Breakfast links: Walter Reed rising?

3 plans for Walter Reed

Developers have presented their plans for Walter Reed. All the plans include a grocery store and at least one university partner as anchors. (City Paper)

Detroit files for bankruptcy

In the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history, Detroit has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. The move will allow the city to restructure $18 billion in debt.  (NextCity)

WMATA union protests privatization proposal

DDOT’s proposal to privatize the streetcar and two dozen bus routes is running into opposition from Metro’s largest union.  Local 689 says that the move could cost 200 drivers their jobs. (Post)

Ike Memorial rolls on

Frank Gehry’s controversial design for the Eisenhower Memorial has won concept approval from the US Commission on Fine Arts. The National Capital Planning Commission will also have to weigh in. (DCist)

How to succeed in retail

A study commissioned by the Office of Planning finds when it comes to making a street a successful retail destination, a historic district is a plus, but a high median household income nearby doesn’t really matter. (Elevation DC)

When people lived smaller

One reason people now live in larger spaces than in the past: restrictive zoning, which in many cities, outlawed things like rooming houses, but mostly only where poorer and/or minority people lived. (Slate)

No water crisis, just a PR one

Prince George’s residents escaped a promised water outage, but WSSC is coming under fire from the Post editorial desk and County Executive Rushern Baker for predicting days without water. (WAMU)

And…

Amtrak and VRE are slowing down trains to fight the heat. (Post) … Over 1,000 Pepco customers lose power in Petworth (WTOP)  … Mayor Gray takes to the streets to fight fake pot. (City Paper) … A small plane crashes in Maryland City, Maryland. (WTOP)