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The Palisades

As DDOT studies options for Palisades Trolley Trail, questions arise over what’s most suitable

Lilah Burke May 8, 2019

What’s now a grassy footpath along the Potomac River from Foxhall Road to Galena Place NW along the former Glen Echo trolley route could become a full-fledged pedestrian and bike trail connecting Georgetown and the Palisades, depending on…

Washington Post: Safeway closing its oldest store on East Coast in D.C.’s Palisades area

Editor Apr 28, 2019

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 Georgetowner: Palisades Safeway to Shutter May 4

Editor Apr 8, 2019

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

Washington Post: A white child called three black classmates a racial slur. Months later, the school…

Editor Mar 13, 2019

A racist slur hurled at three black children on a D.C. schoolyard has forced a public elementary school with a mostly white and affluent student body to address its discipline policies and examine whether the school is inclusive to…

UrbanTurf: Palisades Safeway Will Not Receive Landmark Designation

Editor Mar 7, 2019

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…

Curbed: D.C. may build out three-mile pedestrian and bike trail along Potomac River

Editor Feb 13, 2019

The city’s transportation department is studying whether one is feasible on the Palisades Trolley Trail

Washington Post: Into the woods: A clearing in the Palisades is home to a curious art installation

Editor Oct 16, 2018

Some time in 1992, Dale Johnson started noticing an odd assemblage of items on the basement workbench of her husband, James McMahon: broken shards of mirrored glass, mainly. “I was like, ‘I don’t know what this is. I’m not asking any…

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