The Wylie Street Community Garden has been a little haven of peace and greenery right above H Street NE since 2002. Nestled between the eponymous Wylie Street, H Street NE to the south and 13th Street NE to the east, the garden has 17 plot keepers and provides fresh produce for a couple of H Street restaurants. […]
We’ve all been watching the demolition and it’s finally time for the official ground breaking. Today, at 11am, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser will join Anthony Lanier, president of Eastbanc, and other city officials and neighborhood leaders for remarks and a ceremonial groundbreaking. According to the initial timeline released in February, excavation will start soon and continue into the fall, […]
CSX expects to start more street closures along Virginia Avenue, SE this week, many of which will remain closed throughout the remainder of the project. In CSX’s latest update, they also noted that a number of mature trees mature had to be removed and that “Unfortunately these are only replaceable with smaller trees, which will be […]
As part of the Virginia Avenue Project, CSX will have to close off a large portion of the Virginia Avenue Park while they relocate utilities and expand the train tunnel that runs underneath Virginia Avenue. The community garden was spared, but the large fenced in area that has been used by local dog owners will […]
Looks like the DC Streetcar is back for another round of testing! After going on daily runs during the fall of 2014 and part of winter, 2015, the DC Government took the cars off the streets while DDOT Director Leif Dormsjo ran a review. Once the green light was given, there was still no clear […]