As we mentioned earlier this week, CSX is moving full steam ahead with the Virginia Avenue Tunnel construction project. More street closures and utility disruptions have been announced that residents of Near Southeast should know about, as well as anyone who drives through the area. L Street Closure Potentially as soon as Wednesday, August 12, […]
UPDATE: Munchers is home! Thank you everyone! It was supposed to be a homecoming. He would visit his hometown and see old friends, but for Munchers the Stuffed Dinosaur, life is looking a little uncertain as of lunch earlier today. Munchers, who has been in the family of recent Hill transplant Paul Donohoo-Vallett since 2008, […]
If you’ve traveled down Virginia Avenue, SE lately, you have likely noticed that CSX’s Virginia Avenue Tunnel project is well underway. Street Closures: The following Virginia Avenue will remain close throughout the duration of the project: Between 2nd and 3rd Streets, between 4th and 5th Streets, and between 8th and 9th Streets. In addition, two lanes […]
The same folks who brought you #SledFreeOrDie are at it again. This time, we all have John Oliver’s epic #DCStatehood push to thank. Read on: GIVE US YOUR CHILDREN!!!! By now, you’ve seen the John Oliver masterpiece succinctly pointing out the inequities in DC’s status as a federal enclave, right? No? Goddamnit, keep up here. […]
Goats? Why do we want goats in the neighborhood? Well, it turns out that these guys have a taste for poison ivy, which grows a bit too happily on the grounds of Congressional Cemetery. Bringing in goats is not only fun for neighborhood kids to watch, but it is an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides. And […]