City Paper: An Oral History of Gentrification in Shaw and U Street NW
The few black businesses owners whose shops still inhabit Shaw and U Street NW storefronts have had a front-row seat to gentrification.
Street Sense: What is so complicated about homeless encampments in the District?
The underpasses at K, L, and M Streets in the NoMa area of Northeast D.C. give off an unpleasant odor. Put bluntly, they reek of urine. And the rotting piles of garbage strewn up and down their sidewalks do little to mask the smell.
Street Sense: 15 feet and a wall: Why some homeowners feel marginalized by the city’s plan to help…
It was the first day of construction. A new short-term family housing project was going up in Ward 1.
As an outreach specialist, she meets homeless people ‘where they are’
A middle-aged man in a T-shirt and rumpled khakis sits on a bench in the vestibule of the First Congregational United Church of Christ at 9th and G streets NW. Looking dejected and worried, he says that he recently blacked out at a men’s…
Washington Post: The little firm that got a big chunk of D.C.’s lottery and sports gambling contract…
The Greek company Intralot, which last month received a $215 million contract to bring sports gambling to the nation’s capital and to continue running its lottery, says more than half the work will go to a small D.C. firm — a condition…
Washington Post Express: As technology transforms navigation, this cab driver relies on an internal…
Muhammad Al-Qaabil has been driving a cab in D.C. for 46 years, so he knows something about picking up passengers — like, when you pick someone up, it’s best to go where they actually are.
Washington Post: ‘Cold, callous letter’ critical of D.C. homeless encampments stirs controversy
An organization that promotes development in a fast-gentrifying District neighborhood is defending a letter critical of homeless encampments that some advocates called insensitive.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor supports agency that failed to intervene before a deadly fire
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday expressed confidence in the city agency that failed to act on reports of “life safety violations” at a rowhouse months before a fire tore through the building on Aug. 18 and killed two tenants,…
WAMU: Commuter Connections App Wants To Pay You To Get Out Of Your Car
Would you get out of your car and take public transit for money?
Washington Times: ‘Not safe for us’: Plan for bike lanes divides Woodley Place
An eight-year conflict has engulfed a narrow slice of Woodley Park, pitting residents against bicyclists in the Northwest neighborhood — and their struggle reflects similar tensions in other parts of the District.
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s hotel business was down in 2018. This year isn’t looking much…
D.C.’s hotels saw lower occupancy and average room rates in 2018 than the previous year, and hotel performance in the city and the region for 2019 so far isn’t looking much more promising, according to data presented at Destination D.C.’s…
DCist: More Than 50 D.C. Public School Coaches From The Spring Still Haven’t Been Paid
When D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi Show last week, a teacher from Stanton Elementary School in Ward 8 called in to ask about the whereabouts of a $200 gift card for school supplies with mere days…
Curbed: Convenient Rock Creek Park trail will close for up to three months for storm drain work
The Klingle Valley Trail shuts down September 3
WAMU: Local Children’s Book Author Juana Medina On ‘Finding Playfulness’ In D.C.
“Juana loves many things: drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, and living in Bogotá, Colombia. Most of all she loves her dog, Lucas, the best amigo ever.”
Bisnow: Trammell Crow Begins Work On 9-Story Brookland Multifamily Project
A new, nine-story multifamily development just got started in Brookland, but some residents of the Northeast D.C. neighborhood are already voicing opposition.
DCist: City Officials Knew About Illegal Conditions In Brightwood Rental Where Two Died In Fire
A police officer flagged illegal conditions in a Brightwood rental about five months before a fire killed two occupants, city officials confirm to DCist. The officer informed the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, which manages…
WTOP: High school sports participation shoots up in DC
More high school students are playing more sports in the District, even as sports participation rates stagnate elsewhere in much of the region and nationwide.
Curbed: D.C. is one of the hardest U.S. cities in which to build affordable housing, report says
The metro area ranks 52 out of 58 for ease of new development
DCist: These Days, Even D.C.’s Bookstores Can’t Escape Politics
The day before the Fourth of July, the owners of Capitol Hill Books did something they always do: They tweeted something sarcastic. The difference between this tweet and their previous 8,000 was that this one went viral.
Chelsea Coffin: Citywide enrollment growth is strong but disconnected from neighborhood change
The 2019-20 school year will mark the 12th enrollment increase in a row for DC’s traditional public and public charter schools. This year, the city’s schools are expected to add 2,800 students to classes from pre-kindergarten to grade 12.
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