Pierre L’Enfant’s original plan for the Federal City remains the blueprint for the city to this day, and often when trying to decide how best to proceed with a project, the city’s planners look to that 220 year old document to help guide their decision. As the discussion rages on whether to convert Virginia Avenue […]
At a recent dinner party, there was a lively conversation about the new multi-space parking meters that don’t actually seem to work a lot of the time. This, of course, devolved into complaints about the $20 in quarters you have to carry around in order to park for any length of time (7 minutes, really??). […]
According to a Greater Greater Washington post this morning, the Chair of the DC City Council (and mayoral candidate), Vincent Gray, eliminated virtually all of the funding necessary for the H Street/Benning Road Streetcar line, which is halfway completed. Sources at the council are reporting surprise this morning as they opened the budget and saw […]
If you’re anything like me (a scary thought I know), one of the great games on Capitol Hill is imagining all the things that could be done with some of the beautiful historic buildings that seem to dot pretty much every block. That game gets a second level when the buildings are abandoned — trying […]
I’ll be passing the Hill Buzz reins over to Nichole for the next two weeks while I head to Peru to hike the Inca Trail. I’m pretty confident that she will have you more than covered in terms of fun Hill-related reading material from around the internet! If you use H Street Storage, you may […]