A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
The police alert from a little before 4pm today:
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local events
Atlas Districth's east end
a local wholesale food district
Gallaudet Universitya university for the deaf
h street main street
NoMA BIDa business improvement district
ANC6Agood for info on h street & its surroundings
Capitol Hill North Neighborhood Associationa neighborhood association
Rosedale Citizens Alliancea civic group in rosedale
Stanton Parka neighborhood south of h street
Trinidad-Ivy City Gardening Cluba community gardening club
Trinidad Neighborhood Associationa local neighborhood association
H Street Great Street The Hill is Homea capitol hill blog
Hillscapea weekly column on the hill
Capitol Hill History Projectmostly covers the area immediately to the south, but some discussion of the florida market
Gardened & Glowing in Trinidada piece on trinidad & its garden club
H Street Lifea look at h street's night life
Hot Spotan h st. article
H Street Corridor Transportation Study The Insiders' MarketA look at the capital city market
Ward 6tommy wells' site
mapquest
NY Avenue Metroa map of the surrounding area
The Office of Planning Beyond DCa look at planning issues in dc
City Deskthe city paper blog
Curbed DCa real estate blog about DC
DCistlife in dc
DCmuddevelopment in dc
Eater DCa site about dining in DC
Greater Greater Washington The New Gayliving gay in dc
We Love DCa blog about life in dc
WMATAdc's metro
NARPACpolicy in dc
DC Watchdc politics & thoughts
Neighborhood Infocensus type info
goings on in anacostia
Bloomingdalebloomingdale
Bloomingdale for Nowbloomingdale
Borderstandupont/logan/u street
The Brightwoodianbrightwood
Columbia Heights Newscolumbia heights
New Columbia Heightscolumbia heights
Congress Heights on the Risecongress heights
14th & Youlogan circle
Georgetown Metropolitangeorgetown
Logan Circle Newslogan circle
The TriangleMount Vernon Square
Near Southeast Redevelopment Sitetop notch site covering the area near the new stadium
Penn Quarter Livingformerly known as chinatown living
Petworth NewsNW nabe dealing with issues similar to h street's
Prince of Petworthlife in petworth
In Shawa blog about life in shaw's truxton circle area
Remaking Le Slum Historiqueanother read worthy shaw blog
Southwest...the Little Quadrant that Couldsouthwest dc
Stop Blog & Rollpolitics/policy & brookland & woodridge
DC Blogsa blog about blogs
a washington post project
Washington City Paper Washington Post Washington Timesdetroit
2Blowhardsbrooklyn
NY Magred hook
What is Gentrification?pbs
What's Wrong With Gentrification?ny mag
CDC - Healthy Placespotential health effects of gentrification
Gentrification Fictionwho tells what story
Urban Renewal or Removal? Gentrification, Artist & Yuppies Working Togetherneutral gentrification
Salon.comi am the gentrifier
MDCBOWEN.organti-gentrification
Gentrification? Yes!pro-gentrification
worldwide metro maps and info
NY Subway NY Subway Photoblog WMATAdc metro
tons of policy papers
Cool Town Studioswhat makes cities cool?
Cyburbiaa planning site
Planetizengeneral planning
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Spacegeneral urban/transportation
Starts & Fitsland use & transportation issues
Streetsblogcovering the streets (literally) of New York
Curbeda site about neighborhood level happenings in nyc
rebuilding a brooklyn brownstone
Houseblogs
6 Comments:
Speaking of the Starburst Intersection....
Can we agree that it's mostly a failure in terms of usable public space? It seems to just be a nice shortcut to the other side of the "park." Is it even considered a "park?"
I'm not sure how to make it better used. Maybe a farmer's market? Maybe some food trucks could set up along the side?
Dec 21, 2011 12:41:00 PM
Tom -- I don't follow your post. What part of the Starburst was ever intended to be "usable public space," or indeed anything other than a bunch of roads coming together? What am I missing?
Dec 21, 2011 2:16:00 PM
chris- we spent milions making a park there. (A plaza, I suppose) Basically it's just a giant sidewalk with a couple of benches with a concrete wall behind it. There was discussion of adding a lot of green space, but that wasn't done for safety issues. I guess criminals hide behind trees and bushes, so they just put concrete over the whole thing.
http://tinyurl.com/7g94oxc
Dec 21, 2011 2:39:00 PM
Chris- it's where they reconfigured Maryland Ave to go to Bladensburg rather than straight through Benning Road.
Dec 21, 2011 2:40:00 PM
Oh, you mean the way they jazzed up that space across Maryland from the CVS, right at the Starburst? I guess I never really thought of that as a park per se -- just as space intended to be nicer than what was there before.
Thanks.
Dec 21, 2011 4:05:00 PM
agreed, that public space can be considered a failure. its great it has the CaBi bikeshare station but it pretty much ends there. that tall retaining wall combined with the concrete plaza is so unsightly...just a large concrete place for those waiting for buses, etc.
Jan 3, 2012 11:16:00 AM
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