This morning Mayor Gray, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and local business leaders, Anwar Saleem of H Street Main Street and Julia Christian of CHAMPS joined forces to celebrate the substantial completion of the H Street Northeast Streetscape reconstruction. Substantial completion refers to all street and sidewalk surfaces being complete; no traffic lanes being blocked […]
Okay, in reality, there’s very little you can legally blow up in DC on the Fourth. All that’s legal are are sparklers less than 20 inches, torches, box fire, fountains, cones, dip sticks, non-poisonous snakes, paper novelty items, colored lights, and paper caps. Of course, this doesn’t stop folks from crossing state lines to buy […]
Keys? Check. Wallet? Check. Cell phone? Check. Change for the parking meter? Now that is something I’m an expert at not having. Thank goodness for my zone 6 parking which has allowed me to find parking on the Hill countless times without having to seek out spare change for a meter. But once I venture […]
On Monday Forrest City Washington announced seven restaurants and a Harris Teeter supermarket are anticipated to take space in The Yards development at the southeast waterfront, near Nationals Ballpark. The tenants are expected to open starting in the spring of 2012 and are spread among three reused buildings on the site. In the Foundry Lofts […]
In case you tossed the mailing without reading it, Pepco has a gift for you. A fancy new “smart meter” that will help you be more energy efficient and help them do their jobs better. The new meters are equipped with technology that allows two-way communications between your home or business and Pepco, which means […]