Today, in an unsurprising 7-0 vote, the District’s Historic Preservation Review Board voted to add another building to its inventory of historic sites. Buildings on this list are, “deemed worthy of recognition and protection for their contribution to the cultural heritage” of Washington, according to the introduction to the 2009 list. At that time, there […]
EMULSION 2016 East City Art’s annual production EMULSION 2016 returns to Gallery O on H this spring. Submit your work for consideration by February 15. Details about EMULSION found here. Friday, January 29 Honfleur and Vivid Solutions Galleries – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Vivid Solutions Gallery opens Signal from Noise by Sol Hill while Lillian Hoover’s […]
Remember the FOIA Bake Sale? ANC Commissioner Denise Krepp submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information concerning DOJ prosecution rates in D.C. Neighbors offered to help with the costs by organizing a bake sale. Krepp has finally received a response from DOJ, saying that they could not find any records related to the prosecution of […]
Hill East neighbor and friend John Cochran has been chronicling his changing block for a few years. The area around 15th Street SE and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE has seen massive transformation within the last five years: one which some might say is overdue, while others may wonder just how much a neighborhood can change while still serving […]
It’s a little more than 48 hours since the snow stopped falling, and yes, we’re still digging out. First, a big thank you to everyone who has helped shovel a sidewalk, an alley, an intersection, a fire hydrant, a bus stop, or just about anything else. Yesterday, I took a long walk around the neighborhood […]