by Beverly Ringel When I realized that it was time for me to retire in earnest (I had tried it, at least, twice before and missed working), I began to search for a condo unit. I decided that having access to the outdoors was important in the choice of a building since I had enjoyed […]
High-Rise Life
Knitting A Community Together
by Barbara Cline Mary Peckiconis is a Clarence House resident and a passionate knitter and crocheter who is spreading the joy of craft to northwest DC residents. Mary leads the Upper NW Knitters group at the Tenley Library. “I launched the group April 2011 because I like to knit and teach others to knit,” she […]
High-Rise Life: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
by Barbara Cline Do you know your neighbors? Or are you new to the area or have such a busy schedule that you have little time to meet anyone? One Forest Hills high-rise has found a way to help its residents make connections. The Van Ness Neighbors (VNN) network was created in 1993 to break […]
High-Rise Life: Rent Control 101
by Barbara Cline Rent control is one of the city’s longest-established and most significant policies for maintaining affordable housing in the city. Our Forest Hills high-rise community contains over a dozen apartment buildings that fall into this category. Ward 3 has the second-largest number of units which are “potentially subject to rent control,” according to […]
High-Rise Life: Guess Who’s Coming To Town?
by Barbara Cline Remember that charming couple you sat next to at a recent family wedding? Those people who are your second cousins twice-removed and live in California? You remember the fun you all had, particularly after the third (or was it the fourth?) champagne toast to the newlyweds. And then you impulsively invited them […]
High-Rise Life: Caught Up in the Laundry Room Spin Cycle
By Barbara Cline Have you ever gotten up at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning to do a load of laundry because you know you will have to compete with 100 other people for those eight machines? You quietly dash onto the elevator and ride downstairs to check if any machines […]