Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon

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From: Pat
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <slrn4tm04t.i1d.ltost@ltost01.erols.com>,
L. Tost <ltost@ltost01.erols.com> wrote:
>On 2 Jul 1996 20:08:32 GMT, Dharm Guruswamy <gt6874b@acmex.gatech.edu> wrote:
>>Rex (rex@access.digex.net) wrote:
>>: Adams-Morgan is one of the most densly populated areas in DC, yet does
>>: not have a station.
>>
>>When complete the Columbia Heights station will be about a half mile walk
>>from Adams-Morgan
>>
>>
>
>What about a Georgetown stop?  I've often wondered why there wasn't one.  
>Maybe it would help cut down on the the 5 million cars on M and Wisconsin ;)

georgetown wasn't the best spot technically, and the
burghers of georgetown wer bitterly opposed to this.

Yeah, it'd have been nice,  but no-way today, especially with
the district going bankrupt.



--
Overbreeding leads to weakness, it is a slow death -- Major Katsunagi -

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Date: 1996/07/09
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