Posts Tagged ‘Anacostia’
DDOT Lays New Streetcar Tracks in Anacostia, Traffic Delays Expected
Just like they did on H Street back in August, the D.C. Department of Transportation is now laying down tracks in Anacostia. The trains on this line are expected to be up and running by 2012.
Starting today, traffic by the intersection of South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue, will be subject to a half mile detour. (For more detailing information, see DDOT’s advisory.)
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Manna Plans New Condos in Anacostia
Occasionally, I find myself inexplicably writing over and over, the same day, about the same area of the city.
Today, the mini onslaught comes from the east of the river neighborhoods—or if you please “River East.”
DC MUD is reporting that there are 24 new condos in the works—Condos! Imagine that! It actually may be time to build some more—in the city.
Want Some Photos of Anacostia? We’ll Give You Some Photos of Anacostia.
New Housing Resource Center Opens in Anacostia
This morning, D.C.’s new Housing Resource Center held its official grand opening in Anacostia, offering “a new one-stop shop for quality affordable housing services.”
The new center will be D.C.’s “central source” of resources for low and moderate-income people looking to “purchase and rehabilitate homes and prevent mortgage default and foreclosure.” There will also be computers for people to use dchousingsearch.org, according to a city press release.
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D.C. Offers Up Three More Schools for Re-Use
Webb Elementary School, where the architecture is not exactly beckoning.
Oh well, I guess I missed this: Aside from the eleven schools that the District is already trying to redevelop, three new schools have been offered up for re-use.
Those schools are Birney Elementary School in Anacostia next to Barry Farm, Rabaut Junior High School in Lamond-Riggs, and Webb Elementary School in Ivy City.
