With so many candidates and initiatives on the ballots across the country yesterday I thought it would be worthwhile to point out a few items I was watching. Although it was exciting to watch the Democrats take back the House for the first time since 1994, the evening wasn’t without its disappointments. At the top […]
Victory In Shaw
ANC SMD 2C02 Kevin Chapple – 51.79% Leroy Joseph Thorpe, Jr. – 48.00% ANC SMD 2C01 Alex Padro – 70.08% Mary Sutherland – 28.25% Full results on BOEE
National Mall to Get a Plan
The National Park Service is launching a public process to create a new plan for the National Mall. The process will be kicked off next Wednesday, November 15 at a daylong symposium at the Naval Heritage Center at Navy Memorial where a rotating panel will discuss the mall in the context of the “needs of […]
Considering Washington’s Triangle Parks
Pierre L’Enfant’s plan for the city of Washington included radial avenues named after states superimposed over a grid of lettered and numbered streets. Inevitably, the intersection between the avenues and the grid result in a number of small triangular lots, and many lots with at least one acute, wedge-shaped corner. (This has resulted in many […]
Do You Live in ANC 2C02?
In Washington, D.C. the lowest level of elected government are the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Created in the 1970s, they were designed to connect the city’s neighborhoods to city government. These bodies are notorious for their NIMBY tendances and colorful personalities. I’ve long wondered why it seemed like the ANC in my neighborhood never seemed […]
Where Is the Convention Center’s Retail?
Three years after the opening of the new Washington Convention Center, only three businesses are open among the building’s 11 community retail spaces on 7th, 9th, and N Streets — Abou Master Goldsmith, Capitol Business Center, and Enterprise Car Rental. In addition to the three open business, four more have signed leases but have not […]
Are You ‘Carfree’?
Since 1960, the U.S. Census has asked American households to report on their “long form” the number of cars or light trucks “kept at home for the use of members of your household.” In the 2000 Census, 10% of households nationwide reported not having any vehicles available and 34% reported having only one available. The […]