UPDATE: City Bikes general manager Saul Leiken reached out to us this morning. He wanted the Capitol Hill community to know that City Bikes’ decision to leave the Hill came very suddenly. After trying to renegotiate their lease, Leiken tells us that on the evening of Monday, March 21, he was informed by his landlord that […]
Black Art Matters: D.C. High School Student Wins Google’s Doodle Contest (DCist) H Street Farmers Market Returns April 16th (Frozen Tropics) Southeast D.C.’s First Luxury Movie Theater to Begin Construction This Year (Curbed DC) Dangerously Delicious Pies Reopens on H Street with More Seating (Eater DC) Anacostia Riverwalk Trail’s Crucial D.C.-Maryland Connection on Track for […]
Join Councilmember Allen on Monday for an “evening office hours” Happy Hour at Gordon Biersch in the Navy Yard, 6 – 8pm. Meet up with friends and neighbors for conversation and a beer. Let Councilmember Allen know what’s on your mind. I, for one, am looking forward to thanking him for his help with my […]
Creating a quick way across a river during wartime is a question that has plagued generals since the dawn of warfare. As early as 480 BC, clever engineers had come up with a quick solution: A bridge that was, in essence, a series of boats tied together. These pontoon bridges could be rigged up quickly, […]
FYI, OMGWTFBBQ: Metro General Manager/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld, with support from the Authority’s Board of Directors, today announced the full closure of the Metrorail system on Wednesday, March 16, for emergency inspections of the system’s third-rail power cables following an early morning tunnel fire yesterday. The inspections of approximately 600 “jumper cables” will occur along […]