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Though it is District law that cars must stop for pedestrians in every crosswalk, let's be honest -- very few actually do so. When I choose to walk to work, I'm often left to navigate the harrowing crosswalk at Connecticut Avenue and Wyoming Avenue NW, where even a sign reminding drivers of their responsibility to stop is regularly (and at high-speed) ignored. Council member Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) is hoping to change that. Cheh's office...

Anytime a new bar opens with more than 3 or 4 taps, my ears perk up. I start getting the urge to go check it out, to pay a visit and welcome the new neighbor on the block. Thus, when a Bar Louie opened this summer in the Verizon Center (downstairs from Lucky Strike) with a 20-tap list, I was immediately lured by the siren song of another taphouse in the area. Although the bar...

Via Frozen Tropics, we find this story from Voice of the Hill about a recent change in policy at Gallaudet University, the nation's premier college for the deaf and hard of hearing in Northeast D.C. According to the story, Gallaudet recently extended its student code of conduct rules to include student behavior off campus after neighborhood residents lodged complaints about rowdy late-night parties hosted by students from the school. The change in rules has reportedly...

It's not exactly breaking news, but the City Paper's cover story this week is about the George Washington University and its high tuition, tops in the nation. The somewhat basic article (at least to a GW grad and basketball blogger) talks to a few University officials and a couple of students, but seems a little thin. The article does make a good point (and one that we made months ago) — is it worth it?...

At Irvine Contemporary is Introductions3, a group exhibition featuring works of thirteen recent MFA grads from art schools across the country. According to Gallery Director Martin Irvine, Introductions3 is the first show of its kind at a commercial gallery, since similar shows stick to regional artists; instead Irvine branched out and reviewed 300 emerging artists nationwide. The selections were narrowed to 60 before a panel of art collectors committed to the final 13 emerging artists,...

Editor's Note: J. Tom Hnatow from These United States is writing a tour diary for DCist chronicling the band's latest national tour. Friday, August 3, 2007 Finally –- a day full of downtime. I restring guitars and work on my pedal steel and go over a few songs with Ben. (The glamorous and debauched life we lead.) Our host Megan makes us an amazing dinner. Then off to Johnny Brenda's, our favorite place to play...

"Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent — I don't care which one — but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator." —Brodie, Mallrats I was conditioned perhaps a little too heavily to fear and respect the escalator. While I had no trouble riding up, getting on from the...

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. I'll admit, it isn’t easy for me to talk about crime in the District with many of my friends, particularly those who live in the suburbs or outside the metro area entirely. In the minds of those who don’t often visit, Washington is still the murder capital of the United States, still caught in crack wars, still a place into which one...

Here's the view today of the front of 1536, 1534 and 1532 9th St. NW, three of the four condemned rowhouse properties owned by Shiloh Baptist Church. Yesterday I posted a rear view of some properties that are also seriously dilapidated but that had some visible yard work recently completed, and one commenter pointed out that those are not the same buildings. This is absolutely correct: those properties, located next door, are part of...

When I read news that the historic Eastern Market had been on fire earlier this morning, I ran down as quickly as I could to take a closer look. The better part of the South Hall, which houses the market's food vendors, was still smoky, holes punctured in its roof and smoke damage was evident even outside. Mayor Adrian Fenty was just finishing up a press conference, sadly noting that the city would do what it could to relocate the many vendors that have long called Eastern Market home.

It's almost graduation time for colleges around the D.C. area, but many George Washington students aren't that thrilled about it. Why? The keynote speaker at their commencement is none other than... their outgoing university president. We guess that's what the highest tuition in the country gets you these days. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, who has been president of the Foggy Bottom university for 19 years, always speaks at graduation, but he usually does so alongside folks...

By DCist Food and Drink contributor Jamie R. Liu

Things were going according to plan for the Wizards last night when disaster struck. Almost. Comfortably up 17 points with just over eight minutes remaining against the visiting Sacramento Kings, the Wiz saw their lead diminish rapidly due to turnovers, sloppy play and a red hot Mike Bibby. Bibby, who many thought would be wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey before the end of the day, celebrated staying with his current club by hitting four...

