November 16, 2007
Go Home Already: Light and Dark
>> D.C. Council members have rejected a plan to give a developer city-owned land worth $6 million on which to build a new Radio One headquarters. [WJLA]
>> Five new restaurants are coming to Columbia Heights. [Prince of Petworth]
>> Traffic was temporarily halted at Union Station this afternoon as Amtrak Police investigated a report of a suspicious package near Gate A in Union Station. Regular service had resumed by 4 p.m. [WaPo]
>> The Maryland slot machine measure has passed the House of Delegates. [AP via NBC4]
>> Police are asking the public for help identifying three men who they say are connected to the break-in of a locker at Ballston Sport and Health Club. [NBC4]
>> News of that Harris Teeter by the New York Ave. Metro may have been slightly premature. [bloomingdale (for now)]
Photo by pete etchells
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Do not underestimate the role of wishful thinking on the part of boosterish neighborhood residents in these now-you-see-it-now-you-don't supermarket stories. This is a regular feature of the (dare I say it) gentrification process.