- “I can’t use curse words but I’d like to,” said one resident of a senior housing complex, after kids were invited to paint parts of the building. [WUSA9]
- Georgetown will build student housing near Union Station. [WBJ]
- Asking about salary history could soon be banned in Montgomery County. [WAMU]
- Some of the folks behind Maketto are opening up a combined coffee shop and clothing store near Nats Park. [WCP]
- Bus ridership dropped 13 percent in a five-year span. [Post]
- Willie Nelson once got high on the roof of the White House. [Washingtonian]
- The son of a renowned D.C. drug kingpin helps people transition back into the community after prison. [Post]
- Amazon went back and forth over minimum square footage requirement for office space in Arlington. [WBJ]
- Back-and-forth over D.C.’s commercial tax rate looks like it will end with a hike, after all. [WBJ]
- This Children’s National nurse began her life in the NICU there. [WJLA]
- Johns Hopkins is creating a center to study school safety. [WAMU]
- Denizens Brewing is opening up a second location in Riverdale Park. [Popville]
- Well that’s a creative way to call out a terrible developer. [Popville]
- Shorter folks say they have trouble reaching a hand grip on Metro’s 7000-series trains. [Express]
- ICYMI: Ridehailing drivers are on strike around the country today.
- ICYMI: Deal for a new hospital in Ward 8 no longer includes the addition of controversial extra beds in Foggy Bottom.
- ICYMI: The Kennedy Center will award the Mark Twain prize to Dave Chappelle.
- This Day in DCist: Make way for uncoordinated ducklings.
After the rain, on Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Rachel Sadon