Two years ago, I heard an interesting piece on public radio about a one-woman play that was in the middle of a critically successful run at Manhattan Ensemble Theater. I had missed the introduction of the segment but listened raptly as the author, whose voice sounded very familiar, described how she had come to write a show about the lives of Iraqi women during the American military occupations. My jaw hit the floor at the...

Been wondering what that enormous sculpture erected on a hill near the Pentagon -- the one that looks like "wavy future grass," or "where Wolverine is buried," according to friends of ours -- is, exactly? Well, you can get your chance to find out this weekend at the dedication services taking place for what is the area's first Air Force memorial.

Dedication services will be taking place all weekend long, starting with a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, which the general public can view from the South Pentagon Parking Lot. Other festivities will continue throughout the weekend, including a performance by country! superstar! Lee Ann Womack; the U.S. Air Force Drill Team; and F-16s flying overhead.

More information about the events can be found here, and Metro has kindly posted transportation info here.

As for the memorial itself, which is designed by James Freed and shoots nearly 300 feet up in the sky -- well, we're not architecture experts, but we did solicit the opinions of those better versed, better looking, and generally smarter than us for their thoughts about the memorial. DCist Jeff had this to say:

I have no affinity for zooty, contemporary art or architecture, but I rather like the AF memorial. I think it gives exactly the impression that the AF wants. When I saw it this weekend, it reminded me of the white smoke streams left behind planes when they split formation (jets peeling away from each other at ridiculous speeds, sound shrieking, sort of an awe-inducing experience). With that thought in mind, I thought it nailed it pretty well.

...As a whole, the project bothers me. The exact flight path of Flight 77 on September 11th will probably never be mapped, based on the plane’s angle at impact there is a good chance that it flew either directly over or very close to where this monument is being built. In fact, that same hill between the Navy Annex and Citgo is where the media and curious onlookers gathered for the best vantage of the fire and destruction. On the heavy traffic mornings when we creep along Route 27, the highway between the Memorial and the Pentagon, I can’t help but to consider the people who were in a similar situation when 77 thundered by at over 500 mph 30 feet above their cars...And without dwelling too long on theories of space-time and dimensional continuity, I feel that having a large, essentially claw-like structure flaring 270 from the ground disrupts this venerated airspace.

Have you seen the memorial? (Considering that it's so effing huge you can see it practically anywhere in D.C., we're guessing yes.) What are your thoughts?

Computer-generated photo from airforcememorial.org

We're barely getting over the September 12 Democratic primary and already we're hearing whispers of the 2010 election. Jonathan Rees, the Ward 3 candidate known for his, let's say, "creative" use of online resources to run his campaign, may be smarting from his trouncing on Tuesday (he mustered 29 votes for the council seat, or 0.21 percent of the total votes cast), but he's not out. Not at all.

While searching the DCist photos the past few days, I admit scrolling past this one a number of times without really seeing it. When I finally stopped and took a good look, I realized Flickr user AlbinoFlea has a pretty fantastic photograph here. The clean, simple lines and slight gradients of the same color make for a striking image that most of us would have just walked right by. The EXIF data is here.

Friday >>Summer Fridays are meant for free beer, long strolls and casual socializing. Which is exactly why they started the Bethesda Art Walk. We recommend catching the opening reception of the Fraser Gallery's Summer Group Exhibit. Six artists have displayed their new work in photography and painting. The oil on metal paintings by Michael Fitts look like a rougher versions of light, breezy subjects, while Lee Goodwin's gelatin silver prints of black and white landscapes...

Remember when you used to go to a classmate's birthday party and Mom would hand out lists with things like "a red paperclip" and "an oak leaf," and then you'd break in your new Reeboks tearing around the streets and pestering the elderly neighbors so your team could make it back to homebase first with your collection? Well it seems the ever-growing community of Flickr users have found a way to recreate that game...

