The DC blogger meetup I organize is tonight at RFD in Chinatown at 7. Looks like we’ll have a good crowd.
Nationals Stadium Taking Shape in Southeast
Today I visited the Southeast DC neighborhood where the Nationals new baseball stadium is under construction. As you can see from this photo the form of the roughly $600 million stadium is taking shape. Fans can follow the project on this website created by the construction companies that features two webcams and a daily archive […]
No Connection Between Metro Stations and Crime
The urban legend is often repeated in D.C. that Georgetown didn’t get a Metro station because that neighborhood’s rich residents feared an invasion of crime and undesirables. The statement is totally false, and has been debunked thoroughly by Zachary Schrag in academic articles and his book about the history of the Metro where he describes […]
The New Puritainism: The Politics of Alcohol in DC
Since 2001, the regulation of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the District has been controlled by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, a seven-member regulatory body of city government. ABRA issues licenses to all types of sellers of alcohol in the city, monitors compliance with city law, and has the power to issue […]
DC Launches Pedestrian Master Plan
Heard about this from an email from the planning school: The District of Columbia Pedestrian Master Plan has launched their project website AND online survey (see links below). If you live or work in the District, please take a few minutes to complete the short survey, and then forward it along to any friends/colleagues/neighbors who […]
DC Bloggers Meetup in January
After several months of small Meetups, Patrick and I are putting together a meetup for January to re-start the group. Hope you can make it! DC Blogger January Meetup Jan. 17, 7:00 p.m. RFD – 810 7th Street NW
What Will be the Fate of Washington’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library?
The future of Washington’s downtown Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library hangs in the balance. A bill now pending before the DC Council’s Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation proposes to construct a new central library on the old convention center site, and lease the old structure as office space to help pick up the […]