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by David Jonas Bardin We wouldn’t expect the average NBA player to be comfortable flying in coach class. Nor should we expect our street trees to thrive in a similarly cramped environment. “A tree’s ability to grow and stay healthy is largely dependent on available rooting space,” says Casey Trees, in its 2008 […]
by Carolyn Jacobson Later this month Forest Hills will welcome Little Red Fox at 5035 Connecticut, the former site of Marvelous Market. Owner Matt Carr intends to become a fixture in our neighborhood. “I want to be here for 20 years. Restaurants open every week on 14th Street, and I’m really not interested in that […]
by Marlene Berlin If you’ve been reading The Northwest Current for the past few weeks, you may have noticed the back and forth in the “Letters to the Editor” about a wedding in the neighborhood. The letter writers were not writing in to offer their congratulations. This wedding had to end its festivities shortly after […]
by Ann Kessler I would suspect if you were asked about the first public school to be built in Forest Hills, you wouldn’t answer that it was an African American school or that it was built here in 1866. But that is true, and here’s the story of that long forgotten school. If you look […]
For the past few nights, through the brightly-lit windows of WAMU’s new headquarters at 4401 Connecticut, we’ve been able to see that the first floor looks move-in ready. But is it? Pretty much. From Andrew Huff, director of community relations at American University: “Monday morning (9/16), WAMU news will begin broadcasting from the new location. […]
by Lee Armfield Cannon If you ever drive, jog, stroll or walk your dog down Albemarle Street east of Connecticut Avenue, chances are you’ve noticed the house on the hillside, high up over the street, surrounded by large-scale steel sculptures and bearing the name “House of Sheeba,” announced by a sign halfway up the steps. […]
Weeks before DC’s tiniest panda made the news with his/her surprise arrival, a Forest Hills neighbor had an unexpected encounter with another, now infamous, resident of the National Zoo. As one does after experiences like these, she set the story to verse. Enjoy. My Morning Run by Lindsay Damon The alarm goes off, I’m filled […]
Ken Terzian spotted a mysterious creature in his yard and captured it – with a camera, that is. Marjorie Rachlin fills us in on what he found. Ken says: Lounging on the deck in a quasi-slumber at twilight, sounds from the forest change and sights are uncertain in the failing light. What creature was that, […]
by Bob Summersgill Forest Hills and northern Connecticut Avenue have limited access to bicycle facilities. This hurts bicyclists, including our children, but also pedestrians and drivers. Bicyclists routinely use the sidewalks – as they are legally allowed to do – because our roads are not safe for them. Conflicts with pedestrians are inevitable. To get […]
by Carolyn Jacobson Most people, when left with a tree stump after a storm, will quickly arrange to have it removed. That wasn’t the case, however, at the Sheridan School at 4400 36th Street NW. When the power company recently cut down a section of a dead pine tree close to the power lines in […]
