Earlier this week, Councilmember Tommy Wells introduced legislation that would fundamentally alter the way Eastern Market operates. Pretty much everyone agrees that the change is necessary: Currently, the market is managed by the city, which can't respond quickly enough to funding and administrative needs that change day to day. Wells' bill would simply create a [...]

The other day, I reported on this blog that Eastern Market's North Hall is again available to rent for events, just like back in the good 'ole, pre-fire days. Since the building re-opened in June, that space has housed an exhibit covering Eastern Market's history, and a tango class meets there every Thursday night! (Or [...]

The North Hall, roughly a month and a half before Eastern Market reopened in June.
Since it reopened last June, Eastern Market's North Hall has remained curiously empty and under-used. Every time I've visited in the last few months (just a handful),  there have been a couple of people roaming around up there, plus some tables, [...]

The Peebles Corp. wants to build a hotel at the site of the old Stevens School.
A while back, I wrote about the proliferation of boutique hotels–both recently-opened and in the works–in Washington D.C. and drew up a list of all the new options flooding downtown with their sleek leather furniture and funky lighting (and annoying [...]

Here's an image from the Stanton/Eastbanc plan posted online after the group's presentation in early summer.
Mayor Adrian Fenty announced this morning that a group of developers led by Stanton Development Corp. and EastBanc Inc. will usher in a new era in Eastern Market: The group will be taking over the former Hine Junior High School site, [...]

Late yesterday afternoon, the city announced it had once again narrowed its list of developers competing to redevelop Hine Junior High School's site near Eastern Market. 
From four finalists, only one group got the axe: The National Leadership Campus, a non-profit concept, backed by billionaire Peter B. Lewis, chairman of the  Progressive Corporation.

Eastern Market's new "hotspot" will be the first free outdoor wireless offered by the city government, according to an announcement today. Over the next 12 months, the District "will launch an additional 200 hotspots in other locations around the city, including public schools and additional outdoor locations."
Plus, there's now a map identifying every free, [...]

Tomorrow, the public is invited to comment on the various development proposals promoting hotels, retail, housing, and subsidized non-profit office space for the Hine Junior High School site, an important parcel between Pennsylvania Avenue and the shiny, new Eastern Market on Capitol Hill.
It's so important, in fact, that nine development teams originally competed for the [...]

As promised, Eastern Market re-opened today after a $22 million renovation, following a fire in the Spring of 2007. Mid may, I (or rather a designated construction official, who said I couldn't come onto the site due to my footwear) snapped some photos of the inside of the building.