Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
by Stefanie Harrington and Joan Schaefer Most people in Forest Hills likely know the traffic issues that neighbors on Albemarle and 30th Streets face, especially during morning and evening rush hour. The intersection of these streets is an especially dangerous spot, because the area is heavily foot trafficked, drivers have poor visibility, and it’s at […]
The Holder kids could teach us a thing or two about civic engagement. More than a year ago, the three siblings set out to solve the problem of speeding on Upton Street east of Connecticut Avenue. That included: Writing a letter to Council member Mary Cheh Collecting neighbor signatures on a petition calling on DDOT […]
Adapted and reposted with permission from Greater Greater Washington. The original published on GGWash.org on August 2nd. Less than three weeks later, a vehicle overturned at Connecticut and Cumberland. Less than a week after that, a driver crashed into a tree at a bus stop at Connecticut and Macomb. Pat Jakopchek is the commissioner representing […]
The crosswalk was striped. The new signals installed. All that remained was to uncover and turn on the lights – and the new crosswalk on the south side of Connecticut Avenue at Windom Place was open for business as of Tuesday, June 26th. Here’s closer look at the walk signal on the other side of […]
Neighbor Ken Sands sent this harrowing account of a pedestrian’s rescue from a flash flood on Albemarle at 32nd Street: What appeared to be a “normal” thunderstorm the evening of May 31 became life-threatening for a retirement-aged woman who fell into the deep rushing water on the Albemarle Street roadway just east of Connecticut Avenue […]
by Marlene Berlin Connecticut Avenue is getting not just one, but two new crosswalks at Windom Place. DDOT is completely rebuilding the entire intersection between the 4300 and 4400 blocks of Connecticut, and the work is to be completed this summer. The crosswalk at the south end of the intersection will be entirely new, and […]
DDOT gave us the news last July: an additional crosswalk would be installed at Connecticut and Windom Place. At the time, DDOT said work was expected to begin in November 2017. The project still has a green light. It’s just delayed. Wasim Raja, DDOT’s associate director of traffic engineering, told Forest Hills Connection via email: […]
Edited 1/26 to add: The latest 311 reports (which also were forwarded to the mayor’s and Cheh’s offices) plus a dash of Twitter shaming may have done the trick. The sidewalk has been repaired. Remember the busted up sidewalk in Van Ness I tweeted about two days ago? Well, after some Twitter outrage, D.C. quickly […]
by Marlene Berlin Windom Place is finally getting its second Connecticut Avenue pedestrian crossing. Wasim Raja, the associate director of traffic engineering at the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) states in an email that the design is complete, and the crossing is on the construction list for this year. He says construction will most likely […]
by Robert Deyling Chair, ANC 3F Streets & Sidewalks Committee The ANC 3F Streets and Sidewalks Committee is looking for volunteers to help conduct a comprehensive survey of the state of the neighborhood’s streets, sidewalks, and related issues. The group will hold a training session on Saturday, April 29, at 12:00 p.m. at the Van […]
