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 […]
During my recent talk for the Smithsonian Associates, I was asked if any research on radio equipment had been done at the Washington Navy Yard. I was not aware of any (though it turns out that there was some activity in that regard during the First World War; more on that in a later column) […]