The nonprofit organization that runs the Heurich House, which I’ve written about a couple times before, has until March 15 to raise almost $230,000 or risk defaulting on the loan they used to purchase the property. CNN.com has picked up an excellent AP story about the house, which now appears as the top link in […]
National Park Service In the Neighborhood
Ok, so I am really excited about this. As of today, the Carter G. Woodson House, located just feet from where I live in Shaw, is now owned by the National Park Service. The NPS plans to renovate the home and several adjacent homes (seen to the right) to build a visitors center and open […]
DCists Are Famous
… The nickname, of course, derives from the zoo’s much-quoted description of the panda at his July 9 birth — he was the size of “a stick of butter.” But it was two local bloggers, Catherine Andrews and her boyfriend, Tom Lee , who actually came up with the moniker. On Aug. 2, Andrews posted […]
Google Page Creator
I’ve been fiddling around with a new tool by Google called their Page Creator that allows you to easily create web pages, upload files and photos, and publish it to the web through a fancy interface that lives in your browser. For free. It makes regular websites as easy as blogs. Count me impressed. It’s […]
The Cell Phone Fairy Cometh
Those who know me well know I have had something of a complex relationship with Sprint. They’re the cell phone company everyone loves to hate, and in my nearly four years with them I have had my share of customer service problems and billing irregularities. I also paid far more than my fair share of […]
Vegetate’s Liquor License
A local independent vegetarian restaurant in my neighborhood, Vegetate, has been having a hard time getting their liquor license approved due to the protests of a nearby church. They recently sent out a message outlining the situation, encouraging members of the public to contact DC Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans at jackevans (at) dccouncil.us and […]
links for 2006-02-25
The Washington Oculus: “Maynard Street’s Living Tomb” Former Editorial Page Editor of the University of Michigan’s student newspaper (and my friend and DCist co-founder) Mike Grass writes about the history and architecture of the newspaper’s 1932 building, which will be renovated starting this spring.