Good frigid morning, Capitol Hill! It’s reassuring when winter behaves as it ought, don’t you think? On with the links!
A terrifying sight just a little ways off the neighborhood: A collapsing building that injured a passerby and scared the living daylights out of several more. We’re glad to hear DCRA paid the construction site a visit after this unfortunate accident. NBC Washington
The Harvard Law Review wrote something overly clever about turning DC neighborhoods into states and between the smugness of all the footnotes and the confusion it would all engender, I…. I… just don’t know, you guys. I’ve been insulted before by people who felt I didn’t understand the boundaries of Capitol Hill before, so things could get ugly. Washingtonian
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According to a neighbor on the Hill East listserv on Facebook, it appears as though Al’s Pizzeria will be replaced by a Della Barba pizzeria, opening in May of this year. Here’s to…. uh… Detroit style pizza, neighbors! If you’re curious to try it out at home, it’s apparently a deep dish square pizza with loads of crispy cheese. Thanks, Serious Eats!
There was a shooting on Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m. on H Street between 13th and 14th Streets NE. WTOP has more details.
All children deserve fair and equitable access to school technology, and the Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization added its name to a list of other concerned groups who sent a letter to Mayor Bowser. In the letter, the coalition urges the Mayor to “follow through on her commitment to provide equitable technology access and a 21st-century education for all students.” The DC Line
Jack Evans’ last day on the DC Council was last Friday and people were a-Twitter with stories.
Our pals at WalletHub have another fascinating infographic this week. As it turns out, the DC metro area is not smarter than… Ann Arbor, Michigan? Look at you degree-holding, educated, well-adjusted Michiganders (and little Michigeese)! Between the Detroit-style pizza and the smarty pants population, it’s a Michigan type of moment.
My ten-year old says, “the parking lot is never full most days” at Union Station. If a ten-year old gets it, you’d think that the people redesigning the station would. Washington Post