Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
We can’t be there to mark the occasion in person, but tonight at 5:30 p.m., DC residents and businesses are being invited to place luminarias or lights in their windows in celebration of the president inauguration. The event is called IllumiNATIONDC, and Van Ness Main Street is among those participating. Its contribution is the “Stronger […]
Commercial corridors in this area and throughout the District are decked out in holiday lights and festive displays this month, some in connection with local Main Streets. The lights serve as a beacon to attract customers to small and local businesses, and as a beacon of hope for better times to come. And of course, […]
You could call it a Forest Hills Connection holiday tradition. In December 2012, Marlene Berlin combined her love of walking and her enthusiasm for supporting small businesses into our original walking and shopping guide to Van Ness, Forest Hills, Chevy Chase, Tenleytown and Cleveland Park. That morphed into the “Shop-Local Workout,” our annual Thanksgiving week […]
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 […]
UDC is hosting a virtual meeting of the Community-Campus Task Force on Thursday, November 5th at 7:30 p.m. On the agenda: Enrollment update UDC COVID-19 response Van Ness Campus Master Plan Retail space update (read about the August 5th update) Spring 2020 semester Log into the meeting here or join by phone: 415-655-0003, access code: […]
by Marlene Berlin In July 2018, and after considerable effort by Van Ness Main Street, the DC Council allocated $1.5 million dollars in the FY 2019 budget for the design and public engagement phase of a Van Ness streetscape improvement project. It was a long time in coming. The DC Office of Planning and DDOT […]
The DC Public Library’s Washingtoniana collection needed a temporary home during the renovation of Martin Luther King Library. And for a little more than a year, Van Ness provided one. Washingtoniana moved out of its UDC Law School digs at 4340 Connecticut Avenue when DCPL’s lease expired early this year. And in a recent newsletter, […]
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 […]
by David Cristeal ANC 3F01 commissioner Two elderly homeless people, who by many standards should be enjoying their golden years, have long occupied an encampment on a small portion of Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness/UDC. Some put have the man’s Van Ness residency at almost 20 years. Up until recently, the encampment was located in […]
By order of the mayor: Physically distanced outdoor dining resumes this Friday. Stay tuned for safety procedures and protocols. #DCHope https://t.co/HnYKBHask9 — Van Ness Main Street (@VanNessMainSt) May 27, 2020 The restaurant with the largest patio area in Van Ness and Forest Hills is reopening at 50 percent of its usual capacity. You must call […]
