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 […]
Big trouble for proposed multiplex at The Yards? Site “may be in limbo for many years” (Washington Business Journal) Kathy Henderson Calls Cops Over Community Clean-Up Dispute (Frozen Tropics) Shipping Container Apartments Proposed Near H Street Will Not Move Forward (Urban Turf) On H Street–Benning Road, X2 Still Reigns Supreme (City Desk) Getting On Board: […]
The beginning of the Civil War brought all sorts of troubles to the Washington Navy Yard. On top of the need to ramp up the production of ordnance, there was the issue of saboteurs, the question as to how to secure the yard; not to mention, the logistics of putting up hundreds of troops and […]
One of the many signs of spring: road closures for the spring race season. This Saturday March 12, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon will have our neighborhood well sectioned off. If you need to get anywhere that day, prepare for delays and take note of the streets and access points that you will need to […]
Church on Capitol Hill’s Stanton Park Listed For Sale (UrbanTurf) 3rd Street Under the Freeway to Temporarily Be Northbound Only (JDLand) The Return of Fragers Hardware Plus … (ANC 6B Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg) Pineapple and Pearls will open April 7 with dinner priced at $250 per person (The Washington Post) Major progress on Bardo’s new […]