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| Preservation Café: May 21
Architect and long-time Capitol Hill resident Judith Capen will return May 21 for the second session of CHRS’ spring series on Making the Most of Your Basement. Ms. Capen will turn in May to questions and issues related to Digging Out Your Basement. Read more... Time: 6:30-7:15pm in the downstairs Community Room at Ebenezer’s Coffeehouse at Second and F Streets, NE. |
| HPRB to Meet May 22
The DC Historic Preservation Review Board will meet May 22 at 441 4th Street NW, Room 220 South, at 10:00 am. Click to see Capitol Hill cases that may be considered. |
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CHRS Zoning Committee to Meet June 12 The Capitol Hill Restoration Society Zoning Committee will meet on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 7:30pm, Kirby House, 420 10th Street, SE, first floor. Click to see what cases they will be considering. |
| Hill Transportation Issues to Be Featured at June 18 Community Forum
DC Department of Transportation Director Emeka Moneme has accepted CHRS’ invitation to present information on and discuss all the transportation initiatives that are being implemented, planned and considered for the Capitol Hill Community. DDOT not only manages and maintains the transportation infrastructure, but also plans, designs, maintains, and constructs streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, traffic signals and street lights. They are also responsible for improvements to the street system to facilitate traffic flow, including parking restrictions. The Department also manages, with the Department of Public Works, the removal of snow and ice from the streets and coordinates mass transit services with WMATA. We have asked that the Director and his staff provide us with all the proposed routes for light rail and the new (and re-alignment of) bus lines that have been mentioned in the press. Other topics which will be part of the discussion include all the planned or considered bridge work (Massachusetts Avenue, Eleventh Street, South Capitol Street and Fourteenth Street) as well as DDOT projects along the Anacostia River from Benning Road to the Southwest Waterfront. The meeting’s time and place will be announced around June 1, here and in the June News, but the day will be June 18. Mark your calendar, bring your questions, and tell your friends and neighbors. Contact eckbarbara@yahoo.com if there are any specific issues you’d like to have included. |
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From the May 2008 CHRS Elections Eleventh Street Bridges— Councilmember Jim Graham presided over a marathon Public Works and Transportation Committee hearing April 18 on the allocation of 2008 budget funds for the Department of Transportation (DDOT). One major issue was whether the Council should authorize DDOT to start spending money on the proposed Eleventh Street Bridges expansion, or halt construction spending to explore a less expensive, less damaging alternative. Click here to read more about the $475 Million proposed for an Click here to download PDF of the full Smart Mobility report Preservation Cafe Zoning Issues HPRB Actions Michael Shiner Diary Online |