This week’s column will be slightly different than usual, as I have been given a book to review. I was sent a copy of Becoming What We Can Be: Stories of Community Development in Washington, DC, which was written by Tony Proscio, and found that the stories were indeed relevant to my interests. The book […]
By Brian Flahaven, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 6B09 Some new information on the old KFC building at 1442 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE: Douglas Development plans to begin demolition of the building on Tuesday, September 25th and start construction on a new building in the next two to three months. Instead of the four-story mixed-use retail and residential […]
After more than a year of construction and bumpy car and bike rides across Columbus Circle, it looks like streetscaping improvements to the Union Station front entrance are approaching an endpoint. The Hill is Home snapped a picture of the upgraded crosswalk and roadway this morning. It looks a lot smoother than the hodgepodge of […]
Greater Greater Washington argued that a study of M Street SW/SE by DDOT and CH2M Hill unnecessarily force a choice between bikes and transit. The Washington Business Journal reported on a new development coming to 600 H Street NE. Best Bites Blog talked to Gina Chersevani about the knishes she will be bringing to Buffalo & Bergen in Union […]
Using a telephone is, today, one of the things you learn at a very early age. Being able to communicate with people over long distances is one of those things we simply take for granted. 100 years ago, it was a very different world, and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company wanted to make sure […]