With the division series now tied 1-1, and playoff baseball returning to the District for the first time in 79 years, it’s time to look back at D.C.’s one World Series championship, now almost 90 years ago. And if today’s column feels familiar, that’s because it is: I originally posted it at the beginning of […]
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 […]