Hill Rag: Tempers Flare as DGS Announces Plans for D Street Reversal
Direction Change Part of Plans for Eastern Market Plaza Park
Yearly Archives
2019
Hill Rag: Potomac Residents Hold Vigil for Slain DCHA Employee
Residents Say Farewell to a Genial Man They Say They Had Come to Rely On
Folklife: The Power of Public Art: Lisa Marie Thalhammer’s Campaign of Love
Early in her life, Lisa Marie Thalhammer learned about gender stereotypes and the expectations Western society place upon women. In high school she waitressed at her family’s truck shop near St. Louis, Missouri, where she was often…
Press Release: Norton Statement on the Retirement of Lowey
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 16, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the decision of House Appropriations Committee…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Makes Veterans the First Residents on the Reimagined Walter Reed
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
October 16, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Chanda Washington (DMPED)
'As Part of #DCHousingWeek, Mayor…
Gerald E. Connolly in The Fulcrum: Statehood for D.C.: Are we truly a democratic republic?
For the first time in more than two decades, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing last month to examine the potential admission of Washington, D.C., as our 51st state. But at its core, I believe that hearing examined…
The Georgetowner: Funding Announced for Ellington Field, Rebuilt Jelleff Center
Jack Evans, Georgetown’s Ward 2 Council member for more than 25 years — the longest-serving Council member in D.C. history — dropped two bombs full of money on the neighborhood at an Oct. 7 community meeting. Organized by the Burleith…
Washington Business Journal: This steak chain is closing two D.C.-area restaurants
Two locations of Del Frisco’s Grille in Greater Washington will shutter Sunday, just a few weeks after the restaurants were acquired by huge restaurant conglomerate Landry’s Inc.
UrbanTurf: NoMa’s 99-Unit Tribeca Condos Break Ground
A little more than a year after UrbanTurf broke news of a by-right condominium development planned on the cusp of NoMa, the Tribeca is moving forward.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Stiffer traffic penalties won’t make our streets safer, but that’s…
You have to hand it to the D.C. bicycle lobby.
Washington Post: Trump emoluments case over his D.C. hotel gets second chance in legal challenge
A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit claiming that President Trump is illegally profiting from foreign and state government visitors at his hotel in downtown Washington.
Washington Post: In wealthy D.C. areas, praise and pans for mayor’s call to increase affordable…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s plan to push affordable housing into affluent neighborhoods drew applause Tuesday but also sparked warnings that it would face opposition from communities that have long resisted subsidized housing.
Washingtonian: These May Be The Best Political Posters Ever to Hit DC Streets
A local activist is talking about a mayoral run. But first, some Peruvian-inflected posters.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates Washington Nationals Winning First-Ever National League…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
October 15, 2019
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement after the Washington Nationals swept the St. Louis Cardinals…
Washington Post: Trump emoluments case over his D.C. hotel gets second chance in legal challenge
A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit claiming that President Trump is illegally profiting from foreign and state government visitors at his hotel in downtown Washington.
WTOP: New affordable housing units are coming to neighborhoods in DC
The future of affordable housing in D.C. won’t be confined to the usual neighborhoods, D.C.’s mayor said Tuesday.
Washingtonian: A Nationals-Yankees World Series Will Mean Dozens of DC-vs.-NYC Think Pieces, and…
So it’s come to this: A Washington Nationals-New York Yankees World Series is not impossible. Such an event would unleash a nightmare upon journalism. By which I mean think piece after think piece, and hot take after hot take, about which…
WAMU: Here’s Where D.C. Mayor Bowser Wants To Put New Affordable Housing
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser set a goal this year to add 12,000 new affordable homes to the city over the next six years. Tuesday, she unveiled her administration’s plan for where those homes will go.
Washington Business Journal: Even before its grand opening, this Navy Yard-area apartment building…
The newest multifamily building to be developed near Nationals Park in Southeast D.C. isn't open yet, but it's already nearly fully leased.
UrbanTurf: A Proposed Change Would Prohibit New Construction in DC From Blocking Solar Panels
Earlier this year, the Adams Morgan ANC filed a zoning appeal of a construction permit for a building which could reduce the solar production capacity of an adjacent home. Because the building was new construction rather than an addition,…