DC apartments have gotten a lot of press lately, with the news of HUD’s audit of the DC Housing Authority, and DC Attorney General Karl Racine’s record $10 million discrimination […]
October in the neighborhood: Heritage Day at Peirce Mill, Chevy Chase art walk, Carnegie Neighborhood Lecture
The last days of October are packed with local events that are seemingly designed to get us out there to enjoy the fall weather. On Saturday, October 22: Peirce Mill’s […]
Business in Brief: Child’s Play has a new owner; Remembering Politics and Prose’s chief book buyer; the I’m Eddie Cano group eyes another expansion
Child’s Play has a new owner: Or, in their words, a new chief happiness officer. “As you may have heard, we recently sold Child’s Play Toys & Books,” Simmie Kerman, […]
Photos: Art All Night 2022 draws a crowd
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]