Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
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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 […]
by Marlene Berlin The last thing I expected to see on my Rock Creek hike last Tuesday was two weird looking heads pop up above a guard rail alongside Broad Branch Road. I was crossing the road on my way to the Western Ridge Trail. They looked like birds, but with bald heads. Vultures, perhaps? […]
DDOT might extend the current 36th Street “slow street” to Broad Branch Road. Or mark the length of Yuma Street between Connecticut and Massachusetts Avenues with barriers and “15 mph” signs. These are among the proposed additions to the District’s Slow Streets Initiative, which will eventually reserve 20 miles of streets for shared pedestrian, bicycle […]
Last week we mentioned that the Covid-19 pandemic had delayed the opening of four new businesses in Van Ness and Forest Hills. One of the four – Viet Chopsticks – opened on June 24th. Another of the four businesses will open next week. Rosemary Bistro Cafe will open at 5010 Connecticut Avenue on Wednesday, July […]
UDC honors Black lives lost to white supremacy: Starting on Juneteenth, UDC President Ronald Mason led university and student leaders on a nine-night journey. On each night, they knelt for 8 minutes, 46 seconds. On the ninth night, the community was invited to join them for a candlelight vigil, and to kneel in remembrance of […]
by Marlene Berlin It happened with remarkable speed. On May 29th, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the Slow Streets Initiative, in which 20 miles of streets would be designated as shared pedestrian, bicyclist and vehicle zones for the purpose of recreation while social distancing. On June 8th, they announced […]
by Marlene Berlin Say hello to some of our newest neighbors. I had been seeing these two male mallards hanging out together, and wondered whether a family was nearby. I got my answer about a week ago, when I spotted Mom and Pop Mallard and the kids. They grow so fast. This is Mom and […]
UDC tells us that the program has expanded, so it’s now starting at 8:10 p.m. Saturday night instead of 8:30. The full schedule is below. Every night since Juneteenth, UDC President Ronald Mason, student and faculty leaders and members of the Board of Trustees have gathered at Dennard Plaza. The university lights dim at 8:46 […]
“Hope you will have a good story of us recovering one day soon,” the owner of Viet Chopsticks told The Washington Post in late March. The recovery story is still being written, but the Vietnamese restaurant has taken an important first step: Viet Chopsticks opened at 4304 Connecticut Avenue yesterday. Van Ness Main Street announced […]
In partnership with Van Ness Main Street, we are continually updating this directory of local stores, restaurants and institutions as they update their operational plans. **** = Added/updated in the current week. Don’t see your business below? (No storefront? No problem.) Or have an update to share? Please comment below or email us at info@foresthillsconnection.com. […]
