It seemed like Unity Market, the collection of Mexican and Salvadoran food vendors who've set up shop a few days a week in Adams Morgan for three years now, could survive anything—even the ire of the brick-and-mortar restaurants who felt they were stealing business. It's all finally coming to an end today, because the city [...]

The cupcake divide. [CHOTR]
Council blames downgrade on Congress, but poverty matters too. [DCFPI]
The Voice wants its newsroom back. [Patch]
Will tech companies go to St. E's? [WBJ]
Buzzard Point: Once the "Tysons Corner of the 21st Century" [Post]
Ledroit Park wants Howard to deal with vacant buildings. [Left4Ledroit]
Today on the market: Hard-to-beat view.

My column this week asks the question of how the preservation movement can attract new people to replace the original activists. With some organizations, it's a matter of survival.
Take the Historic Districts Coalition, for example. As co-founder, coordinator, and one-time potential Historic Preservation Review Board nominee Nancy Metzger tells it, the group started in the [...]

My column this week makes the case that preservationists are in a difficult spot, since many of the city's most charismatic buildings and neighborhoods have already been saved. But as time progresses, the definition of what we consider "historic" also changes. That window is usually understood as about 50 years, which puts us in the [...]

It was a conversation that promised to be interesting, with this headline: DOES GENTRIFICATION MEAN ERADICATION? The office of Councilmember Marion Barry convened a panel of Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners and community members last night to chew over the question, and at his behest, a group of interested citizens will continue to chew it [...]

Every five years, D.C.’s Historic Preservation Office has to come up with a plan for the next five. A couple weeks ago, with another deadline looming, the staff called a public meeting to figure out what to do next.
This gathering, like many chitchats about safeguarding old buildings, was heavy on activists whose own ages also [...]

Can a Prius save Kwame's rep? [Post]
Can new lighting save Crystal City's cool? [DCMud]
Economic Partnership keeps on keeping on. [WBJ]
All about South Capitol Street changes. [JDLand]
Number five for bike commuting? Not bad. [TBD]
First crack at 1020 Monroe. [Curbed]
Does a roof pod even make sense? [GGW]
Post doesn't mention D.C. proper unemployment, which declined from 11.3 percent [...]

Remember the massive consolidation of property-related agencies into something called the Department of General Services, akin to the federal government's General Services Administration, that came out of the 2012 budget process? It was supposed to launch by October 1, and more than 700 employees have been sent notices if they're supposed to be working for [...]

Developers are like racehorses: They all respond to the starting bell at the same time. With so many apartments and condos underway and in the pipeline—really, it's starting to feel almost 2007-ish around here—it's fair to ask: What happens when they're all done and on the market? There's a lot of pent-up demand in D.C., [...]

Hey, another project comes off the shelf! Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Rachelle Nigro reports on her Facebook page:
460 NY Ave., the unsightly old brick federal building, has officially begun to take shape. I received a call last night from the developer Bozutto. Tentative plans are for a 63 unit condo building. The building [...]