Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton would like the U.S. Capitol and its surrounding office buildings to become more friendly toward visitors from Hollywood. She's asking her colleagues to allow film production on more parts of the Hill. more ›

Union Square, which some feared would be closed off to film production after jurisdiction over it was transfered from the National Park Service to the Architect of the Capitol, will remain open to commercial photography and filmmaking. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said in a press release today that she'll be meeting with officials from the National Park Service and Architect of the Capitol to "seek clarification" on the recent transfer of oversight over Union Square from the former to the latter. more ›

With the transfer of oversight over Union Square from the National Park Service to the Architect of the Capitol, film crews seeking a clear shot of the U.S. Capitol might be out of luck. D.C. film office head Crystal Palmer hopes otherwise. more ›

Via the Hill's Briefing Room blog, it looks like the Architect of the Capitol is at last set to begin renovations on the infamous tunnel that runs between the U.S. Capitol complex and the Capitol Power Plant. The work, which involves digging a big pit to access the tunnel about a block away from the Capitol South Metro station, will cause traffic around the intersection of North Carolina Avenue and First Street SE will be detoured. You may recall that the tunnel, long in a state of crumbling disrepair, has been the subject of controversy for several years, after it was revealed in 2006 that a 10-man crew working inside it had been exposed to extremely high levels of asbestos. more ›