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Tim Day will run for Ward 5 seat after all
The Washington Post DeBonis
Jan 27Tim Day — the Brookland accountant who was first to publicly raise questions about former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr.’s private fundraising, sparking a series of investigations that culminated in his resignation and guilty pleas to federal fel... »
Brookland development up for approval
Strange
Jan 16A major development near the Catholic University-Brookland Metro station is going before a D.C. zoning panel after objections from citizens prompted delays in its approval last year. Called 901 Monroe Street LLC, the 61-foot-tall, mixed-use development... »
Brookland development up for approval
Washington Examiner
Jan 16A major development near the Catholic University-Brookland Metro station is going before a D.C. zoning panel after objections from citizens prompted delays in its approval last year. Called 901 Monroe Street LLC, the 61-foot-tall, mixed-use development... »
DeMorning Links: Following the money
The Washington Post DeBonis
Dec 21The Brookland Heartbeat, the biggest little neighborhood paper in D.C., confirms that agents investigating D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) are looking at more than the $400,000 in youth baseball money he is accused of redirecting for hi... »
First Church of Christ (Holiness) reaches out round-the-clock
Washingtonpost.com Metro
Dec 03Back in the day, Yolanda Sampson was a Washington Redskins cheerleader and Miss Black World 1995. Today, she’s a minister, and she’s often in the middle of an aisle at First Church of Christ (Holiness) in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washing... »
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Elegy for a Diner
We Love DC
Jan 287.18.10courtesy of Paige Weaver I’ve been trying to come to terms with this all day. I’ve been sitting on this post for a few hours, but it seems right now to post it. Since we moved to Brookland, our weekend haunt has been the beautiful steel diner on... »
Anacostia’s LUMEN8 is Temporium-Crazy—In a Good Way
Arts Desk
Jan 27Anacostia is going pretty damn big on the temporium front. The neighborhood is getting a chunk of a $250,000 grant to the city from ArtPlace, a heavily backed (think the Rockefeller Foundation and the Nonprofit Finance Fund) nonprofit that seeks to enc... »
Another one from the archives: analyzing retail store failure
Rebuilding Place In The Urban Space
Jan 27One of the comments on this City Paper Housing Complex blog entry, "Going Backwards on Benning Road," indirectly and correctly makes the point that I was guilty of the over-generalizations that I often accuse others of employing, it's worth reprinting ... »
Breakfast links: Busing it
Greater Greater Washington
Jan 27by David Edmondson Photo by ElvertBarnes on Flickr.Seven Corners gets transit center: The bus transit center at Seven Corners opens today, replacing several temporary stops in the area. It's the town's only major transit hub, but is located in a shoppi... »
Reprint: Bringing buildings back is really about bringing urban neighborhoods back
Rebuilding Place In The Urban Space
Jan 27-------From September 2006. It will be awhile before I have to chance to write in depth about the book that was launched last night by the American Assembly. (See previous entry.) Some of the discussion at the presentation troubled me, the overview was... »