WAMU recapped last week’s meeting about pedestrian safety along Maryland Avenue, NE JDLand shared renderings for the planned projects on Half Street, SE. Capitol Hill Corner reported that Las Placitas on 8th Street will close as Matchbox expands into its space. Hill Now caught up with the Playseum owner to learn of her plans to […]
In researching the history of the Navy Yard, I really wanted to find a connection between it and the oldest and arguably most famous ship in the Navy: Old Ironsides, the USS Constitution. While several other ships of the Constitution’s vintage were parked at the Navy Yard for a number of years in the early […]
Lt. Kevin McRae, a 24-year veteran firefighter, died in the line of duty last Wednesday May 6. He completed a rescue during a two-alarm fire at 1330 7th Street NW in the Shaw neighborhood. He then collapsed right afterward, as reported by NBC-4. Lt. McRae was the officer in charge of Engine Company 6, also […]
Update: A memorial service for Maria Calomiris will take place Monday, May 18 2015 at Saint Sophia Cathedral, 2815 36th St NW, starting at 10:30 am. If you never had the pleasure of being helped by Maria Calomiris, the cheerful matriarch of Eastern Market produce stand Calomiris and Sons, I’m sorry. For those of us […]
As part of the Virginia Avenue Project, CSX will have to close off a large portion of the Virginia Avenue Park while they relocate utilities and expand the train tunnel that runs underneath Virginia Avenue. The community garden was spared, but the large fenced in area that has been used by local dog owners will […]