The Israeli embassy at Van Ness Street and International Drive has been the site of frequent vigils and protests since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023. On February 26th, […]
Neighborhood in the News: HUD investigates rents DC landlords charge voucher holders; More water outage impacts; ‘Driving Dangerously’
Nearly a year ago, we wrote: As recently as Presidents Day, 4801 Connecticut was advertising its one-bedroom apartments to prospective renters for $1,700 per month. According to a Washington Post […]
More Neighborhood in the News: Landlords accused of conspiring; Mystery cars behind the former Burger King
Neighborhood in the News is usually a monthly feature, at most, and we just published one a week ago. But we didn’t think this news could wait. In case you […]
Neighborhood in the News: Bowser admin responds to MacArthur HS-in-Van Ness proposal
Since he wrote his pitch for moving the new MacArthur High School to the former Whittle School/Intelsat Campus at 4000 Connecticut Avenue, Ward 3 Council member Matt Frumin has revealed […]
Neighborhood in the News: Another ambassador moving in; Rent on the rise; The real birthplace of the U.S. atomic age
After living in hotels and other temporary homes in Washington for the past two years, Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog is getting a new and permanent official residence. And it’s in […]
Neighborhood in the News: New neighborhood leaders take on effort to rename the park now called Reservation 630
For decades, the park south of Tilden Street, bisected by Connecticut Avenue, was Melvin Hazen Park. Then, in 2017, Neil Flanagan wrote for the Washington City Paper about Hazen’s long-ago […]
Neighborhood in the News: Black basketball’s founding father; bowling and polar bears in Van Ness; waterpark what-if
Honoring a DC sports and civil rights pioneer: If UDC has anything to say about it, more people will know E.B. Henderson’s name. And we should. Well over a century […]
Neighborhood in the News: Van Ness sniper anniversary; Conn. Ave. project’s hairpin turns; Rivlin home remade
Edmund Burke School shooting, one year later: April 22nd was the anniversary of the Van Ness sniper attack, and The Washington Post and ABC7 checked in on the school security […]
Neighborhood in the News: What’s next for a satellite firm HQ-turned-school? And, Connecticut Ave. safety project timeline gets extended
The many lives of 4000 Connecticut Avenue: What would you do with a 660,000 square-foot complex, steps from transit, UDC, embassies and the Van Ness and Cleveland Park communities? The […]
Neighborhood in the News: Idris Elba was here (really!); a Whittle School landlord suit dismissed
Idris Elba was here. We repeat: IDRIS ELBA WAS HERE. The actor wasn’t in the neighborhood to perform on a TV show (though Elvis Presley pnce was). Or to support […]