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The Potter’s House in Adams Morgan smells of chai and books. On a cold January Monday, its front room is half-full and silent, save for an anonymous coffee house soundtrack. It’s quaint. It’s unassuming. It’s not the place you’d expect to…

City nightlife study shows hours' effect on businesses

When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser held her final budget engagement forum of the year recently in Northeast, housing emerged as the primary issue of concern but economic development, particularly more full service-grocery stores east of the…

Former D.C. Office of Human Rights Director Monica Palacio, who has been credited with adopting aggressive policies to fight discrimination targeting transgender women and LGBTQ people in general, announced on Feb. 20 her candidacy for an…

Those dreaming of taking a stroll along a rejuvenated C&O Canal in the Georgetown area of D.C. are in for a treat: The National Park Service has approved a plan to revitalize the canal and some surrounding areas.

When the city failed a homeless child six years ago, Christina Gaddis got a knock on her door.

In 1996, the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority — commonly known as the D.C. Financial Control Board, the federal entity that took over the District’s finances in the mid 1990s — released a startling report titled…

The D.C. Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance announced on Monday that it would not issue a candidate rating on LGBTQ-related issues for former D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) because of the Council’s determination that Evans…

For nearly two months, there were no books at Lost City Books. “Don’t panic,” the front door instructed, promising the emptiness was only a hiatus for renovations.

D.C. now knows just how many voters got incorrect information about the upcoming primary election date.

New condo sales in the D.C. Metro area increased by 12% in 2019, and condo sales in the District were up by 20%, according to a new report from McWilliams Ballard.

D.C. elections officials will send new voter registration cards to 25,000 households that received materials listing the wrong primary date, the board said Wednesday.

Two D.C. destinations made the semifinalist list for the country's best new restaurant as the James Beard Foundation released nominations for its coveted annual culinary awards to be doled out in May.

Since 1978, Studio Theatre in Logan Circle has attracted prominent plays to the District, while the neighborhood around it has transformed into a retail and nightlife destination. Now, Studio itself is set to change in a big way: The venue…

Goodbye $450 million glass and granite palace on Pennsylvania Avenue. Hello . . . a one-bedroom hotel suite on K Street?

With warmer months just around the corner, Washington should be preparing for the usually busy summer travel season. But D.C. tourism officials say that one specifically lucrative segment of local tourism could be impacted by the growing…

Every student learns that the American Revolution was born, at least in part, out of the conviction that there can be “no taxation without representation.” More than just a slogan, this rallying cry represents the essence of…

The biggest award season for the restaurant and bar industry returns.

UrbanTurf has covered the concept of "Missing Middle" housing with interest over the past few years, including a look at how DC's housing stock already offers examples of multi-unit housing that can be interwoven in low-density…