Bisnow: After Record Sale In 2014, The Woodley Is Back On The Market
The buyer that set a D.C. record five years ago with its acquisition of a Northwest D.C. apartment building is now looking to sell the property.
WTOP: Neighbors review options to overhaul chaotic ‘Dave Thomas Circle’
It’s a bottleneck for commuters that threatens safety, especially for pedestrians and bicyclists, but the District is promising improvements to the tangled crossroads where New York and Florida Avenues meet at First Street, NE and…
WTOP: ‘Fight hate with love’: Jewish community, DC leaders show support, defiance after Calif.…
Her eyes fill with tears, every time Rochelle Behrens thinks about Saturday’s shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California that left one woman dead, and three injured.
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DDOT to Begin Spraying Ginkgo Trees
(Washington DC) -- The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will begin the annual spraying of the…
NBC4: DC Metro Sued for Denying Request for Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
Unsuck DC Metro, an anonymous Metro watchdog, says it has repeatedly asked for Metro to produce the results of a September 2018 survey
Washington Post: Should cities subsidize housing for a family making $141,000?
From coast to coast, booming American cities and suburbs are looking for ways to preserve homes for an increasingly cash-strapped middle class.
jonetta rose barras: Are charter school leaders ignoring DC laws?
When I read the email exchange between Michael Musante, a lobbyist for local charter schools, and Scott Pearson, executive director of the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB), I became enraged. I think, perhaps, you would have had a…
Washington Post: Beyond Politics and Prose: White nationalists target bookstores, libraries in…
When a group of self-avowed white nationalists interrupted an author chat Saturday at bookstore Politics and Prose with a megaphone and chants of “This land is our land,” workers were surprised — but not unprepared.
Washington Post: A D.C. teacher was fired. An arbiter ruled he shouldn’t have been. Nearly a year…
Former D.C. schoolteacher Jeff Canady says he is still waiting for a decade’s-worth of pay from the D.C. government — nearly a year after an arbiter told the city to pay up for his wrongful termination.
Curbed: 20-mile, car-free DC Bike Ride scheduled for May 18
The scenic event starts in West Potomac Park, passes the National Mall, and finishes near the U.S. Capitol
WTOP: 2 DC residents join forces to paint crosswalk after pedestrian’s death
After two men worked together to paint a crosswalk on a Southeast D.C. street, a District Department of Transportation spokesperson issued a statement saying the agency “will be investigating the location to see if additional markings,…
Washington Post: ACLU sues District over police search of home of woman critical of officers
The ACLU is suing the District and a police officer over what it says was an unlawful search at a house in Northeast Washington owned by a woman whose son had been killed a few days earlier when his dirt bike and a police car collided.
DCist: George Pelecanos Filmed His New Movie In The District. He Says Other Filmmakers Should, Too
In each of the television series he’s helped create, George Pelecanos has captured a different city’s unique tone, whether it’s Baltimore on The Wire, New Orleans on Treme or vintage New York City on The Deuce. But until now, the D.C.…
Bisnow: D.C. Looks For Partner To Redevelop 10-Acre Public Housing Complex
A 1950s-era public housing community a half-mile from The Wharf could soon be redeveloped as part of D.C.'s efforts to reposition its housing portfolio.
WAMU: Hope Village, D.C.’s Halfway House, Says It Has Gotten Another Contract Extension
D.C.’s Hope Village, the only federally-contracted halfway house for men in the city, will now keep its contract until Oct. 31, according to company spokesperson Phinis Jones. This news, which the Federal Bureau of Prisons would not…
Bisnow: D.C. Launches Initiative To Retrofit Buildings For Climate Threats
D.C. is looking to prepare its buildings for effects of climate change such as floods and heat waves with a major new retrofitting program.
City Paper: An Anxious Arts Community Gathers to Talk Over Concerns About the Arts Commission
Eaton Hotel is hosting a forum tonight to address community concerns about the DCCAH and Cultural Plan.
DCist: After Her Son Was Killed In A Collision With A Police Car, Woman Sues MPD Over Search Of Her…
The mother of a man who was killed last year in a collision with a D.C. police cruiser is suing a Metropolitan Police officer for searching her backyard without a warrant just days after her son’s death.
Washingtonian: Taylor Gourmet Is Coming Back From the Dead Under New Ownership
The new owners are negotiating to reopen at least five hoagie shops this summer