by Marjorie L. Share and Jane M. Solomon On April 27th, DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board unanimously awarded historic landmark status to 3101 Albemarle Street, the stately 1926 Colonial Revival […]
Van Ness then and now: We’ve come a long way
by Mary Beth Ray The date was June 21, 1999. Bill Clinton was president. Borders Books and Eddie Bauer were hot retailers. Cher, Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys were […]
Park Van Ness, UDC Student Center finalists for Washington-area land use awards
by Marlene Berlin and Carol F. Stoel Park Van Ness and the UDC Student Center are two of 14 Washington-area finalists for land use awards from the Urban Land Institute […]
Opinion: In DC, historic landmarks are a vital preservation tool
by Jane Solomon In an Opinion piece published by the Connection on February 21, Julia and Andrew Stevenson assert that historic preservation (both individual landmarks as well as historic districts) […]
ANC 3F Feb. summary: Developers’ plans for 3101 Albemarle and Fannie Mae buildings
by Marlene Berlin After reading through this summary you’ll marvel that ANC 3F managed to pack everything into a couple of hours. Chair Malachy Nugent has mastered the task of […]
UDC is in talks about turning 4250 Connecticut Avenue into student housing
UDC meets with the surrounding community every three months, and at the last one, in January, one topic under discussion was the commercial building next to the campus that was […]
What if? Fannie Mae sale could mean apartments, UDC student housing at 4250 Connecticut Ave.
The sale of Fannie Mae’s office building at 4250 Connecticut Avenue to Bernstein Management presents a possible opportunity to the site’s closest neighbor: UDC. The next meeting of the University […]
Neighborhood in the news: Nursing home, pricy home, apartment home
Washington Home residents sue to stay: Residents of the Washington Home sued to block the home’s impending sale to next-door Sidwell Friends under DC’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. A […]
Neighbors discuss preserving former residence of Polish ambassador
by Jane Solomon A group of neighbors, many adjacent to 3101 Albemarle St NW (the ex-Polish Embassy residence), met on February 1st, 2016, to discuss the future of the property, […]
North Cleveland Park in the Post’s “Where We Live”
Fessenden House and North Cleveland Park have little in common besides proximity, but news reports of the $18 million mansion’s sale nevertheless jogged our memory (because they’re both real estate […]