Washington Business Journal: Smithsonian reveals more details on new headquarters
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III revealed more details on the cultural institution's plan to buy part of an office building by L'Enfant Plaza for its new headquarters during a House oversight committee on its space…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: ‘Anything you want, take it’: A downsizing party after 45 years in the…
“Anything on the tables. Take it,” she announced to the room, after getting everyone’s attention with the golden ping of a Tibetan singing bowl.
District Links: Progressive activists endorse challengers in Ward 2, 4 races; $13M contract dispute…
Happy Thursday. Lefty groups aren't waiting until 2020 to make endorsements for the June primary.
City Paper: How ArtReach GW Changes Lives East of the River
The program gives children the opportunity to create and learn about their local communities.
UrbanTurf: Auto Shop-Turned-Arts Space and a Dog Park: The First Phase of the Arts Park at Walter…
UrbanTurf has had an eye on the Arts Park at Walter Reed for several months now, as news broke that this portion of The Parks development would include a power plant-turned brewery and a firehouse-turned artspace. Now, more details are…
Washington Business Journal: Sanford Capital to return $1.1M in rent to D.C. tenants
Landlord Sanford Capital LLC and its owner, Aubrey Carter Nowell, will pay back $1.1 million in rent payments to tenants of three D.C. properties “forced to endure inhumane living conditions” as part of a settlement agreement announced…
WTOP: Lawmaker calls for radical change in DC’s criminal justice system
The head of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee is pushing for a radical change in how the District handles prisoners.
City Paper: D.C. Is Rapidly Gentrifying and the Fate of its Affordable Housing Hangs in the Balance
For D.C., the problem is major and it is imminent: How can the city avoid the fate of San Francisco, where housing has grown so costly that barely anyone can afford to live in it? Though D.C. has not reached the notoriety of SF, where…
City Paper: A Leaked Document Raises Questions About a Multi-Million Dollar Contract
A local company claims the Office of Contracting and Procurement violated contracting law and has ignored requests for a required debrief.
WAMU: With Rent Control Likely To Stay In D.C., Tenant Advocates Urge Stronger Legal Protections
With the District’s rent control law up for renewal next year, tenant advocates are calling for changes that would deepen protections for the city’s most vulnerable renters.
Washington Business Journal: Children’s National names university partner for Walter Reed campus
Virginia Tech is coming to Children’s National Hospital’s new campus at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Washington Post: Virginia Tech to establish biomedical research facility with Children’s National in…
Virginia Tech plans to launch a biomedical research facility in the District by early 2021, focused on pediatric health, in a venture with Children’s National Hospital that will expand the university’s presence in the capital region.
Library of Congress exhibit on comics shows off the art form’s rich, diverse history in…
While you don’t need to be a comics aficionado to appreciate the new installation Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages at the Library of Congress (LOC), you may be inspired to become one after seeing it. The exhibit showcases comics as…
jonetta rose barras: Behind the scenes of the Evans ethics mess
DC Council’s handling over the past year of allegations of ethics violations by Jack Evans has been a wholly messy affair. Legislators engaged in rash behavior, twice punishing the Ward 2 representative before conducting their own…
Bisnow: Edens Reveals Striking Design For Arch-Style Building In Union Market
The lead developer in the Union Market area has brought on a top New York architect to design a new project in the Northeast D.C. neighborhood.
UPI: D.C. veterans deserve political rights of statehood, activists say
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The 30,000 veterans who live in Washington deserve the political rights that would come with statehood for the District of Columbia, activists said at a Veterans Day rally on Monday advocating to make the…
WUSA9: ‘Families are living in squalor’ | High cost of rent in DC forces families to…
Doctors say 1-year-old King Montgomery's severe asthma was triggered by mold in his Southeast apartment.
DCist: It’s That Special Day When All The Ginkgo Tree Leaves Fall
Among my favorite qualities of the gingko tree is its decisiveness.
Washington Post: Notorious landlord to pay D.C. tenants $1.1 million in city’s largest-ever rent…
One of the District’s most notorious landlords must pay former tenants $1.1 million in what city officials described as the largest-ever rent recovery for residents “forced to live in squalor.”
Curbed: D.C. empowers bike lane enforcement officers to issue photo tickets to drivers
The city is also deploying 26 new officers to keep bike lanes clear of cars