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Gordon Chaffin: Mixed-use blocks like Monroe Street NE, not just commercial areas, need DDOT safety…

Gordon Chaffin Jul 9, 2019

A problem common to many busy DC roads presents a pervasive danger in Brookland on the 600 and 700 blocks of Monroe Street NE: New or fairly new residential buildings attract multiple delivery vehicles and trucks per day, while retail…

Features

In Brookland, it’s all about community, gardens and friendship

Susan Bodiker Jun 11, 2019

Mr. Rogers would feel right at home in Brookland. At 1801 Upshur St. NE, plantings on the back deck offer pops of color. (Photo by Susan Bodiker) Just four miles north of the Capitol, the close-knit confines of Ward 5’s Greater…

WAMU: D.C. Public Libraries To Host Exhibitions On Neighborhood Gentrification

Editor Apr 8, 2019

Last month the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum closed on short notice for seven months of renovations. Now, its curators are disassembling its locally focused main exhibition into six parts and installing them in libraries around…

Washington Post: This pioneering Howard dean lived with another woman in the 1930s. Were they…

Editor Mar 30, 2019

To much of the outside world, the two women living in the Victorian-style house perched on a hill in the nation’s capital were lifelong companions who remained single to focus on their careers.

UrbanTurf: How a Brookland Warehouse Became a Brewery

Editor Mar 29, 2019

A recent National Building Museum tour of the Right Proper brewing facility in Brookland offered a glimpse at how DC buildings can be adaptively reused.

Washington Business Journal: Appeals stymied its redevelopment. Now, a prime Brookland lot is…

Editor Feb 15, 2019

This was not Bo Menkiti’s plan for 901 Monroe St. NE.

WAMU: Beyond Georgetown: Exploring The Influence Of The Catholic Church On D.C.

Editor Dec 19, 2018

It’s almost impossible to avoid seeing the impact of the Catholic church on Washington’s skyline. The soaring spires of Georgetown University greet those entering the city from the south or west. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the…

Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council approves TIF financing for MidCity’s Rhode Island…

Editor Dec 18, 2018

The D.C Council voted in unanimous support of a TIF bond to fund up to $47 million in public infrastructure for a 1.9 million-square-foot mixed-use Rhode Island Avenue project in Ward 5.

Bisnow: Monroe Street Market’s Final Phase Begins Construction, Seeks Grocery Anchor

Editor Dec 11, 2018

The mixed-use development that has transformed Northeast D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood will soon be fully built out.

City Paper: Some Brookland Manor Residents Continue to Resist a Subsidized Development

Editor Dec 6, 2018

In just under two weeks, the D.C. Council will take a final vote on whether to finance $56 million dollars’ worth of a long-planned redevelopment along Rhode Island Ave. NE.

Arts and Culture

Filmmaker aims to amplify voices of Brookland Manor residents at a time of change

Naomi Harris Nov 14, 2018

In a darkened section of Busboys and Poets on Monroe Street NE, people sit and watch a documentary about DC residents fighting for affordable housing options just a few blocks away at the World War II-era Brookland Manor Apartments, the…

WAMU: The Last Hand: Inside D.C.’s Underground Black Poker Club

Editor Nov 3, 2018

In 1942, an exclusive poker club was formed in the District by a handful of distinguished African American men. At the monthly gatherings, members took turns visiting each other’s homes on the weekends, where they’d socialize and play…

UrbanTurf: 375 Apartments and a Public Plaza: The Proposal for a Familiar Site in Brookland

Editor Oct 31, 2018

Last month, UrbanTurf reported on the two-building planned-unit development (PUD) proposed for a site in Brookland. Now, the zoning application has been filed and more details and renderings are emerging.

jonetta rose barras: The DCRA indictment

jonetta rose barras Sep 28, 2018

The recent report from DC auditor Kathy Patterson and her team has revealed numerous weaknesses within the inspection and enforcement regime at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA). It has also served as an indictment of…

City Paper: DCRA Should Improve Its Enforcement of Housing Code Violations, D.C. Auditor Says

Editor Sep 24, 2018

A beleaguered Brookland apartment complex and the local regulatory agency tasked with monitoring it are the focus of a new report published Monday morning by the Office of the D.C. Auditor. In the report, a team from ODCA examined how…

Latest

District Links: Congress poised to consider disapproval of DC’s law to ‘decouple’ from federal tax…

Jan 30, 2026 14

The House and Senate are poised to consider as soon as next week whether to overturn the DC Council's recent changes to the local tax code — with the disapproval, if passed, expected to cause a $224…

District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on all-affordable, net-zero apartment building in Truxton Circle; family’s…

Jan 29, 2026 14

Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon this morning on a new 18-unit building at 1520 North Capitol St. NW that's described as DC's first net-zero all-affordable housing community.

District Links: Councilmembers say heavy ice hampered cleanup by damaging city’s small plows; new estimate puts DC…

Jan 28, 2026 23

Amid mounting criticism of the pace of storm cleanup, DC officials are highlighting continued plowing and removal efforts — with the DC Department of Public Works tweeting a video this afternoon…

District Links: Norton confirms her retirement after 18 terms as DC delegate; Evans looks to return to DC Council as…

Jan 27, 2026 9

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton released a statement this morning confirming that she won't seek reelection this year and will retire at the end of her 18th term.

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