Photo by Mark Linsangan.
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The ANC will meet for its June session next Monday at 6:30 at Visitation.
For regular followers of the ANC, you’ll be all too familiar with the great Race Closures War of 2010. That was when the ANC started forcefully pushing back against the increase in street closures due to races, etc. While a marker may have been placed, it does seem like there’s been no actual decrease in the proliferations of races through Georgetown lately. And next monday, we get to hear about two more: the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure and the Four Seasons Sprint Four the Cure 5K.
But races aren’t the only thing on the agenda. One thing that jumps out at GM is an item stating “Bike and pedestrian safety on K and Water Streets”. GM is not sure what that indicates, but some commissioners take any and all opportunities to complain about bicyclists’ behaviors down on K St. Keep in mind, it’s not bicyclists that are killing people every few years in Georgetown, yet some commissioners elevate the bike threat above all reason. Continue reading
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Photo by Colton Brown.
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Smart Growth America released a moving report this week cataloging all the pedestrians deaths in America over the last ten years. The total number is a staggering 47,205. The thrust of the report is that these deaths are largely the result of roads designed to move cars without regard to pedestrian safety.
The group performed an added service by mapping every death here. This allows you to see exactly where in your city or town people have been killed. And by zooming in on Georgetown, we can see that four people have been killed by drivers over the past ten years. That’s one every 30 months.
The sad vagaries of each case demonstrate that no single cause can be blamed. Most of us remember the sad death of Joe Pozell, the reserve officer (and Oak Hill Cemetery caretaker) who was killed while directing traffic at M and Wisconsin in 2005. Some may also remember the ten year old boy killed at 33rd and Wisconsin while he ran across the street in 2010. Also among the dead was a man killed by a hit and run driver on the Key Bridge in 2011, and another man killed at M and Wisconsin in 2010. Continue reading
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Photo by Bryce Spivey.
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In December, GM promised that the Eastbanc condos being built on the site of the former Verizon building parking lot would go on sale “soon”. Well soon has come: the seven redonkulously chic condos are now yours for the taking.
For the budget price of a mere $3.6 million, you can have this guy who boasts four bedroom and 3 1/2 baths:
For the lobbying president in your life, why not splurge on this little $5.55 million number, which carries just 3 bedrooms yet a perplexing 4 1/2 baths:
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