after winning the seat in another special election to complete his late wife’s term. The winner of the Democratic… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: bikes, brothels and bloggers
Bike lane blockers: In this comic strip, we see what happens when our hero runs across a car parked in the bicycle lane. No, no cars get keyed. (Tip: Steven) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More pedestrians there, more cars here
Midtown Manhattan’s Broadway to go pedestrian-only: Times Square and Herald Square are some of the nation’s most crowded outdoor spaces. Diagonal Broadway jams up traffic on Sixth and Seventh Avenues, by taking away traffic signal time from the avenues. Yesterday, New York announced an innovative solution Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Roadblocks and mental blocks
Room and Board not on board: Room and Board’s financing fell through to buy the vacant commercial building at 14th and T. In December, an exciting proposal by Tryst, Diner, and Open City owner Constantine Stavropoulous to share the building among a diner, comedy club, yoga studio and dance company lost out to Room and Board. Will Stavropoulous be able to resurrect his original… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Things are going very Wells
Give me a C: Councilmember Tommy Wells (Ward 6) has endorsed the C Street, Northeast neighbors’ suggestion to narrow C west of RFK Stadium. Previously: we looked at C Street proposals. Keep reading…
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Hyattsville: the next Bethesda, or the next River Terrace?
Hyattsville has seen a great deal of promising development in the last few years. The crown jewel, the Hyattsville Arts District, has inspired the moniker “the new Bethesda,” insinuating good houses, potential for retail, and transit access. It’s one place in Prince George’s County where elements of transit oriented development are starting to flourish. Keep reading…
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Sex and the City: why women and families matter
A recent study at Cambridge University says that urban development projects tend to cater to men. Poor transit systems and lack of schools and daycare near workplaces, it found, restrict women’s ability to balance work and family. How do cities in the United States cater to men and women? In particular, does the physical, social, and economic structure of the DC metropolitan… Keep reading…