Posts about Preservation
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Breakfast links: 12 dirty pols
Why nobody spoke up; Bond tax delayed 1 year; No bus garage at Walter Reed; Bulger not a regular rider; Parking required at historic train station; ANC supports waterfront development; Walmart asked for transit improvements; Greens not for transit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not welcome here
Barry wants ban on apartments; Park Police ruin a family’s 4th; Do we need a cyclist anti-harassment bill?; Alexandria pushing wider roads for Mark Center; No tax breaks for facadectomies; London bike sharing turns one; Metro morsels; And…. Keep reading…
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Historic board stands up to mid-rise opposition
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board approved concept plans for the Hine project on Capitol Hill last month, making a clear statement that while they’ll push to improve the quality of development, they’re not going to bow to neighbors’ demands to substantially shrink it down. Historic review can greatly improve many development projects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with the law
93 days in jail for a vegetable garden; Are strip clubs good neighbors?; Black women bike, too; Scandals complicate economic development pick; Too many boards and commissions?; Two approaches to solving regional congestion; 4 stories shockingly massive; Chairs vanish where immigrants gathered; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver on the line
Virginia officials talk Silver Line savings; Metro morsels; Johnson resigns, but not fast enough; Car sharing bidding “backward policy”?; Ward 1 ANCs discuss bike lanes, parking; Preserve Washington artifacts or empty space?; When automobilization was new; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More jobs
Gray unveils more economic development details; Electronics maker to St. E’s; Demolition by divine neglect; MetroAccess riders suing over possible TB exposure; In transit-rich neighborhood, but transit not so useful; Get searched to hear music, see sculptures; Keeping Md. drivers & cyclists ignorant; Arrest made in parade shooting; And…. Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: King’s Palace on 7th Street in Chinatown
One of the most elegant storefronts in Chinatown is the broad and richly ornamented terra cotta façade of the R.F.D. Washington restaurant at 810 7th Street NW. This building was once the pride and joy of Henry King, Jr. (1834-1897), one of Washington’s most prominent retailers in the late 19th century. Henry King was born in the spa town of Baden-Baden in western Germany. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Police and crime, but not always both
Arrested for reporting on Taxi Commission; What’s “impeding traffic”?; Bus drivers angry; Crash victims remembered, maybe with park; Arlington crowdsources CaBi placement; Dense(r) center near Quantico; Parking by day, shows at night; And…. Keep reading…
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DC begins removing old streetcar tracks
DC has begun a project to rehab and replace the streetcar tracks on O and P Streets in Georgetown. DDOT will pull up all the cobblestones (technically Belgian blocks), tracks, and the yokes that support them. They will then reposition the yokes lower to be better aligned with the street grade, which has eroded a lot over the years. Once that’s completed, they’ll reposition… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Lessons from the past
Don’t tear it down; DC United won’t go in Florida Market; Contention mounts over complete streets funding; Detroit plans to shrink; German transit inspired Disney, but not LA; HOV privilege ends for hybrids; It’s a man’s world; And…. Keep reading…