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Fort Lincoln Seeks a New Bounce; Planned Shopping Center, Housing Seen as Critical Impetus for Stalled NE Area
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The Washington Post
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June 10, 2004
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- Debbi Wilgoren
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When it first was unveiled as a Great Society showpiece, the Fort
Lincoln new town was envisioned as an urban version of Columbia or
Reston, with grand federal offices and a monorail system.
But for 40 years, Washington's planned community in Northeast has
languished half-built in one of the city's choicest natural settings.
Now, the city's construction boom is reaching Northeast, and city
officials say a proposed shopping center anchored by a Costco -- and
plans to build 300 new housing units -- offer the most solid hope yet
of reversing years of frustrating false starts.
While the takeoff of Fort Lincoln has been predicted decade after
decade, never before have so many ideas been backed ...
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Project outrages residents: Fort Lincoln mulls Barry recall...
The Washington Times;
April 2, 1997 ;
Salmon, Barrington;
787 words
......is meeting tonight with Fort Lincoln New Town residents threatening to...Rev. H. Lionel Edmonds. Fort Lincoln New Town is a 20-year-old planned...developed and sold by the Fort Lincoln New Town Development Corp. Sources...
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In NE, a New Start for New Town
The Washington Post;
August 12, 1999 ;
Eric Lipton;
787 words
......was first conceived, the Fort Lincoln New Town at the northeast edge of...center--has not been built. Fort Lincoln New Town Corp., a private, for-profit...Jeffers, a spokesman for Fort Lincoln New Town Corp. A lease with a grocery...
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In D.C.'s Fort Lincoln, Finding a Leafy Enclave
The Washington Post;
July 18, 1992 ;
Linda Wheeler;
787 words
......only planned community, Fort Lincoln, sound like real estate...people our age." Indeed, Fort Lincoln does seem to offer much...George's County. The new town of Fort Lincoln was the idea of President...integrated. He wanted the "New Town in Town" to ...
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Fort Lincoln gets Barry to abandon housing project: Reliable voting bloc...
The Washington Times;
April 6, 1997 ;
Salmon, Barrington;
780 words
......has a solid voting bloc of Fort Lincoln New Town residents, which he has been...last week by more than 2,500 Fort Lincoln voters who vote and vote...willing to change. Fort Lincoln New Town is a 20-year-old planned...campaigns he has made sure that ...
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Hope Stirs In Fort Lincoln; Growth, New Neighbor Inspire Pocket of D.C. to...
The Washington Post;
April 30, 2007 ;
Clarence Williams - Washington Post Staff Writer;
787 words
......and tennis courts at Fort Lincoln Park. Atop a ridge...change is coming to Fort Lincoln. There are newcomers...drive on the hills of Fort Lincoln Drive and the narrow streets of the Fort Lincoln Cemetery, where several...But as a development, Fort Lincoln ...
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Peterson to Build Fort Lincoln Center
The Washington Post;
May 7, 2001 ;
Jackie Spinner;
787 words
......agreement with property owner Fort Lincoln New Town Corp. to build a retail...of the development of a "new town" in Fort Lincoln. The 330-acre site, once...has been controlled by Fort Lincoln New Town, a private developer, since...
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The Drip, Drip, Drip Of a School's Decline; Parents Seek Repairs at Fort...
The Washington Post;
December 1, 1993 ;
Sari Horwitz;
787 words
......in bathrooms with no private stalls. This is Fort Lincoln Elementary School, an 18-year-old building where...million on school repairs this year, but not at Fort Lincoln. "Does Fort Lincoln have problems?" said Karen Hinton, a schools...
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NOTCH Babies Line Up At Fort Lincoln New Town
Washington Informer;
July 19, 1995 ;
Jr. Witherspoon, J.;
408 words
...Jr. Witherspoon, J. Washington Informer 07-19-1995 NOTCH Babies Line Up At Fort Lincoln New Town. For the past year, Notch Babies have been meeting at the Fort Lincoln Senior Citizen Center, signing petitions to demand that the U.S. Congress act on a pending legislation to release the ...
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Blessing, Dedication Ceremony to be Held at Fort Lincoln Cemetery for...
U.S. Newswire;
December 17, 1992 ;
222 words
......When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 Where: Fort Lincoln Cemetery's Community Mausoleum 3401...completed family room located in the Fort Lincoln Community Mausoleum on the grounds of Fort Lincoln Cemetery at 3401 Bladensburg Road, Brentwood...
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Affluent and smart, but is New Town a less safe place to work
Evening News - Scotland;
February 14, 2002 ;
STEPHANIE TODD and JANE HAMILTON;
656 words
......all making their homes there. But is the New Town becoming a target for increasingly desperate...fuelled by an attack on a woman in her New Town home on Sunday. The woman was allegedly...freezer worth GBP 3000, from the same New Town home. Annette O'Carroll, secretary of...
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Teen Slain Near Grandmother's House in Fort Lincoln
The Washington Post;
March 18, 2008 ;
Elissa Silverman; Martin Weil - Washington Post Staff Writers;
339 words
......Street in Mount Rainier. Residents of the Fort Lincoln neighborhood said, however, that he...said the two of them were living in Fort Lincoln with the grandmother. D.C. police said...gun violence among District youths. Fort Lincoln, which was created more than 30 years...
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'New Town' developer wants to duplicate effort in metro area.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
June 22, 2005 ;
648 words
......Schlinkmann Jun. 22--The developer of St. Charles' New Town project, where 5,700 homes are planned over the...3,000 homes and various businesses in a smaller New Town sequel. As with New Town, it would use the new-urbanist style that emphasizes...
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NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IS UNDER WAY.(BUSINESS)
The Virginian Pilot;
June 26, 2002 ;
290 words
......spade of earth Tuesday for the 300-acre New Town, an office, retail and residential development...compact, pedestrian-friendly community, New Town is being developed by New Associates LLC...CC Casey and should open in early 2003. New Town's current plans call for about 1 million...
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New Town style for much less
Evening News - Scotland;
April 4, 2001 ;
Angie Brown and Stephanie Todd;
603 words
...NEW Town flats are over 30 per cent more expensive...agents said competition for property in the New Town had now created a substantial gap with...architecture. A two-bedroom flat in the New Town might sell for GBP 200,000, compared with...
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Longtime New Town doctor honored by community
News From Indian Country;
November 15, 1995 ;
Michelle Boorstein;
258 words
......From Indian Country 11-15-1995 Longtime New Town doctor honored by community. (AP) -- Dr...Wilson Appreciation Day." A program in the New Town Civic Center and open houses around town...and worked at her husband's clinic in New Town. She has also volunteered at the New ...
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