The Visitor Parking Permit: it’s a coveted commodity when you have a friend over for dinner, a babysitter who isn’t local, or just about any visitor who needed to get to you by car and planned to stay for longer than two hours. Instead of automatically mailing them, the city is now asking people to […]
By Annette Nielsen for The Hill Rag Back in early 2007, the Capitol Hill Business Improvement District (BID) planted an 8-foot evergreen tree at the Eastern Market Metro Plaza to honor their founding President, George Didden III. Days before the dedication ceremony, George faced a devastating illness. In light of his condition, the BID Board decided […]
It’s not quite the view I love, but man, the Capitol Dome Restoration Project and it’s miles of scaffolding are impressive. Some numbers about said scaffolding to ponder, courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol: 1.1 million lbs. weight of scaffold 75,000+ pieces of equipment 52 miles of scaffold pipe 2 miles of decking, enough to build a sidewalk 5 […]
DCist shared the awesome story of a Capitol Hill girl who wrote to George Lucas and to the owner of Toys ‘R’ Us about the lack of female Star Wars action figures. ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven reported that last week that Mayor Gray submitted legislation to the DC Council related to the surplus declaration and […]
What’s tall and colorful and filled with cider? It’s CHAW on winter festival day! That’s right, the CHAW Annual Winter Performance Festival & Arts Showcase is BACK! On Saturday, December 13th, CHAW will be buzzing with all kinds of arts opportunities for all ages. Looking for local, artisan pieces for holiday gifts that won’t break […]