Jesse Heitz in The Post: A final appeal for the Hoover building
For years, the fate of the famed — or reviled — J. Edgar Hoover Building has remained mired in uncertainty. With a near- tidal ebb and flow, the FBI’s headquarters has been walked to the gallows of demolition, only to receive a last-minute…
Keith Laughlin and Greg Billing in The Post: Can Amazon move D.C.-area commuting into the 21st…
Since Amazon announced its decision to open up shop in Northern Virginia, the region has been awash in questions.
WAMU: Eels Are Returning To Rock Creek! But Don’t Get Too Excited
A team of citizen scientists monitoring one of Rock Creek’s tributaries found a creature they weren’t expecting earlier this year: an American eel. It wasn’t the first time an eel had been spotted in the area, but it was rare. The last…
Washington Post: Redskins, D.C. working with Congress to slip stadium provision into spending bill
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is getting help from District officials, congressional Republicans and the Trump administration as he tries to clear a major roadblock to building a new, 60,000-seat stadium on the site of RFK…
DCist: After 96-Year-Old Woman Dies In House Fire, Councilmember Asks About Firefighters’ Response…
A 96-year-old woman died on Tuesday night after a fire overtook the first floor of her two-story row house in Shaw. The next day, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie sent a letter to D.C.’s fire chief asking questions about the…
Bisnow: Developers: Northwest D.C.’s Wealthy Enclaves Need To Allow More Housing
EYA Senior Vice President Aakash Thakkar, a residential developer who lives in a single-family home in Upper Northwest D.C., says that type of housing is far too common and the high-income area needs to do its part to allow more multifamily…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Markets, museums and 12-foot-high ice monuments
This weekend, the District prepares for winter and upcoming holidays. From Dec. 7 to 9, opportunities to finish seasonal shopping abound all around the city, along with festive films, a fundraiser to support the homeless, and much more.…
Curbed: D.C. to pursue changes to long-term development plan in 2019
Urban planning nerds who are anxious to see what local lawmakers are going to do to the District’s Comprehensive Plan for development and growth will have to wait a little longer.
WAMU: Maryland, D.C. Adopt New School Rating Systems. What’s Next For Families?
December marks the federal deadline for states across the country to release their new school rating systems, designed to bring transparency to measures of school quality. Both Maryland and D.C. released new websites this week. Officials in…
WAMU: With Public Financing And Pay-To-Play Prohibitions, Sweeping Changes Are Coming To D.C.…
You can put your money on this: future elections in D.C. will look very different than the ones from the past. And it comes down to money.
DCist: Let There Be Light: Two Interactive Art Installations Brighten Yards Park
Two interactive and Instagram-ready light installations have hit the Yards Park boardwalk to brighten cold nights through early 2019.
UrbanTurf: 1,100 Units and Park Space: A First Look at the Sursum Corda Redevelopment
Just weeks ago, demolition began at the Sursum Corda Housing Cooperative, a 148-townhouse lower-income community in DC. Now, UrbanTurf can provide a first look at the redevelopment plans for the site.
Friends Support CM Todd Archives Commission Bill with CM Grosso Changes
For Release: December 7, 2018
Contact: Bill Rice
Friends Support CM Todd Archives Commission Bill with CM Grosso Changes
The Friends of the DC Archives are urging the DC Council to pass the bill introduced by Councilmember…
Capital Projections: Oscar hopefuls edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
ROMA
After the outer space travels of his technically dazzling 2013 film…
DC Public Schools Renews Commitment to Equity and Excellence with DC School Report Card and STAR…
DC Public Schools Renews Commitment to Equity and Excellence with DC School Report Card and STAR Ratings Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, December 7, 2018
CONTACT: Shayne Wells
Ashlynn Profit
(Washington,…
Mayor Bowser Unveils New School Report Card and STAR Rating System, Giving Families Easy Access to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 7, 2018
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
Mayor Bowser Unveils New School Report Card and STAR Rating System, Giving Families Easy Access to Reliable and Common Information about All…
UrbanTurf: DCRA: New Multifamily Construction in Some DC Zones to Require BZA Approval
As UrbanTurf reported earlier this year, the DC area is facing a housing shortage that will necessitate production of over 25,000 additional housing units annually. Now, it is about to get harder to build multi-family properties in some…
Washington Post: Do women face a transportation ‘pink tax’ in D.C.?
Early one evening in October, Rebecca Levine, a 27-year-old law student, was headed down the escalator at the Gallery Place Metro station when she noticed that a man riding ahead of her kept turning around to look at her.
WTOP: DC’s next generation of streetlights could solve brightness issues
WASHINGTON — Streetlights can make streets and alleys safe but, for some D.C. residents, some new bright lights are also keeping them up at night.
Karen Williams and Hanseul Kang: New DC School Report Card shows what we can accomplish when we come…
As principals, teachers, advocates, government officials, parents and students, all of us are striving for the same thing: an education system that works for all students and families in the city we love so much.
More than a year ago, a…