Last year, the New York Avenue Metro Red Line station saw greater increases in ridership than any others in the system. more ›

Two of the four Walmarts planned inside the District's borders have cleared a major hurdle, clearing a review from the city's Office of Planning enabling them to move forward with construction as soon as permits from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs can be obtained. more ›

There was a serious traffic backup at the intersection of New York and Florida Avenues in the District this morning -- though this was hardly normal rush hour gridlock. more ›

Remember that big road work project along New York Avenue, the one that we predicted would be "a vehicular nightmare" and suggested that drivers avoid over the course of the next two years? It sounds like some of you actually may listened! more ›

Because it's going to be a vehicular nightmare. Mayor Vince Gray announced today at his weekly press conference that starting April 25, the stretch of New York Avenue NE heading east out of the District beyond Florida Avenue NE will be the site of heavy construction as a bridge over rail lines is replaced. The construction will center on a half-mile stretch of the traffic artery, cutting its six lanes down to four over the course of 24 months. Transportation officials said that the 87,000 cars that use the stretch on a daily basis should expect delays of between 15 and 30 minutes each day. more ›

You've probably seen these on your drive in and out of the city a thousand times: the mysterious brick buildings seen on the National Arboretum site from New York Avenue. I honestly never really gave two thoughts about them until some research illuminated what they are: the remains of the United Brick Corporation's brickyards. more ›

The non-descript building has housed a dance club and an art gallery and studio. But sometime next year, the 3,500-square-foot ground floor of 411 New York Avenue NE may become the first place where the District's medical marijuana is grown. more ›

Will us Washingtonians finally get the chance to submit our hilariously crazy images to People of Walmart? Maybe! more ›

The big traffic pattern realignment at New York Avenue and Florida Avenue in Northeast that was supposed to be implemented on Friday, will now be delayed until June 11 starting around 9 p.m., weather permitting, according to the District Department of Transportation. In case you need a refresher on how the traffic flow will work, click here. more ›

Rise and shine, Washington! It's been nearly five years since I've done a Morning Roundup, the anchor DCist news post I first crafted back in October 2004 as a way to get through a lot of news in a hurry so I could get to work on time. My name is Michael Grass and I co-founded this blog with Rob Goodspeed, where we built the core team that developed the DCist community of contributors and readers. Now I'm back today and tomorrow to guest edit in Sommer's absence. I've been also been subbing as Loose Lips Daily in recent days for the City Paper. I've been everywhere lately! more ›

The National Museum of Women in the Arts dedicated Phase 1 of their New York Avenue Sculpture Project on Wednesday. D.C. Del. Eleanor Norton Holmes, NMWA co-founder Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, and vice presidential spouse Jill Biden were on hand for the ribbon cutting of the four sculptures that have been placed in the median of New York Ave. between 12th and 13th Streets NW. more ›

>> The 1930s-era Hecht's building in Northeast has been bought by a Philadelphia developer who plans to incorporate the historic structure into a new retail hub off New York Avenue. [WaPo] more ›

Happy Thanksgiving, Washington. The streets are quiet this morning in the capital; one cab driver remarked to this writer that it was his favorite day to drive in the city -- no traffic, no tourists, and everyone he picks up tends to be cheery and a big tipper. The forecast in D.C. today is calling for an unseasonably warm high of 72 degrees, with a solid chance of afternoon showers and gastrointestinal distress. What's the... more ›

We here at the DCist constantly extol the virtues of living in a city with abundant resources of all kind. Do you need to see an awesome show at a small venue? Check. Do you need to look at physical copies of the country's most important documents? Check. Do you have a need to see Matthew Lesko now and again? Got it. Other than that whole "vote in Congress" thing, D.C. probably has what you... more ›

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. It was good that the lunch keynote didn’t last any longer; I was ready to hand Jim Abdo a check. Those of us on the academic side of the development industry aren’t used to such raw displays of enthusiasm. After following Abdo through his slide presentation on the history of his business and the mammoth project he’s begun on New York Avenue... more ›

We kid. Kind of. According to the Washington Business Journal, the Uline Ice Arena and the surrounding area may be the next frontier in development in the District. The arena, which is just north of Union Station and hosted the first Beatles concert in the U.S. in 1964, is being looked at by developer Douglas Jemal as the anchor for a new entertainment district along the lines of the popular East End/Verizon Center area. While... more ›

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. He'll be on vacation for the next two weeks; this column will return on August 19th. It’s been a hard summer for many loved and local businesses, some of which have been a part of the city’s life for decades. This week, long lines trailed down New York Avenue as customers waited to get a last meal at A.V. Ristorante. In June,... more ›

