There’s a lot going on around the corner of K and New Jersey Avenue. Sandwiched in between NoMa and Mount Vernon Square, it’s seen tall buildings sprout up on all sides, along a busy thoroughfare eight blocks north of Congress.
Through all that, about a half acre of land has sat grassy and fallow, lending the [...]
It may just be a fancy ad campaign for its consulting services, but IBM's TheSmarterCity web application and Smarter Planet page are pretty mesmerizing. Click around to whatever your urban steeze is, listen to some entrancing voice-overs, and end up with a collection of policy papers for dessert. If you are a large institution or [...]
It’s Friday afternoon, which means that the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America is some 170 consecutive hours into one of the bigger projects D.C.’s convention center has ever hosted: Modifying tens of thousands of mortgages to help people hang on to their homes.
It’s a serious undertaking. NACA counselors have been processing homeowners around the clock [...]
Councilmember Jim Graham knew he was on friendly turf at last night’s Ward One councilmember debate, hosted by a group of labor unions and social services advocates.
He had arrived at the True Reformer building on U Street a half an hour late, but with good reason: Celebrating a tenant purchase at 1372 Kenyon Street NW, [...]
Home Rule 2.0? [Post]
One vote for a bus garage at Walter Reed. [GGWash]
Always a good idea to check your zoning before opening a wings joint. [FairfaxVillage]
Skip the show, read the blog post. [Urbanturf]
Burger bar to U Street. [UStreetGirl]
City planning director as house hunter. [Examiner]
Today on the market: Lofty living in Penn Quarter.
City Desk reported yesterday that the D.C. Chamber of Commerce's PAC put its thumb on the scale for Ward One Council candidate Jeff Smith, making a pointed statement against Councilmember Jim Graham's continued service in the Wilson Building. I share Jason's surprise–it's not often that an organization will take such a risk on someone who [...]
Skyline Innovations, a one-year-old solar installation startup, feels straight out of 1999: Instead of a glassy downtown office, the seven-person staff operates out of a corner room in Affinity Lab, a communal workspace in Adams Morgan. Tasks are managed using a bulletin board covered with index cards, and typical work attire includes a T-shirt and [...]
D.C.'s done pretty well in the rankings lately. We're the best city for vegetarians. The second highest for wellbeing. The second-best city for college grads. If there's a top ten list we're not on, it's probably because we're somehow disqualified.
I usually ignore such lists as arbitrary and cheap ways to drive traffic by tapping into [...]
Silver Spring condo project goes rental. [Urbanturf]
Here's one realtor that isn't buying the Midcity brand. [DCCondoBoutique]
...and one urbanist. [RPUS]
After a year of delay, Reid moves car-rich, transit-poor energy bill to get it done before recess. [Streetsblog]
That's a lot of construction in the pipeline! [CityBizList]
Paperclip bike racks? Sure, why not. [Washcycle]
Strict land-use regulations create real estate [...]
So, the news broke yesterday in Minnesota and then the D.C. political sphere that both Target and Best Buy, taking advantage of our newly liquid corporate campaign finance rules, have dropped $150,000 and $100,000 respectively into a the state's gubernatorial race on the side of Tom Emmer, via a business group that has been running [...]
