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Old Korean Legation: Inside a prominent but little-known Logan Circle landmark

Michelle Goldchain Dec 14, 2018
Logan Circle has a reputation for many things: beautiful architecture, expensive homes and marvelous eateries and bars. Generally not included in this list is the 19th-century Korean Legation at 15 Logan Circle NW. For the 40th annual Logan…
Built Environment

Historic, dilapidated Petworth building will see new life as senior housing

Michelle Goldchain Oct 30, 2018
After nearly two decades of disuse, the neglected Grant Building in DC’s Petworth neighborhood will soon come back to life — as an affordable assisted-living facility for eligible seniors. Since 2001, the Renaissance Revival structure…
DC History

Another summer comes and goes with no events on Carter Barron stage

Michelle Goldchain Oct 19, 2018
The 1960s were the heyday of Rock Creek Park’s Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Ella Fitzgerald were among the musical acts highlighted in a May 12, 1968, article in The Washington Post previewing…
Arts and Culture

Find design inspiration with these six upcoming DC home tours

Michelle Goldchain Oct 12, 2018
Part of what makes the nation’s capital so exciting is that there is so much variety here — from the food to the people to the architecture. Every few months, events celebrate the District’s mixed bag of tastes, sounds, sights and…
Arts and Culture

National Law Enforcement Museum set to open at Judiciary Square this week

Michelle Goldchain Oct 3, 2018
The nation’s only museum dedicated to nearly every facet of American law enforcement will open this month at Judiciary Square, offering exhibits that will enable visitors to assume the role of crime-scene investigators and hear first-hand…
Built Environment

In Columbia Heights, a planned affordable senior housing project gains support from local ANC chair

Michelle Goldchain Sep 5, 2018
Northwest DC’s Columbia Heights is one of the fastest-gentrifying neighborhoods in the country, but a new project is promising to add affordable housing to the area. The National Caucus & Center on Black Aging Inc. (NCBA) plans on…
District government

Woodley Park looks to launch Main Street program in October

Michelle Goldchain Jul 27, 2018
Woodley Park’s commercial corridor has yet to set itself apart as a must-see destination. Later this year, efforts will begin to change that. Ryan Wegman, executive director of Friends of Woodley Park and vice president of assets and…
Built Environment

Long-vacant Truxton Circle school may become community center, Peace Corps museum

Michelle Goldchain Jun 15, 2018
Running across a vacant or blighted building in DC isn’t uncommon, much to the chagrin of residents. In May 2016, Greater Greater Washington put the “official count” of vacant and blighted buildings in the city at approximately 1,200, but…

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District Links: Trump threatens to federalize MPD again unless DC cooperates on immigration enforcement; WaPo analyzes…

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President Donald Trump is threatening to declare a new national emergency and once again federalize DC's Metropolitan Police Department unless Mayor Muriel Bowser allows officers to fully cooperate…

District Links: House may vote next week on four bills to remake DC criminal justice laws; how Trump crackdown affected…

Sep 12, 2025 9
Four of the DC-related bills advanced earlier this week by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are positioned for a vote on the House floor as soon as next week.

jonetta rose barras: The hot mess of democracy in DC

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Truth be told, DC home rule has been a hot mess since Congress approved it in December 1973. Residents may have acquired the right to elect a mayor, city council and advisory neighborhood…

District Links: House panel advances bills to alter DC criminal justice laws, amend home rule provisions; Trump’s…

Sep 11, 2025 8
At the conclusion of a daylong markup session, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted last night almost exclusively along party lines to advance 13 bills that would amend or…
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