Art and music draw a crowd. So do cider and donuts… and fire dancers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Van Ness Main Street (@vannessmainst) Van Ness Main Street says more than 4,600 people came out to enjoy performances including Villanueva Fire & Flow (above), the pop-up market, and other attractions at […]
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DDOT holding Connecticut Ave. walkthroughs to discuss parking and loading needs
by Marlene Berlin Over the next three weeks, DDOT will be seeking on-the-ground feedback on parking and loading needs on Connecticut Avenue north of Calvert Street – from the people who know it best. On October 3, 11 and 17, DDOT is hosting block-by-block, in-person walkthroughs along the 2.7-mile stretch between Calvert and Legation. This […]
Real estate updates from ANC 3F’s Sept. meeting: UDC retail “starting to fill in,” and developer Jair Lynch has Days Inn property under contract
ANC 3F had a jam-packed agenda at its September 20th meeting, which you can watch in full here: Topics included commercial real estate on Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness, specifically retail spaces controlled by UDC, and the Days Inn property at 4400 Connecticut, which was put up for sale late last year and marketed by […]
Uptown Market to close permanently on Oct. 2, three years after opening
Uptown Market will open to customers for the last time on Sunday, October 2nd. The market and cafe posted this message on its Facebook page on September 24th: With very heavy hearts, we have some sad news to share. Uptown Market will be closing permanently. Our last day of service will be Sunday October 2nd. […]
Soapstone sewer updates: A neighborhood working group is tackling issues including air pollution and noise
by Marlene Berlin A neighborhood working group has formed to work on issues that have come up as DC Water proceeds with its sewer rehabilitation project in the Soapstone Valley. The group’s members are ANC 3F Commissioner Dipa Mehta; Josh Savitch, a Soapstone neighbor who had been watching the project develop and asked Mehta how […]
A peek at what’s planned for Art All Night 2022 in Van Ness, Forest Hills and Tenleytown
DC’s Art All Night is once again a two-night event, with Van Ness Main Street among the organizations lighting up the night on the last Friday of September, and Tenleytown Main Street hosting festivities the following Saturday. The Art All Night Van Ness events, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, September 23rd, include: […]
Deputy mayor promises communication portal as a short-term fix for apartment buildings with “impactfully disruptive residents”
The DC deputy mayor charged with overseeing coordination between DC agencies that work on homelessness and behavioral health said in July that the District was creating a communication portal that apartment landlords and residents could use to request services for disruptive tenants. Wayne Turnage and a staff member suggested at the July 19th ANC 3F […]
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Volunteer-led Van Ness food pantry gets two-month extension on donated space
Feed the Family Pantry, the all-volunteer food and cleaning supplies pantry operating out of the former Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut Avenue, will be there for another two months. “Terrific news!” pantry volunteer Elisa Braver wrote Friday, August 26th on the Cleveland Park listserv. “UDC (University of the District of Columbia) has extended the time that […]
How Cleveland Dennard built a school – and changed Van Ness
The 2022-2023 school year began this week at the University of the District of Columbia, so we thought this was a good time to rerun this 2016 article on the origins of this historically Black university, which is also DC’s sole public university, and the only urban land-grant university in the United States. The comments […]
“Spheres” sculptures at 4250 Connecticut need a new home
Up for grabs: some rather large spheres. The word on the Main Street is that preparations at 4250 Connecticut Avenue for the arrival of MOM’s Organic Market in early 2023 include moving the main entrance for the building’s offices to the center courtyard. And that will require moving a sculpture grouping that now occupies the […]