A few months ago, I opined that many of Metro's station names are far too superfluous and should be rolled back somewhat to increase clarity. Of course, this isn't quite what I had in mind when I made that suggestion. more ›

For the denizens of F Street, Penn Quarter and D.C., the Central Liquor sign was a lighthouse beacon for fine wines and liquors -- possibly leading to a debacherous good time. And over the years, the sign and store have become mainstays of the Penn Quarter area. But since Central Liquors owners Alec Akopov, Gregory Baiatyan and Valery Akopov moved their booze emporium from at 917 F Street east to 625 E Street, the final resting place for the blade sign has been up in the air. more ›

WMATA on Wednesday let the public in on a project it's been working on for a few months now -- replacing each rail car identification number with a larger, more visible version. more ›

The District Department of Transporation's Twitter feed (@DDOTDC) just sent out this image of a pretty hilarious sign that's posted somewhere in the city. Anybody recognize where it is, and/or have any guesses as to what on earth it means? We're pestering DDOT to find out, and they're playing the whole thing awfully coy, but we'll hopefully get back to you with the answer soon. All we can venture right now is that if a sign stating "research program demonstration project on signage" is causing a lot of people to notice the sign, then said project is surely a wild success. more ›