Posts tagged Johns Hopkins
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To boost downtown Baltimore, get rid of its downtown jail
Baltimore’s downtown jail is a source of blight and a physical barrier between the city center and some of its most impoverished neighborhoods. Could moving it help heal the city? Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Honors are awarded to schools, students
Local high schools are ranked: According to Jay Mathews’ annual ranking, the most challenging DCPS high school is School Without Walls, which he placed at 6th in the region. Mathews ranked the school 99th nationwide. (Post) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trick or treat
Walkable = trick-or-treatable; Start up in Anacostia; Shut the door; Belward cleared for building; Charters lead to integration; Roads get emergency money faster; Not a safe route to school; Metro opens data; how can you use it?; And…. Keep reading…
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Hopkins lobbies for a slower, cheaper transitway
The Corridor Cities Transitway once promised a rapid transit ride north of Shady Grove, but Johns Hopkins University and other Montgomery County developers want to delete the “rapid.” That’s because development in the area is tied to the transitway. The cheaper the transitway can get, the sooner their plans can move forward. Six weeks ago, following… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going private
CCT may use private funding; Not what Belward owner had in mind; Arlandria project approved; Party with less paperwork; Unbanked on CaBi; Don’t judge SF performance parking yet; Slow is the future; And…. Keep reading…
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Land donors sue JHU to block Science City development
The family that donated land in Montgomery County to the Johns Hopkins University for a research campus is now suing to stop development of part of the sprawling “Science City.” Science City is Montgomery County’s plan for 60,000 jobs in a sprawling suburban development five miles from the Shady Grove Metro stop. It’s far from most of the county’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
MoCo big box bill unconstitutional?; “Science City” really just JHU profit city?; Safeway could block Skyland Walmart; Georgetown ok with Glover Park streetscape; Can RFK parking lots become ball fields?; Preservationists should be “picky”; Congress wants bike-ped shrunk in TIGER. Keep reading…