The news that the District's Latino population keeps growing isn't new, but now you can better visualize how the city's shifting fortunes have affected where Latinos tend to live. more ›

Last October, we posted about the site where Bruce Monroe Elementary School once stood, highlighting the messy debate which had surfaced after the school was controversially demolished. In short: the community has been using the site as a park, but the city's redevelopment RFP produced a single bid proposing two options -- one a mixed-use development with a organic supermarket, a restaurant, a hardware store, apartments and town homes; the other, the option to rebuild the school with, perhaps, some housing on the side. more ›

We linked to a DC Kaleidoscope account of last night's shooting in the Park View neighborhood in the Morning Roundup, but here's the MPD's statement on the incident, sent to neighborhood email lists last night by Third District Inspector Jacob Kishter.

A shooting occurred at Park Ave and Quebec. One adult female was struck in the leg and was transported to an area hospital. A second adult male was also struck in the upper torso and attempted to drive away in his vehicle causing him to crash near Quebec and Warder Streets. He was transported to an area hospital in serious condition. The matter is currently being investigated by the Third District Detectives.

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Good morning, Washington. Recent increases in gun-related crime in the city seems to be today's main topic of news, just as the Supreme Court may announce today whether it intends to take another look at D.C.'s handgun ban. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has scheduled a press conference this morning to address the District's position on its gun safety law, but in the meantime the Washington Post is questioning the law's effectiveness and just last... more ›

Everyone is all about George Pelecanos these days. We interviewed him, he was on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, and he's appeared in various area bookstores to pimp his new crime thriller, The Night Gardener. If Pelecanos is known for anything, it's the local references he liberally infuses his writings with. Criminals and the police that chase them live and work in the seediest parts of the region, giving readers a glimpse into the underworld of... 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 ›

Two weeks ago, we took a look at the developing discussion over the fate of proposed development on the campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home (which we'll refer to as the Home, or AFRH). The post prompted a long discussion and a stream of emails, so today we revisit the subject. The campus site currently consists of about 270 acres, most of which is open space (though closed to the public) but which does... more ›

The Post fired a shot this Sunday in the growing fight over a land-use plan for the campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, and some residents of area neighborhoods are preparing their own response. Established in 1851, the Old Soldiers' Home, which once served as Lincoln's summer Presidential residence, was originally surrounded by 500 acres of open land amid the neighborhoods of Park View and Petworth, with Brookland off to the east. The... more ›