City Paper: Washington Kastles Players Embrace Their Rooftop Home. Its Future Is Unclear.
"I mean, how many times are you going to play on a roof in your life?"
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Street Sense: How cool indifference magnifies the summer heat
Washington D.C. is one of the most intense summer “heat islands” of any U.S. city. Temperatures during the summer can soar 21 degrees higher than surrounding rural areas, according to a report by Climate Central. And the population at…
Washington Blade: Mayor says budget ‘appropriate’ as LGBT groups seek $3 million more
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser weighed in for the first time publicly last week on a request by a coalition of 15 local LGBT and LGBT supportive organizations for an additional $3 million in funding for the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs.
Street Sense: Problems with D.C. rapid rehousing program remain after years of concerted reform…
In 2014, Reginald Black found himself in stable housing for the first time after nearly a decade of homelessness. Through Friendship Place, a homeless services provider based in Tenleytown, he qualified for assistance from the D.C.…
Washingtonian: The Story Behind K Street’s Magical Fairy Garden Tree Box
A Golden Triangle contest placed beautiful pollinator gardens around DC's downtown. Here's how one of them came together.
Washington Post: Companies struggle to get paid for building first new D.C. homeless family shelter
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) last fall proudly celebrated the opening of the first new homeless family shelter, part of a network of planned smaller facilities to replace the troubled D.C. General megashelter.
Washington Business Journal: Donohoe averts foreclosure, to redevelop former Fannie Mae site
The Donohoe Cos. struck a deal Wednesday to head off the potential foreclosure of a Tenleytown office building formerly occupied by Fannie Mae, setting the stage for the property’s redevelopment into a mixed-use project with residential…
WAMU: Kim Kardashian West Visits D.C. Jail For Documentary On Criminal Justice Reform
The D.C. Jail got a high profile visitor this week: Kim Kardashian West.
Curbed: D.C. parking spots will be turned into temporary mini parks in September
City planners are accepting pitches for pop-up designs
DCist: Shop Made In DC Is Opening A Third Location In Georgetown
Less than six months after expanding to the Wharf, Shop Made in DC is bringing its local allure to yet another location—this time in the heart of Georgetown.
City Paper: Bottomless French Fries Couldn’t Save Frenchy’s Naturel
The Logan Circle bistro will close after brunch on July 28.
WTOP: DC region pushes back on plan to overhaul bus service
Regional leaders are slamming plans for major changes to the region’s bus systems as falling far short of what’s needed to persuade drivers to get out of traffic, instead suggesting that changes would simply create major burdens on…
City Paper: Foggy Bottom Restaurants Convert Food Waste Into Profit With Discounted Meal Service
At the same time, Last Call For Food feeds hungry college students strapped for cash.
DCist: ‘He Was The Joy Of Our Lives’: Community Remembers 11-Year-Old Murder Victim Karon Brown
Karon Brown’s family huddled in the center of a large group of mourners at Stanton Elementary School on Tuesday night, forming a tight protective circle around the 11-year-old boy’s mother. Many of them wore blue or black shirts printed…
Washington Post Express: On Union Station’s platform, a miserable hot summer leads to resignation…
Metro says it finally has the cooling system running at Union Station.
WTOP: Georgetown Dean & Deluca is closing Aug. 1
Dean & Deluca will close its long-standing Georgetown store Aug. 1.
DCist: D.C.’s First Elevated Public Park Just Got A $5 Million Donation
The forthcoming 11th Street Bridge Park will be D.C.’s first elevated public park, and will include an amphitheater, hammock grove, public plaza, and more built along 1.45 miles across the Anacostia River.
DCist: Brookland’s Fox Loves Taco Closes After Less Than Two Years
After two years serving up vegetarian breakfast tacos in a candy-colored corner of Brookland, Fox Loves Taco has closed its doors. The restaurant announced the news Wednesday in a statement on social media.
WTOP: DC’s median home price hits $620K; Penn Quarter, Shaw jumped in June
Sales continued to slow in the District and prices continued to rise as the housing market begins its summer slowdown.
District Links: Planning director pushing for more housing faces skeptical Ward 3 Dems; Sibley works…
Happy Wednesday. DC Office of Planning chief Andrew Trueblood is proving adept at tiptoeing around the city’s development polemics when facing a skeptical, potentially hostile crowd.