D.C. Didn’t Share Its Plans for Amazon HQ2 With Potential Neighbors, Angering Some (Washington City Paper) After dog dies in boarding facility, woman demands action (WUSA9) Virginia Avenue Restoration Schedule and Designs (JDLand) AtlasVet is Expanding (Frozen Tropics) Planned Poplar Point redevelopment increases retail, pedestrian-friendliness (Curbed) This U.S. senator just bought a Capitol Hill home, with plans to rent it […]
Last week, we looked at several abortive attempts to build a street railway from the Navy Yard to Georgetown. Today, we will look at the eventual successful bill and how it was implemented. On January 20, 1862, John Hovey Rice, (pic) Representative from Maine, introduced a bill “to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown railroad,” according […]
It appears that just a week after its writers voted to unionize with the Writers of America, East, Gothamist owner Joe Ricketts pulled the plug on DCist, along with the other -ist sites and DNAinfo.com. I must have missed the news that the DNAinfo founder had purchased Gothamist last March, so the news that the […]
DC’s height restrictions are contentious. Here’s what we could learn from cities around the world. (Greater Greater Washington) Adopt-a-Family this Holiday Season! (CHAMPS) Why 200 People Dressed to the Nines for a Fake Wedding at District Winery (Washington City Paper) Breakfast links: Will the National Park Service sell RFK stadium to DC? Nah. (Greater Greater Washington) SaveSaveSaveSave
With the extension of the H Street streetcar line now looking more likely again, and with people pontificating – as usual – about the unacceptable amount of time it has taken to get to this point, it seems appropriate to look at the past and see whether there are any parallels to be found there. […]