David Ramos
@imagineterrain
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Making maps/systems to help us imagine landscapes past + future. Co-organize @midcityrun. Lost streams, 🚲🛶🌊 @imagineterrain.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.
Joined May 2010
Here's a new edition of the Lost Streams of Washington, DC map.
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An update about DC lost streams tours: the first walking tour of Slash Run is full, but I'm running a second tour on Sun 12/15. Free!
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Come along on a walking tour that follows Slash Run, one of Washington, DC's lost streams. We'll trace the stream's path from Adams Morgan and down through Dupont Circle. Sunday 12/8, 11 am, free tickets. I'll have paper streams maps.
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On this walking tour, we'll trace the path of Slash Run, a long-vanished stream that flowed through Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle. Free!
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Here is a great compendium of starter packs for DC transpo, cities, bike, and news people.
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I’m going to be spending more time over on Bluesky, under the same handle—here less often. It’s exciting to see folks I know showing up there, and “starter packs” can help you rebuild networks.
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RT @ggwash: A big win for GGWash, ANCs, and free speech: BEGA has reversed its stance that trainings we sought to hold for newly elected co….
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In January 2023, GGWash was all set to hold trainings for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners on the issues they might face and how to navigate DC’s bureaucracies. But the DC Board of Ethics and...
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Frederick Douglass Bridge, Nov. 10. Looks as if crews are demobilizing the site at the northern caisson.
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Total. Chaos.
Since early 2022, I've listened to dozens of residents and business owners share strong opinions on this project. Many complaints have been civil, but some are bizarre. For example, one person warned of "total chaos" on the street, with photos like this one included as evidence
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RT @NSementelli: I think vulnerable users being more prominent breaks the fantasy that driving is casual and safe and surfaces the--very re….
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“Drivers can no longer park in the bike lane, and this Adams Morgan business owner is speaking out.”.
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Metro delay announcements are becoming more specific; “residual delays because of a train with a brake problem at Rockville” rather than just “residual delays.”.
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Anyhow, many of the key case files are up on the HPRB Box site.
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Second, HPO thinks that DC preservation law says that an altered or repainted sign is no longer historic. Given that signs need to be repainted every ~10 years, this would seem to indicate that signs can never be historic. It also misunderstands the nature of signs.
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It's a striking case: first, HPRB values continuous street walls, the feeling of historicity, more than an actual historic sign. Also, the actual old buildings in Mt. Pleasant approach the street at a variety of angles—that is a significant feature of the neighborhood's fabric!.
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The developer wanted to preserve the much-loved original sign. Their first proposal would've set the upper floors back from the sign, but the Historic Preservation Review Board objected, saying something typically incoherent about street walls or something.
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The building would blot out the Heller's Bakery sign—a local landmark—that's painted on the side of the adjoining building. The rendering shows a new sign on the south side of the building, which is better than nothing.
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New apartment building is going up on the site of the former dry cleaner's at 3215 Mt. Pleasant St. NW.
A 15 unit apartment building with ground floor retail is going up at 3215 Mount Pleasant St NW.
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