When DDOT announced the first Alleypalooza in early July, the residents of the alley between Independence Avenue, 10th, 11th and C Streets SE eagerly scanned the list of alleys to be repaired in hopes that their backyard would be one of the chosen.
As you make your commute this Wednesday, plan to encounter sidewalk and street congestion. Take a deep breath, be safe and patient, and meditate on this: We live in an awesome neighborhood built for biking and walking for commuters of all ages! Wednesday, October 7 is International Walk-to-School Day and even more kids than usual […]
Interviews are an important part of the reporter’s tool-kit, whether to be published as a stand-alone piece, or to simply to gather information and quotes for an article. This art form is, however, not all that old–less than 200 years. The first practitioner was Anne Royall, who developed it out of necessity when she found […]
It can often seem that news about DC General focuses on the many problems with the site and the city’s plan to close the homeless shelter. But this won’t happen for years. Until then, it will remain home to hundreds of families. Many of those residents include children and teens who, like any child or teen, […]
As the old RFK Stadium crumbles to dust, we have an incredible opportunity to grow our city in innovative ways. The RFK complex occupies something on the order of 190 acres on the Anacostia river, easily accessible to transit, and is a tabula rasa for the entire city. There’s so much we could do with it. […]