Deanwood

An Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Deanwood denies inciting violence against Metropolitan Police Department officers after tweeting harsh criticisms of officers and saying that “this will be a HOT summer and one of your beloved DC…

Several activists who live in the Deanwood section of the Ward 7, led by well-known political figure Dorothy Douglas, fell short last week in D.C. Superior Court in a bid to stop a fire station from being built in their immediate…

The D.C. residents who live close to the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue in Northeast want affordable housing in their neighborhood — not a fire station — and they recently went to court to make that…

The tenants, who remain close because of their living conditions, got a win in court last week.

The American Dream used to be that if you worked hard and saved, you could buy a house in the same neighborhood you grew up in. It’s what gave ethnic enclaves their flavor, many of which are missing from city to city today. The names of…

WASHINGTON -- Kipp D.C.’s Quest Academy is in Deanwood: One of the toughest neighborhoods in D.C. But in five years, staff and students have turned a trouble school into an inspiring place to learn. Principal Alison Artis has watched that…

Last week, an eviction of a Deanwood strip mall made the news, prompting questions about the fairness of the one-day, safety-citing notice to vacate and leading one of the tenants to challenge the closure. If the developer moves forward,…

Employees at Little Jewels Child Development Center in Deanwood had just put the kids down for a nap on Wednesday afternoon when someone came to the door to deliver an urgent letter. The owner of Little Jewels, Ruth Thompson Cole, answered…

In an unprecedented move, a D.C. developer padlocked long time business, including a daycare, with just a one day notice on Thursday. The sudden shutdown came just four months after 1100 Eastern LLC, a division of Neighborhood Development…

Today, UrbanTurf catches up with the residential pipeline in two East of the River neighborhoods that have received a lot of attention lately: Deanwood and Congress Heights. Deanwood has recently earned a reputation for being hot among…

The charges that Phyllis Black outlines against her landlord in a sworn affidavit are sweeping and shocking. But if there’s one thing she wants him to know, it’s this: She isn’t leaving her home. In the nearly two years she’s lived at 711…