Hey everyone! How did it go on your #SnowDay? Did you get to pad around in your jammies until noon, drink your weight in hot cocoa and get kicked off Capitol Hill for sledding in a menacing way? Yeah, us either. But some of you guys did, and you shared your photos with us, AND […]
District Source reported that Edens Development received initial approval from the Zoning Commission (ZC) for their concept to build an Angelika movie theater and either office or residential above Union Market. In light of the proposed CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel project, The Hill Rag examined what our local government has historically done to protect communities and historic structures from a catastrophic […]
Last week, we looked at the first public school for African Americans, opened in the Little Ebenezer church. Its explosive growth, fueled not only by the D.C. Emancipation Act but also by the law securing schooling for all children, meant that they soon outgrew their modest beginnings. And so, a new school – and this […]
As reported by District Source and Hill Now, the Hine School Development project can finally move forward after a the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected a request to send development plans for the Hine Junior High School site back to the D.C. Zoning Commission. So at last night’s ANC 6B meeting, the Stanton-Eastbanc team provided an update on their […]
While not on the agenda for last night’s ANC 6B meeting, Mayor Muriel Bowser stopped by to update the ANC and community on her administration’s activities on her first several weeks in office. She also took the opportunity to answer questions from the ANC commissioners and community about Ward 6 issues such as the Hine […]