The Washington Post and DCist are both reporting that the Trover Shop Bookstore on Pennsylvania Avenue SE will close next month after more than 50 years of business on Capitol Hill. Damage to the card shop from the Capitol Lounge fire, “current economic climate and the changes in our industry” have left them no other […]
Amid the flurry of talk, innuendo, community groups’ priority lists and information-gathering centered on the four proposals for development of the old Hine Jr. High school, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development listed its own criteria for selecting a candidate. “Perhaps the most important criteria — in no particular order […]
Want to see what’s in store for the Eastern Market Metro plaza? The full presentation for the Capitol Hill Town Square designs that was announced last week is now available online at CapitolHillTownSquare.org. You can read our breakdown of the designs here, but I highly recommend taking a look at the presentation (PDF), which includes […]
As much as we all love Lincoln Park, there can be no doubt that its main statue is, at best, condescending, and at worst, downright racist. This is no new insight: public outcry about its subtext made the sculptor make some minor changes even before it was cast. Given this controversy, it is unsurprising that […]
On Tuesday night the much anticipated proposals for the redevelopment of the Eastern Market Metro plaza were unveiled to neighbors at a community meeting in the basement of St. Peter’s Church. The three proposals, designed by a team lead by architect Amy Weinstein, were met with much criticism from the community for their impact on […]