Breakfast links: Area around Amazon HQ2 draws investors and commercial tenants
A National Landing banner in Crystal City in 2020 by S. Davis licensed under Creative Commons.
Crystal City area braces for Amazon-spurred growth
The area branded as National Landing is attracting investors from across the world who see profit in Amazon’s presence. On top of this, a growing number of other tech businesses are signing leases for new office space nearby. (Jacob Wallace / Bisnow DC)
Judge tosses out MD congressional map
It’s back to the drawing board for Maryland’s congressional map, which a judge threw out saying it was an example of “extreme gerrymandering.” The ruling is a win for Republicans including Gov. Larry Hogan. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
Meet the cyclist who slowed the trucker convoy in DC
David Adler is an Australia-born Dupont Circle resident and lawyer who got his 15 minutes of fame when he rode his bike in front of a trucker convoy passing through the District, bringing the convoy to a crawl and garnering the attention of people nationwide. (Ellie Silverman / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
DC makes little progress on effort to rename buildings, monuments
A task force charged with renaming about 50 sites in the District named for slave owners or people who espoused bigoted views hasn’t followed through on its mission, possibly due to blacklash that renaming efforts have sparked in other areas. (Julie Zauzmer Weil / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
Reston residents want pedestrian-friendly redesign for traffic circle
Reston area residents are pressing state and local officials to redesign a traffic circle island near Lake Anne Plaza that they say is too difficult for pedestrians to navigate, especially seniors and people with disabilities. (Fatimah Waseem / FFXnow)
DC announces plan to build 33K units along New York Avenue
33,000 new housing units could pop up along a three-mile stretch of New York Avenue in Brentwood, Ivy City, and NoMa over the next 20 years, according to a new framework by the DC Office of Planning. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Omicron subvariant spreading, but still not dominant in the region
BA.2, a more transmissible subvariant of Omicron, is likely causing COVID-19 case numbers to grow slightly across the region. But the original Omicron variant still makes up about two thirds of new cases in the region. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / DCist)
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