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In Case You Missed The Last Twenty Years Or So

In Case You Missed The Last Twenty Years Or So

A six-person byline focusing on the "timeline of the whitening of D.C." which includes statements like "[bike] lanes manage to merge with the city's history of framing everything in black and white terms," touches on Tony Williams' blackness, the banning of single beer sales, Borf, and HOPE VI in Arthur Capper/Carollsburg, and concludes that "the flood of pale-complexioned fans into the stadium in Southeast...is a reminder of how big a change those curly “W” hats represent"? If this story represents TBD's swan song as a news organization, well, they're going out with a bang. (Appropriately enough: it's even got a correction.) more ›

The House That Borf Built is Closing

The House That Borf Built is Closing

Home to guerrilla art exhibits as well as the city's most famous art guerrilla, the Bobby Fisher Memorial Building at 1644 North Capitol Street NW is coming to a close, after tenants and landlord failed to renegotiate a lease. more ›

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