Top ten most-commented posts of 2009

by David Alpert • January 1, 2010 12:13 pm

What posts on Greater Greater Washington generated the most discussion in 2009?

"No more cars" vs. "not more cars" (August 11): Do advocates for livable and walkable places "hate cars" and want everyone to bicycle everywhere?
DDOT unveils vision for eight streetcar lines (October 23): Where might streetcars run one day in the District of Columbia?
No bloody slashes, dashes or unnecessary acronyms (March 10): What if all our Metro stations had short names?
McMillan Two envisions a classical Anacostia (October 14): Architect Nir Buras' proposal to narrow the Anacostia River and make it more like the Seine.
Ticketing of cars in public space reaches Capitol Hill (April 27): Drivers can't park in public space in front of houses in DC. Good policy or bad?
Starchitects design African-American museum (March 30): The six finalists for the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American Art and Culture.
Early inaugural post-mortem: Nice job, Metro! (January 21): Metro had its best day ever on January 20th. Then it had the worst year ever.
Wisconsin Giant opponents file lawsuit (September 11): The latest move by opposing residents to stop development of the Giant at Wisconsin and Newark.
Impending storm could trigger the Metro "snow map" (December 18): When the biggest December storm since 1984 make the Metro map look like it's 1984.
Transforming a suburban church into a neighborhood (October 29): Could a Virginia church surrounded by acres of parking become the anchor for a new neighborhood?

6 comments — Share	— tags: meta

2009 wish list for transit, revisited (Dec 22, 2009)
Starchitects design African-American museum (Mar 30, 2009)
Post covers upcoming Google Transit data release (Mar 20, 2009)
New walkable Giant vs. "late commercial moderne" (Jun 13, 2008)
Suburban supermarket and strip mall dropped in Congress Heights (Apr 10, 2008)

Comments

If memory serves correct, I opined on many of those topics.

by MPC on Jan 1, 2010 7:33 pm

@MPC: How could we forget?

by Michael Perkins on Jan 1, 2010 9:11 pm

I started to read the comments in the "no more cars" story, and found that it had quickly devolved into uncivil comments of one sort or another..

by Jack Russell on Jan 2, 2010 9:07 am

A story to be told here............can GGW help?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/profile/new-years-eve-at-the-national-building-museum,1159576/reader-reviews.html

by district21 on Jan 2, 2010 5:21 pm

What story exactly is that? That a bunch of young 20 somethings thought $100 dollar ticket on the biggest party night of the year was going to guarantee them a great time, and that everything the party was advertised to be...wasn't? How old are you that you are "shocked" by this?

Every single one of those parties are a joke, and it doesn't take attending one to figure that out. There are countless reviews from past years, from a variety of venues and companies floating about the ether of the internet and they all say the same thing. NYE hotel/museum parties in DC have long been over promise and under deliver events, especially at only $100 bucks a ticket. Something akin to expensive chaos. You want something better, pay the ~$200 bucks to get into the Ritz, or Willard party, something with a price point high enough to eliminate the boozy college student crowd, or don't and spend the money throwing yourself a decent party.

Consider your NYE party a renewed lesson of somethng you've obviously forgotten. "You get what you pay for".

by nookie on Jan 4, 2010 10:45 am

Its a story because it wasnt the 20s that messed up. the planners set the party up for 3000 people and only hired staff for 3000 people. Then after selling those tickets so quick they decided no one would noticed if they just kept selling them. They sold close to 5800 completely overwhelming the catering staff they hired causing chaos. It wasnt drunk 20's trying to have a good time. it was sober 20's trying to find booze in a party that ran out because it was a scam. the place was destroyed because the two guys planned poorly to try to make a quick buck. in short it was a scam. it happened in NYC at the tavern of the green over Halloween this year, and a class action lawsuit was filed and led to both parties losing their businesses.

by ryan on Jan 5, 2010 3:47 pm