The pattern has become almost predictable -- if violence breaks out somewhere in Ward 1, you can bet D.C. Council member Jim Graham will find the closest bar or restaurant, call it a "magnet for --------- (enter violent incident here)" and try to shut it down. Sometimes Graham's crusades are welcome, other times they are excessive. Graham last focused his energies on Joe’s Steak ’N Eggs, an eatery on 9th Street NW that was the... more ›

The controversial plan authored by Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham to relocate a number of strip clubs displaced by the new Nationals stadium into Ivy City, a neighborhood in Ward 5, got even more interesting this week. The D.C. Council on Tuesday agreed to spend $3.6 million to reduce the "impact" of the relocated clubs, in a rare earmarking of funds for a specific neighborhood. Ivy City is bordered by Bladensburg Road, New York... more ›

Unless you enjoy wasting your weekend sitting in traffic, you may want to avoid driving downtown on Saturday. Three street-closing events—the National Asian Heritage Festival, the National Police Week 5K race, and the DC101 Chili Cook Off (which will feature two DCist staffers as judges, stay tuned for more details!) — will be joining forces Power Rangers-style to snarl traffic. more ›

UPDATE: DDOT has also postponed the previously scheduled closures of the inbound lanes on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge this weekend to accommodate the marathon. DDOT has rescheduled the bridge work for next weekend, weather permitting. Nearly 5,000 runners will take to District roads tomorrow to compete in the Wirefly National Marathon. The race is set to start at 6:30 AM at RFK Stadium. As it takes runners through every quadrant of the city,... more ›

Time to put on your bow ties and ball gowns, because it's inaugural season — at least it is here in D.C., where Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty is planning on holding an inaugural ball January 2. And guess what? You're invited! Yes, you. I know; we feel special too. Starting today at 9 a.m. and going till 6 p.m., free tickets to the inaugural ball will be handed out in the rear lobby of the Frank... more ›

Damn alarms. We're a little late on flipping through our newspaper this morning, so stay tuned as we live-blog the news. 9:29 a.m.: Since Adrian Fenty doesn't already have enough to do, he'll be fielding questions in an online chat over at the Post at 11 a.m. We'd like to know how he can spend the time keeping his head so nicely shorn when we're still trying to balance sleep, work, and shaving once... more ›

Remember last week when we told you to mark your calendar for this evening? Force yourself away from the One Tree Hill season premiere and head down to the Corcoran Hammer Auditorium for Night 1 of the second Experimental Media Series. Presented by the Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran, tonight promises Cowboys, Clichés, Codes, and Conspiracies. more ›

Staffers at the Washington Times just don't get a break, do they? Apart being regularly lambasted for working for a money-bleeding newspaper owned by the odd Rev. Sun Myung Moon, now they're getting a in-depth look into the struggle for the paper's leadership. more ›

Last Sunday, Michael Grunwald took to the pages of the Post to discuss, and malign, the District's building height restrictions. His piece is an interesting read, but Grunwald's analysis of how the restriction has affected the city is fairly spotty, as Mark Jenkins notes in a City Desk post from yesterday. For one thing, it's difficult to say that height restrictions have created a space crunch in the city, when for so long so much... more ›

Yesterday this intrepid DCist reporter took to the street on his bike, searching high and low for rain-related news. It didn't take long--traffic alone became THE post-work story. Traffic was backed up everywhere from Georgetown to Capitol Hill, with cars and buses routinely stuck in the middle of intersections as lights turned red. Traffic seemed heaviest along H Street from 17th Street to New York Avenue, with stopped cars clogging every patch of road... more ›

I've walked by the old Convention Center site recently, and there's this weird artsy-looking walkway between H Street and New York Avenue. What the hell is it? You'd be surprised how many emails we've received with this exact question. You'd also be surprised how a staff of writers and editors as big as our own could be so easily stumped. We had no idea. Until today. According to a press release from D.C. Mayor... more ›

Last month the Experimental Media Series, a showcase of video/audio mashups and original work, debuted at the Corcoran. The first part in a three part series, featuring the video work of Noah Angel, Champ Taylor, and D.C. blogger Rob Parrish, ended in a rawkus punk delivery by The Videohippos. That performance incorporated gas mask microphones, Mario Paint visuals, and sound that smashed iPod 110 decibel caps. Needless to say it's gonna be loud when the Experimental Media Series continues tonight at the Hammer Auditorium. Tonight's curator, Djakarta, has included the audio work of Joe Reinsel with videos by Brian Twilley, Chris Royalty and others. Holly Bass (right) will perform ROMP, her own tribute to the isolation culture of in-ear headphones and music inverts. more ›

WAMU news is reporting that there is a fire at the escalator in Union Station, preventing Metro trains from stopping there. Metro's website is repoting the station as closed. Buses are running from Judiciary Square and New York Avenue into the Station. It doesn't appear as if regular trains or the rest of Union Station is affected at this time. Here's hoping everyone has already left work! more ›