Safeway

As the only full-service grocery store in the community, the Safeway on MacArthur Boulevard served as a landmark for residents of the Palisades neighborhood in Northwest Washington.

The Safeway at 4865 MacArthur Boulevard NW will close on May 4, according to the company.

In recent years, various DC communities have preemptively sought to have certain properties designated as historic landmarks in order to preclude larger development on those sites. Today, however, one property owner has succeeded in…

In DC’s historic preservation process, all nominations start with an application. Often composed by professional historians and/or architectural experts, the application lays out the history of the property and explains how it meets the…