Around Town: Dunn Loring a Destination?

THERE'S NOT MUCH TO DO out at Fairfax County's Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metrorail station — the Orange Line stop is little more than a commuter parking lot. But as The Post's Lisa Rein and Alec MacGillis report, county officials have OK'd a plan to build a mixed-use development on Metro's 15 acres of surface parking. A six-level commuter garage, housing, retail and a Marriott hotel will rise from an area adjacent to the station at Gallows Road and I-66, just outside the Capital Beltway. A similar mixed-use development is slated for the Orange Line's Vienna terminus.
» "Project For Dunn Loring Is Approved" [WaPo]
Graphic by Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso/The Washington Post

» DISTRICT: Speaking of parking, if you live in the District, you can ignore residential street-sweeping parking regulations until April 2 — except those on major traffic arteries. So that means you could let your car sit on most District streets — there are exceptions — for the rest of this fall, all winter and into spring. Just remember that during declared snow emergencies, cars must be moved from designated snow routes. More from the D.C. Department of Public Works' notice. As blogger Time I'll Never Get Back writes: "... [C]an someone make a note to e-mail me on April 2 and remind me to move my car?" [DPW; Time I'll Never Get Back]

» SUPREME COURT: Two Supreme Court cases involving the use of race to maintain integration in K-12 public education drew thousands of protesters and other activists to the steps of the high court on Monday and, as The Post's Robert Barnes writes this morning, "it seemed to reflect a court majority highly skeptical of the proposition that the benefits of racially diverse public schools can justify any restriction on an individual's constitutional right to equal protection." Justice Anthony Kennedy could hold the crucial swing vote on the high court. Get a look at the scene outside the courthouse in the video at left by washingtonpost.com's Akira Hakuta. [WaPo; SCOTUSBlog]

» ALEXANDRIA: The Old Town Theater on King Street is in danger of closing its doors permanently if its owner can't raise $200,000 immediately and $700,000 in the long run to fix building code violations. The problems were spotted by city officials after the theatre's owner illegally built a second screen, The Examiner's David Francis reports. [Examiner]

Posted By Michael Grass at 1:29 PM on December 5, 2006 Tagged in Alexandria , Around Town , Dunn Loring , Fairfax County , King Street , The District , Virginia

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