The Union Station Metro entrance on First Street is getting a makeover (Greater Greater Washington) DC’s missing teens put a spotlight on failings in the city’s services (Hill Rag) All Things Parking (CHAMPS) CM Charles Allen Meets Community on Eastern Market Metro Plaza/Southeast Library Redesign (Capitol Hill Corner) A Few Tidbits From Bisnow’s Capitol Riverfront Shindig (JDLand) […]
Over the past few weeks we have looked at Pipetown and the decline and fall of Pipetown resident William Steele. His life mirrored the changes that were sweeping through the neighborhood. The first major change was the laying of the Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road lines through the area, effectively cutting off Pipetown from the […]
Recently, WAMU reporter Martin Austermuhle shared via Twitter a thought-provoking email he’d received. A reader took exception to Austermuhle’s (and, frankly, a lot of local Twitter’s) derision of Maryland drivers. The reader, herself a Maryland resident (and driver), felt that complaining about Maryland drivers in DC was a racist act: singling out former residents of DC […]
Last week, we looked at the origins of Pipetown and the rather bizarre noise complaint that brought a number of its citizens into conflict with the law and into the court of Judge Ivory Kimball (pic). Unfortunately, this was not the end of court appearances for one of those fined on that occasion. William Steele went […]