I usually respond to the miserable summers in Washington by visiting friends and family in dryer, cooler climates. At the moment, I am writing from a cottage on Coldwater Lake in southern Michigan, but at several points along the road, people who have seen my D.C. license plate -- some of them probably the first time they have seen one -- have asked the same question. Why does the D.C. government put "Taxation without...

When I saw this photo from Flickr user iceman882, it immediately reminded me of a certain album cover from one of my favorite bands. I now feel an overwhelming urge to cue up "Vapour Trail" or "OX4" on my iPod. This shot was taken on a Canon PowerShot SD300. The EXIF data can be found here.

I was just wondering if DCist knows about a movie that is being filmed today on 16th & Kalorama, right across from Meridian Hill park. When I walked by on my way to work there was a camera crew set up filming in front of the building right on the corner that has recently been renovated. They were filming someone dressed in what I think was a military uniform walking out of the door. Any ideas? I'm curious to know what the movie is!

This post was written by Bobby Cox, who blogs at Deaf DC. Gallaudet University is located on Florida Avenue in Northeast. When I first visited D.C. in 1997, an earnest young man described Gallaudet this way: "It's an Oreo! You have the mixed, predominantly black population around the University and a creamy mass of white, deaf people in the middle!" Unfortunately for some, that creamy mass in the middle is ripe for the taking. Among...

We know the size of the can of worms we face whenever we address issues in the campaign for the Ward 3 seat on the D.C. Council. Nonetheless, we're here to discuss the matters that are affecting Washington's residents and voters, and this certainly qualifies. Earlier today, we received the following email from a faithful DCist reader:

When I was 14, I was a bit of a troublemaker. I'd vandalize, start small fires, throw water balloons at my neighbors -- the usual. Apparently the bar for youthful rebellion has been set a little higher these days. NBC 4 is reporting that a 14-year-old robbed a Chevy Chase Bank in Bethesda yesterday by passing a teller a note hinting that he had a gun. He was caught shortly thereafter. Well, if there is...

DCist had a very tough choice to make last night. We were definitely going to a concert, but which one? Icelandic mood rockers Sigur Ros in Baltimore? Sweet singing Canadian chanteuse Feist at the Birchmere? Scottish indie rockers Idlewild at the Black Cat? We were in quite the predicament so we had to check our concert going guidelines which clearly state, whenever in doubt, go see the band with the Scottish accent. So Idlewild it was.

Good morning, Washington. Two days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the U.S. the D.C. area saw some of the storm's remnants yesterday as thunderstorms carrying high winds and heavy rain passed through the region last night. Today will be partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoons, with highs in the upper 80s. We liked this photo of Union Station posted to DCist photos by Flickr user Katmere, who reports that she was "chewed out" by security for taking the photo. We continue to enjoy the many photos our readers have contributed and appreciate your efforts to capture them.

Good morning Washington. This photo of the Dupont Circle fountain was taken by sideways and posted in DCist Photos. Before we get to the morning's news, we should just say that some of the better reading is Congressionally related. So be sure to check out all the fun from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and yesterday's Jack Abramoff inquiry. Well, maybe not fun, just sort of fundamentally sad. (What we now wonder: was there funny casino money used to get the now-defunct Stack's kosher deli off the ground?)

(This post was written by DCist Arts contributor J.T. Kirkland of Thinking About Art) An article written by Marc Spiegler titled "Do art critics still matter?" was recently published by The Art Newspaper, and we can’t think of a better time to discuss the issues laid out herein. Essentially, Spiegler’s main point is that traditional critics are a dying breed, at least in terms of power and paid profession. Upon giving it some thought, the...

We're saddened by the passing of one of America's architectural giants, Philip Johnson, a larger-than-life figure who transformed our notion of space and design. Johnson lived in the shadow of Frank Lloyd Wright for much of his early career. About a decade after Wright died in 1959, Simon and Garfunkel wrote a song in tribute to the master architect. Though Johnson's life was certainly filled with intrigue, drama and intense public criticism (for his architecture...