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WASHINGTON — Drivers who sit in one of the most agonizingly slow daily stretches of traffic in the D.C. region could get a new way around it. There are four potential options to cut down on traffic jams on and around Va. Route 28 from the area near Bull Run — the Fairfax County line — through Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County . Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Chairman Marty Nohe said two options tied to an extension of Godwin Drive appear the most promising. Godwin Drive runs parallel to Va. Route 28 just west of the city of Manassas. Under the plans, it could be extended along land once considered for part of a “Tri-County Parkway” past Prince William Hospital and Splashdown Water Park to connect to Route 28 either just south of Bull Run or just across the creek in Fairfax County , using Ordway Road to connect to the work already underway to widen Route 28 in Fairfax County . Any changes would also fit in with other Route 28 widening projects to the s...

The city of Dayton’s “beast” of a parking garage by the convention center will be getting upgrades to make it more attractive and user friendly in anticipation that it will be more heavily used because of new downtown investments . Dayton’s transportation center garage has 1,405 spaces and primarily serves the Crown Plaza Dayton hotel and the Dayton Convention Center , which it connects to via a skywalk. RELATED:  Downtown Dayton parking about to get a face-lift But downtown’s largest garage typically operates at 25 percent capacity weekdays when there are not special events, and it is used even less during weekends that lack major events , according to a parking study. That, however, may be about to change since the new $ 5 million Levitt Pavilion Dayton is being constructed across the street at Dave Hall Plaza , which is expected to attract 100,000 people or more annually to its concerts, starting next year. Developers also plan to rehab and reuse the Dayton Arcade, located a...

TAMPA — The long and dangerous dash across six lanes of traffic on Hillsborough Avenue in East Tampa should soon be safer to navigate. A new traffic signal just east of 22nd Street will begin operating in the next two weeks close to where two Middleton High School students were hit by a car two years ago. One sister was killed. The new signal, which cost $350,000, will be switched on next week in flashing yellow mode to give motorists some notice and will be fully operational the following week. It is located at the entrance to East Gate Plaza on the south side and Meridian Pointe Apartments to the north. At least four pedestrians have been hit by vehicles in this stretch of Hillsborough Avenue over the past four years, and three have died. None of the victims was crossing at a designated crosswalk. In the most recent fatality, 58-year-old Randolph Dunston slipped off the median near N...

A standout bridge over the lionized Sumidagawa river in Tokyo has been designated a Mechanical Engineering Heritage property . The Kachidokibashi bridge was at the cutting edge of Japanese manufacturing when it was built 77 years ago . The designation means it has been recognized as a technologically and historically important asset . Another six items including Japan ’s first domestically produced subway car were selected as heritage properties . The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) certified them on Aug. 7, which itself is labeled "Machinery Day." Mechanical Engineering Heritage was set up in 2007 by the JSME, and it has so far certified 90 items as heritage properties . Kachidokibashi bridge , a bascule bridge measuring 246 meters in length, was opened to traffic in 1940. The bridge connects the Tsukiji district where the famed Tsukiji fish market lies with the Kachidoki district that now contains a cluster of skyscraping apartment blocks . Bascule br...

Did you know? In 1840, Elizabeth Blair, daughter of one of the city founders, discovered a natural spring filled with mica chips, which imparted a silvery hue. The town was named in honor of this colorful water feature . Geographic orientation : Montgomery County , Maryland Landmarks: Silver Spring Arts and Entertainment District, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, The Fillmore, National Museum of Health and Medicine Why You'll Love This Area: Silver Spring offers a family-friendly, walkable downtown, excellent restaurants and stores and a vibrant mix of arts and entertainment. Just minutes from the nation's capital, Silver Spring is a suburban city located in Montgomery County , Maryland. It is one of the fasting growing and most diverse communities in the U.S. The boundaries of Silver Spring cover a large geographic area extending from the borders of Washington, D.C. to the south, Prince George's County to the east and Howard County to the north. The area h...

