Posts tagged Coffee Shops
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National links: Setbacks mount for self-driving car industry
Anemic progress on self-driving cars. Anthropologist questions how we think about housing. The benefits of reimagining parking spaces. Keep reading…
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National links: Houston, we have a… well, you know
The right hurricane could devastate Houston, and along with it some major sources of energy for the US, Baltimore’s Black Lives Matter candidate is for real, and a California city is considering building a park overtop a freeway. Check out what’s happening around the country in transportation, land use, and other related areas! For Houston, not if, but when: Houston… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcars on a roll
Streetcars live; Mayor for life fined; Candle mural too religious?; Catania files ballot petition; Traffic camera comes home; City staffer in restaurant tiff; Trolley Trail section completed; A better electric bike; Keeping gentrification positive; And…. Keep reading…
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Citizens band together to make Kennedy Street NW a retail destination
While new investment and street life arrive in Northwest DC neighborhoods like Petworth, Brightwood, and Takoma, Kennedy Street has been slow to respond. But a group of local citizens seeks to change that. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame it on the alcohol
Closing time; A dryer U St.?; Where the bars are; How to succeed in coffee; Good and bad for WMATA transparency; Watch out for the tracks; Arts District tops; Gas mileage performance parking?; And…. Keep reading…
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Is “the rent too damn high” for some DC businesses?
In the coming weeks and months, a handful of businesses along 14th Street NW will close their doors. The retail corridor appears to be booming, but high commercial rents make it difficult for low margin businesses to compete. This Saturday, Mid City Caffe on 14th Street will serve its last latte. Citing insufficient sales and a less-than-ideal second floor location above Miss… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot trains
MARC heating up; Swing through BART; And…; Purple single tracking not dead?; Favoring taxes; A walkable crossroads; CaBi locations and colors; It’s complex. Keep reading…
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A new Third Place enhances a walkable space
Life has come to a new, small commercial building on University Avenue in Wheaton after months of construction. First, local favorite poultry eatery El Pollo Rico has finally re-opened at its new location after a fire destroyed its old place of business. Second, there is now a brand new coffee shop, Dejabel Cafe. I could not resist trying a mocha latte. It was tasty. I made sure… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: urban lifestyle vs. bad transportation policy
We need 3 bedroom condos: All About Cities points out that we’re going to start needing 3-bedroom condos in the future as more families want to stay in the city. Right now, almost all demand is for 2-bedrooms and smaller, but families need 3- and 4-bedrooms. Manhattan has them (at high prices of course) in its old buildings, but most other cities don’t. Vancouver planners… Keep reading…