After a day of phone tag, I finally caught up with Tim Dennee, a staff reviewer for the Historic Preservation Review Board.
Yesterday, I wrote about Dennee's decision to not recommend a set of H Street Rowhouses for a historic landmark designation.
His reasoning (in an extremely itty, bitty nutshell): They weren't that special. For more, see [...]
The Capitol Hill Restoration Society's Annual House and Garden Tour takes place this weekend. The event begins with a "twilight tour of homes" from 4pm-8pm on Saturday, May 9 and continues from 11am-5pm on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10.
What sold in the District this week…
116 5th St. NE (Capitol Hill)
Four bedrooms; Four and a half bathrooms
Original Listing Price: $1,195,000
Original Listing Date: Sept. 15, 2008
Final Price:$1,100,000
Close Date: March 27, 2009
Analysis: In February, this house dropped from its original listing price, $1,195,000, down to $1,149,000.
It seems like every time you turn around, the District government is developing yet another piece of forgotten waterfront property. The Washington Post says that the "Hill East Waterfront" is the "last unclaimed parcel on Washington's waterfront." For now, maybe.
That totally ambiguously named chunk of land is located just south of RFK stadium; It includes [...]
After hours of blogging about layoffs, dwindling affordable housing funds, decreased construction, low expectations, and moldy and flooded foreclosure properties, I like to look for escapes from all this bad news.
Well, I found one. I went there on Friday, and for a solid two hours, I blissfully toured through glittery chandelier filled rooms, a [...]
The American Planning Association just named its 2008 "Great Places in America," "places of exemplary character, quality, and planning." Three local spots make the list: Union Station, a great "public space," and Main Street in Annapolis and Clarendon and Wilson Boulevards in Arlington.
Um wonderful, I guess. Personally, I think the marketing and promotion [...]
