The city's drinking water may not be so good for our insides, but at least we can try to enjoy the sights, especially when Flickr user Grundlepuck takes photographs like this one, at the McMillan Reservoir. The EXIF data is here.
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We're a bit late on discussing this, because yours truly was on the left coast last week when the news came out, but considering the potential impact of the issue, we're posting late, rather than never. The Armed Forces Retirement Home made news earlier this year after announcing plans to develop a portion of its large Northwest property. The news was greeted with excitement by many, but neighbors of the property, particularly on the western, Petworth side, quickly aired concerns over the scale of potential development and the ways in which it might affect their streets and views. DCist examined many of these issues here, and here. more ›

It was a tantalizing prospect. The news that Walter Reed Army Medical Center would close in 2011 had District residents and officials dreaming of the possible uses for the 113 acres of land located between 16th Street and Georgia Avenue in residential Northwest Washington. Getting their hands on the land was always a longshot, however, and news organizations are reporting today that the Feds have lowered the boom on the idea -- deciding instead to... more ›

It's already been a busy year for development in the corridor of land that stretches from Bryant Street north along North Capitol to Catholic University. DCist has kept a close eye on the debate between residents of the nearby neighborhoods (of Park View, Petworth, and Brookland) and the Armed Forces Retirement Home, which intends to open portions of its massive campus to commercial and residential development. Green space has been a part of that discussion, specifically whether or not the AFRH property will include some, and participants of the debate have often mentioned the McMillan Reservoir property as an alternative location for park land. more ›

Sometimes there just isn't much public information available about a given monument we might want to write about. Such is the case with the curious-if-pedestrian and assumedly unofficial memorial on the north end of the McMillan Reservoir, on the far side of Howard University. There stands a tree -- the middlemost tree, in the photo above, sans leaves -- and to it is nailed or otherwise affixed a small bronze plaque dedicated to the memory of ... well, in the time since it was placed there, the tree has grown around it. "UIS ALBERTO VASQUEZ," to be sure. And whatever it was happened in mid-1997. more ›