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Robberies on Upswing in D.C.
NBC Washington Local News
Jan 28Through the first three weeks of 2012, robberies in the District of Columbia are up nearly 70 percent over the same period in 2011, according to police statistics published in Saturday's edition of The Washington Post. According to the Post, armed robb... »
Sharpshooters vs. Deer in Rock Creek Park?
Nbc Washington
Jan 11Sharpshooters and euthanasia are among the options the National Park Service is considering to control the deer population in Rock Creek Park. »
Eva Zeisel tribute at Hillwood Estate and Museum
The Washington Post Arts Post
Jan 05In recent days, the design world lost one of its great artists Eva Zeisel. The 105-year-old matriarch of industrial design brought exquisite and simple forms to tea pots, cups and saucers, salt and pepper shakers and everything else the mid-century sty... »
Rock Creek Park tree is removed
WashingtonPost.com Daily Gripe
Nov 09In late October, a griper wrote us concerned about a damaged tree on a bike path in Rock Creek Park. He was especially concerned following the death of a Mount Pleasant man who was hit by a falling tree branch and worried that the branch on the tree, j... »
A mountain lion in Northwest Washington? Park Service doubts it
The Washington Post D.C. Wire
Oct 28National Park Service officials are highly skeptical of a report of a possible mountain lion sighting in Northwest Washington, saying Rock Creek Park biologists and rangers have seen “absolutely no trace” of such an animal. In the report that aired Thu... »
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The Dollar Store Belt?
City Desk
Feb 07Richard Florida explores the geography of dollar stores—they're proliferating, particularly in the south, and even more affluent people are taking advantage of them. But, he contends, they tend to be concentrated in areas of high rates of smoking, pove... »
I Heart My City: Matt’s Washington, D.C.
Intelligent Travel
Jan 25Hello city-lovers! Today we’re exploring our own backyard with an I Heart My City guide to Washington, D.C. Today’s tour comes courtesy of travel blogger Matt Long, Editor-in-Chief and creator of LandLopers.com and co-host of the D.C. Travel Tweet Up (... »
Wheaton developer builds small, but thinks big
Greater Greater Washington
Jan 20by Dan Reed While County Executive Ike Leggett wants to give developer B.F. Saul $40 million of public funds to build on public land in downtown Wheaton, one developer's been building here with minimal help from Montgomery County for decades. Buildings... »
Designers tasked with keeping the Mall "grand and personal"
Greater Greater Washington
Jan 18by Malcolm Kenton As competing design teams come up with ways to revitalize three sections of the National Mall, a diverse panel of public space design practitioners excoriated exhorted them to envision an evolving space that reflects and keeps pace wi... »
Designers try to keep the Mall "grand and personal"
Greater Greater Washington
Jan 18by Malcolm Kenton As competing design teams come up with ways to revitalize three sections of the National Mall, a diverse panel of public space design practitioners excoriated exhorted them to envision an evolving space that reflects and keeps pace wi... »