Could the third time be the charm for Brian Brown?
The NextGen construction executive has been after the firehouse on North Capitol street and Quincy since 2003, submitting an unsolicited proposal before the city was even ready to dispose of the property. The District awarded him the building in 2006, and the future looked bright: Café [...]
Yesterday, on my way back from Big Chair Coffee 'n Grill, I stopped by Eckington to check out construction on the St. Martin's Apartments, which I reported on last year (two years ago! This 2010 thing hasn't sunk in yet.)
Certain neighbors tried to block the project—an affordable housing complex with 178 units at my last [...]
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Adrian M. Fenty is the closest D.C. has ever come to an imperial mayor. He refuses to answer questions about various business and personal trips. He hogs baseball tickets. He snaps his fingers and people get fired.
On April 23, the mayor appeared to be at it again. On a walk-through of Eckington, Fenty [...]
I noticed this puzzling e-mail on a listserv this morning:
Subject: [MPD-5D] Mayor Fenty's has ordered the razing of the Property at 1811 3rd St NE — Wednesday, May 6th 9:00AM
Good Morning All,
Last Thursday, April 23rd, Mayor Fenty conducted a Walk-Thru in the Eckington community. Comm Wright had great concerns about a once beautiful, but [...]
I've written quite a bit about the Eckington/Bloomingdale area since starting this blog.
Housing Complex has covered such topics as fear and anxiety over affordable housing to joy over the latest neighborhood speed bump. One article featured a man that evoked the KKK when talking about new, white, upwardly mobile residents in the area. Another [...]
On my drive back from Saturday morning's McMillan meeting, I found myself on a familiar street: T Street Northeast, home to the St. Martin's Convent. Back in December, I wrote about the controversial decision to move this building downhill. Residents in the neighborhood tried to keep the convent in its current place to prevent a [...]
In early December, I wrote about St. Martin's Convent, which ignited a preservation battle in Eckington. When I visited the structure, the basement was still being dug up. But thanks to a link from project superintendent Michael Blalock, I'm happy to post an update-in-images above.
Also, Eckington had its moment in the Washington Post sun this [...]
