More than 200 volunteers came out over the last two weekends to help make today’s big day at DC General a reality. It started with the passion of the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project (HCPP), a group dedicated to nurturing healthy child development and reduce the effects of trauma among children living in temporary housing programs in Washington […]
Are you looking for something different, informative, delightful and stinky to do around Halloween? DC Water has the perfect plan for you: The Number Two Tour! You can take this super-scary, somewhat-stinky tour on Wednesday, October 28; Thursday, October 29; or Friday, October 30 2015 at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5000 Overlook Ave SW. […]
Curbed DC shared renderings for the condo that will replace the church at 13th and H Streets NE. JDLand‘s reader poll is back with the results on the top businesses and developments in the JDLand ‘hood. Tom Sietsema took a liking to Sally’s Middle Name. Young & Hungry took a look at how the lines at […]
Although it’s only mid-October, many of the trees around the neighborhood are starting to lose their leaves. The Department of Public Works (DPW), in addition to handling your trash collection and your car towing… uh.. needs, also handles leaf collection around the neighborhood. The site should be updated soon for the 2015-2016 season, but if […]
Today’s ship was not built in the Washington Navy Yard, but served honorably from there throughout the Civil War – and was captained for a number of years by a local. When, in 1858, the US Navy decided to send a fleet of ships up the Río Paraná to demand an apology for the Paraguay’s attack on […]