Crime, development, new businesses, liquor licenses…it’s the fun that fills the agendas of the community meetings. So mark your calendar and come out to meet your ANC commissioner, police officers and other community meetings.
On April 14, 1876, the Emancipation statue in Lincoln Park was unveiled. Thousands of people, including the President, attended. The person chosen to give the main oration that day was Frederick Douglass. Given the amount of work he had done for the cause of emancipation since escaping from slavery in 1838, he was an obvious […]
Anyone even remotely familiar with the H Street NE development is aware that rails are being laid for the what is likely to be DC’s first streetcar line in half a century. But this is just the first leg in a system that may someday span the District, connecting areas currently difficult to reach by […]
At a well-attended meeting dense with Ward 6 ANC members, bloggers, city council members past and present, community activists and Hine site neighbors, the architect of the proposed development for Stanton-Eastbanc revealed some alterations to the original plan amid fascinating old, archived photos of the area, and a super-sized discussion on transportation issues. So, as […]
Wondering what’s up with those grand plans to redevelop the Hine School? Yes, they are still in the works but with a few changes…Come find out more tonight at 7pm at the Brent School, located at 301 North Carolina Avenue SE. (Why are these meetings never held in the Hine School’s auditorium?) Stanton-EastBanc will give […]