Photo by pnzr242.- It appears as if the tax abatement for a proposed Whole Foods at 800 New Jersey Avenue SE is off the table (possibly because the press caught wind of it), so the prospect of the grocer taking the space appears to have dimmed substantially.
- Yes, people are still arguing — about 20 feet in height — when it comes to the redevelopment of the former Hine Junior High School site.
- Matt Rumsey outlines the case for printed voter guides. (We support — where else am I supposed to get our material?)
- Might Congress be less picky about enforcing the Height Act east of the Anacostia River?
- These are the days for people who like luxury retailers and Italian restaurants.
- You can expect to see some more uniformed police officers on Metro trains and buses, due to heightened security after Osama bin Laden’s death. Speaking of heightened security, have you been hearing helicopters flying around D.C. today? Some of it is probably due to the current bump in vigilance.
- Anyone want to buy Michelle Rhee’s house?
- Marylanders purchasing unpasturized milk: the feds are on to you.
- Obama was looking at a guy in a Caps jersey during his nationally televised address last night. (It’s the second picture down.)
- Interesting from the Council testimony made today by D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development Director Crystal Palmer: the agency is trying to get a movie theater built in Ward 7 or 8, where a cinema hasn’t been located for over a decade.
- District Heights is losing its Safeway.
- “One Maryland” apparently having similar problems to “One City.”
- Hey, Sierra Nevada: I know this great city which just passed legislation allowing breweries to open up shop.
- Capitalism!