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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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This would provide Metrorail service to the New York Avenue corridor, if somewhat circuitous, and could also connect to a new infill New York Avenue station on the MARC passenger rail system (" One big idea: Getting MARC and Metrorail to integrate fares, stations, and marketing systems, using London Overground as an example ," 2015).

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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First, Virginia's focus on privatization, which is why the Silver Line was not built by Metro (" Silver Line delays: maybe the real lesson is that contracting out construction to the private sector doesn't always work so well ," 2014). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before.

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I can't help but laugh. DC Mayor's third term as a platform for transformation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But then I realized that's an affliction common to most of DC's elected officials, even her opponent David Catania (e.g., his stand on ticketing parents for a child's truancy or absence from school--see " Criminalizing truancy versus creating focused programs to address truant behavior ").

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Revitalization in a distressed residential-industrial neighborhood: Pullman, Chicago, Illinois

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Elected officials didn't make those decisions. In 2015, the Pullman manufacturing site was designated as a national monument, the Pullman National Historic Park. This is why I get angry when Republicans say "Democrats destroyed cities." National Monument. Planning document. Evaluation.