On Jan. 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater in what is today Adams Morgan collapsed under the weight of a blizzard's snowfall, killing 98 people, including Rep. Andrew Jackson Barchfeld, a Pennsylvania Republican. Another 133 were injured in the theater, located on the southwest corner of 18th Street NW and Columbia Road.
The blizzard, [...]

After the Party, It's the Hotel Lobby: Nothing goes together quite as well as luxury hotel suites and jumbo slices of pizza. Which is why the District is considering giving $46 million in tax abatements to the developers of a new Ian Schrager/Marriott partnership that would build a hotel at Columbia Road and Champlain Street [...]

2400 Block 18th Street, NW. © 2010 Matt Dunn

1600 Block of Columbia Road NW, November 16

Columbia Road NW, November 16

That's a Lot of Green: Oh no! It would seem that the District government is going to have to deploy a bunch of new street signs—and spend a lot of money—to meet new federal standards on sign readability by 2015. A no all-caps signage future looms on the horizon! -3
Not the Raccoons! Wow, there have [...]

Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic and Web Design: We're beginning to get the sense that maybe, just maybe, Michelle Rhee's resignation announcement this morning wasn't a last-minute decision on her part. A few hours after appearing with Almost Mayor Vince Gray and Still Mayor Adrian Fenty, Rhee unveiled a new website, Facebook page and Twitter account dedicated [...]

If you're out and about in Adams Morgan or any other D.C. nightlife destination, where do you go? "Go," as in, use the facilities?
Via DCBlogs, we come across a lovely blog post, "Exercising My Right to Pee" by La Acera, where the author retells a story about wanting to use the restroom at the McDonald's [...]

Columbia Road NW, October 7

Ah, Free Speech: If you were wondering who the angry, crazy looking folks screaming outside the Supreme Court building this morning were, wonder no more—they were members of a radical sect of misguided fundamentalists the Westboro Baptist Church, who descended on the District from their Topeka, Kansas, lair to give moral support as their lawyers [...]

Jamal Coates once existed. That's something that everyone can agree on.
Everyone can also agree that due to tragic events that unfolded Tuesday afternoon, he no longer exists. Coates died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to cops. Family and friends will want to know why they lost their loved one. But the response authorities provide [...]

A day after a Metropolitan Police Department officer shot and killed a dog during Adams Morgan Day, it's still not entirely clear exactly what happened during the incident.
Scott Fike, a 25-year veteran of the department, shot the dog, named Parrot, after intervening in an altercation between two dogs on 18th Street. Aaron Block, the 25-year old [...]