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Vacant Buildings

Historic, dilapidated Petworth building will see new life as senior housing

Michelle Goldchain Oct 30, 2018

After nearly two decades of disuse, the neglected Grant Building in DC’s Petworth neighborhood will soon come back to life — as an affordable assisted-living facility for eligible seniors. Since 2001, the Renaissance Revival structure…

Bisnow: What Happens When A Whole Foods Closes? A D.C. Neighborhood Is Painfully Finding Out

Editor Oct 12, 2018

The positive effects a Whole Foods opening can have on a neighborhood are well-documented, but one Northwest D.C. neighborhood is becoming a case study for what happens to a community when the popular organic grocer shuts its doors.

Built Environment

Vacant Crummell School at center of latest development battle in Ward 5

Cuneyt Dil Jun 28, 2018

Luxury units and craft distilleries have marked Ivy City’s resurgence, but the Crummell School site, vacant since the early 1980s, remains a vestige of a forlorn period in the Northeast neighborhood’s history. The District plans to sell…

Built Environment

Long-vacant Truxton Circle school may become community center, Peace Corps museum

Michelle Goldchain Jun 15, 2018

Running across a vacant or blighted building in DC isn’t uncommon, much to the chagrin of residents. In May 2016, Greater Greater Washington put the “official count” of vacant and blighted buildings in the city at approximately 1,200, but…

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Phillips Collection’s new ‘Miró and the United States’ exhibit focuses on transatlantic cultural exchange rather than…

May 14, 2026 30

Tellingly, the newest exhibition at The Phillips Collection is titled Miró and the United States, rather than Miró vs. the United States. The latter framing might be expected in Washington, where…

District Links: Metro eyes transit improvements for RFK campus; researchers highlight post-pandemic growth in reading,…

May 13, 2026 9

Metro officials yesterday laid out a plan to handle post-event crowds at the new Washington Commanders stadium that would rely on improvements to the Stadium-Armory Station, a new "Gold Line" Bus…

District Links: New count finds 15.8% jump in homelessness among families in DC amid longer shelter stays; Reflecting…

May 12, 2026 33

New statistics released this afternoon by the DC government show a 4.4% increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness in the District over the past year, fueled by a 15.8% jump in…

District Links: PSC rejects request for suspension of Pepco’s rate increase; House committee subpoenas MPD’s…

May 11, 2026 90

The DC Public Service Commission late last week turned down a request for an immediate rate suspension and refunds as regulators reexamine Pepco's second Multiyear Rate Plan in response to an adverse…

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