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by Marlene Berlin On Tuesday, DC Water construction workers were tearing up the intersection of Davenport Street and Linnean Avenue to get at the old cast iron water main. The old pipes are being replaced in an extensive project that began in Forest Hills in the first week of December and will continue through March […]
by Marlene Berlin DC Water is replacing thousands of feet of cast iron water mains in Forest Hills over the next several months. The project requires digging up streets east and west of Linnean Avenue between Albemarle and Davenport. The work began this week. At noon on Wednesday, a crew was cutting the pavement on […]
by Barbara Kraft Representatives of Howard University met this month with two representatives of a group of Upton Street and Tilden Street neighbors over Howard’s plans for its 22-acre West Campus, which includes its law school, and changes to the future land use designation the Office of Planning (OP) has proposed as part of revisions […]
by Will Fowler Sharon Moore was deeply concerned when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. A senior with diabetes, she is especially vulnerable to the disease – but it wasn’t the virus that had her worried. The Van Ness resident is one of more than 100,000 in the District who rely on SNAP benefits to keep food […]
In 2013, Margery Elfin wrote about the “secret park” at 36th and Yuma Streets NW (map). She and her late husband Mel enjoyed taking their dog, Emmy, on walks through the pocket park’s shaded paths. But they were concerned that the park had been forgotten by its caretakers. The walkways were littered with broken flagstones. […]
DC teachers have been conducting home visits. But not of their students. Yesterday, teachers gathered in front of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home. #OnlyWhenItsSafe chanted outside of @MayorBowser home by @dcpublicschools teachers. Demanding better care and response to #COVIDー19 @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/Be9Qk8eQi9 — Jesse Burkett-Hall (@BurkettHall) July 20, 2020 Members @WTUTeacher drove protest car caravan through DC […]
People loved this tree. Our article Tuesday about the ailing “warrior tree” at Connecticut Avenue and Windom Place – and its impending removal – prompted an outpouring. Our posts Wednesday about its removal produced more mourning. So sad I didnt get a chance to say goodbye, I watched the seasons chamge through that beautiful warrior […]
The District is no longer using the Days Inn at 4400 Connecticut Avenue to quarantine people who don’t have another place to recuperate from Covid-19 or await test results. The hotel’s management company, Coakley and Williams, tells Forest Hills Connection that it will be reopening to guests this Friday, July 10th. “We have been taking […]
Have you seen it? Shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, this appeared on the south-facing wall of the Hastings Condominiums at 4444 Connecticut Avenue. Who is behind this “thank you” to essential workers? Last month, FHC editor Marlene Berlin called Van Ness Main Street Executive Director Gloria Garcia with an idea: a light projection that expresses […]
A former bread factory is transforming into a mixed-use destination on Georgia Avenue. Former dorms have become luxury apartments. These are Howard University projects on properties it owns. Could it do the same here at its law school? Early this month, a group of neighbors asked a Howard representative to discuss proposed changes to the […]
