Morning Roundup: Construction Crane Falls On Northwest D.C. Home, Injuring One Person

Mar 18, 2021

A construction crane fell into a Northwest D.C. townhome and a neighboring building, injuring one person. [WUSA 9]
The family of a woman who was struck and killed by a Metro train is suing WMATA. [Post]
Virginia students might have in-person graduations this spring. [WTOP]
Samantha Davis, a D.C. mutual aid organizer, reflects on the past year. [WCP]
Renovation plans for Metro’s historic 14th Street Bus Barn are facing community resistance. [Petworth News]
Linda Cropp, the former D.C. council chairperson, could be seen as the first Black woman to oversee a legislative body in U.S. history. [Informer]
Loudoun County students will be in classrooms four days a week in April. [Post]
Mrs. K’s Toll House in Silver Spring will be replaced with a beer garden and all-day cafe from the owner of Takoma Beverage Co. [WCP]
Street Sense will be publishing weekly starting in April. [Street Sense]
Longtime D.C. broadcast figure Andy Ockershausen died at age 92. [Washingtonian]
ICYMI: 140 hate incidents against Asian Americans have been reported in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia since March 2020.
ICYMI: A new, haunting novel from a D.C. author explores the city’s erased history in neighborhoods like Anacostia.
This Day in DCist: A transit union alleged that D.C. Streetcar workers were fired for organizing.