INDUSTRY GE delays opening of new building in Fort Point General Electric Co. has pushed back the expected opening of its new building overlooking Fort Point Channel by two years after deciding to break the headquarters project into two phases. GE vice president Ann Klee said in a memo Tuesday to Boston employees that executives expect the 12- story building , dubbed South Point , to open in mid-2021, compared with an earlier goal of 2019. Two older brick buildings , together dubbed North Point , will be renovated first, with the aim of opening them in the first half of 2019. GE has already started work on the two old buildings, originally part of a Necco candy manufacturing complex . But construction on the new building was supposed to happen concurrently with much of the Necco renovations. Now, GE will finish the Necco buildings and move employees into them before starting construction of the new building. GE expects it will take 24 months to complete the new structure. The ann...

WEST WHITELAND >> Call it the development of Exton, 2.0. The area is undergoing a renewed interest with development that has the township buzzing with new projects. From a new supermarket – a Whole Foods, which the township has been told will open in January – to a post- operation rehabilitation facility , with plenty of housing in between, the Exton area is a hot spot for building again with more than 20 projects in the ground or on the drawing board. “There’s a lot happening now,” observed Mimi Gleason , West Whiteland ’s township manager. “A lot of it is because of the economy, the pent-up demand, and a lot of it is because the three supervisors we have now wanted to encourage redevelopment.” Advertisement The completion of the Exton Square Mall in 1973 helped put the Exton area on the map and through the decades leading up to the 2008 Great Recession the township saw steady growth with the development of other retail centers like Whiteland Towne Center , Fairfie...

Designed by KTGY Group, 2525 El Camino Real Senior Apartments , a development by ROEM Corporation , in collaboration with Pacific Housing , Inc. and the City of Santa Clara, broke ground on a new affordable apartment community for low income seniors . 2525 El Camino Real Senior Apartments in Santa Clara, CA" title=" 2525 El Camino Real Senior Apartments in Santa Clara, CA" width="154" height="87" class="im2" /> 2525 El Camino Real Senior Apartments in Santa Clara, CA June 21, 2012 - PRLog -- SANTA CLARA, CA - On Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Santa Clara broke ground on 2525 El Camino Real Senior Apartments , a development by ROEM Corporation , in collaboration with Pacific Housing , Inc. and the City of Santa Clara. The groundbreaking ceremony began at 2:00 p.m. at 2525 El Camino Real , Santa Clara, California 95050 (cross streets: El Camino Real and Buchanan Drive). " Providing affordable housing for our community is a very im...

For the third year, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and Mark Twain House & Museum will partner with Capital Community College to offer a class on the work of Hartford's most famous authors . The Hartford Heritage Project course, "English 220, Studies in American Literature: Stowe & Twain," will begin Aug. 30 and run through Dec. 18, with alternating sessions online and at the historic Twain House , 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, on Wednesdays from 2 to 4:42 p.m. It can be taken for college credit or audited for personal enrichment with optional papers and assignments. Either way, the cost is $599. Registration must be completed by Aug. 30 (and no later than Sept. 5, the last day to add a class). capitalcc.edu/hhp/courses. Audit information: Amy Lemire at 860-906-5185 or alemire@capitalcc.edu. Sunday Poetry Series The Clinton Art Gallery , 20 E. Main St., Clinton, will continue its free monthly poetry readings on Sunday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m., with readi...

Quizzes Lists Topics Save The River Terrace Apartments is an apartment building located at 7700 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] River Terrace Apartments was one of the first two garden apartment complexes built in Michigan which used loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Administration , the other being Hillcrest Village in East Lansing. [2] History By the late 19th century , the corridor along East Jefferson Avenue had become a prestigious residential neighborhood . As the automobile age dawned in the twentieth century and Detroit's population boomed, large upscale apartment buildings were constructed along the Avenue. However, this boom in apartment construction collapsed at the start of the Great Depression. However, in 1939, Wesson Seyburn, along with Leonard P. Reaume, of the property management firm of Holden & Reaume, applied for a building permit to construct this apart...