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The Insane Highway Plan That Would Have Bulldozed DC's Most Charming Neighborhoods


October 21, 2015
Rendering of the Three Sisters Bridge, which would have linked with interstates and erased three well-known areas of DC. Photograph courtesy of DDOT.
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One day this summer, Matt Andrea was eating a tuna
tartine at Café Saint-Ex at 14th and T. Across the street, a Room & Board store was selling sleek furniture to occupants of the new condominiums marching up 14th Street. In what used to be a crime-ridden corridor, eateries up and down the block offered the culinary bounty of modern-day Washington: artisanal burgers, regional Thai cuisine, an array of craft beers.
Unbeknownst to the diners and the shoppers and the moms pushing strollers along the teeming sidewalks, Andrea, a retired banker, is an author of the scene. There’s a pretty good argument that none of the budding urbanism that has turned the neighborhood into a place where people spend a million dollars on a rowhouse would exist if not for people like Matt Andrea. ....

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Why Ted Cruz should've known this was a bad idea


Why Ted Cruz should’ve known this was a bad idea
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) at the airport security check point at the Cancun International Airport on Thursday. (REUTERS)
Everyone needs a vacation. I need about five of them right now. But when you are charged with the people’s business as politicians are and crisis strikes, ideally, you should let your job take precedence.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is the latest to do . not that. News broke Wednesday night that someone bearing a striking resemblance to Cruz had headed to Cancun, Mexico, even as his state was dealing with a particularly arduous situation: Snow and historically cold temperatures had compromised Texas’s power grid and water system and left many to fend for themselves. ....

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Politicians vacationing during crisis: A history - The Washington Post

Politicians vacationing during crisis: A history - The Washington Post
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