Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated the heat emergency plan because temperatures are hitting the 90s.
Crews are working to install a portable 750-ton cooling tower to bring temporary cooling by the end of June.
The real questions are how to foot the $400-500 million price tag and where it will ll go.
The shop closed at 11 a.m. and is expected to re-open tomorrow.
D.C. businesses, be aware: the D.C. Council passed a bill that might leave you open to fines if you run your A/C while you have your doors open.
The D.C. Council will vote on a bill today that would impose fines on some businesses that run their air conditioners while keeping their doors open.
Even if waiting to get your driver’s license renewed in the middle of an intense heat wave without the help of recirculated air doesn’t sound like, you know, the worst thing in the history of the world, the District’s Department of Motor Vehicles is recommending you steer clear of its Georgetown branch today.
Photo by Kyle Walton.Imagine: as your feet pound the pavement on an unbearably hot afternoon, you suddenly get a blast of fresh air. Whether it’s from a garage, a store looking to attract new customers or that one metal grate over the Dupont Circle Metro station that always blasts out cold air (my personal favorite), there’s nothing quite as thrilling as that first frigid taste of recirculated air on your skin, right? Our sister site…
A few days ago, Columbia Heights blogger The Heights Life shared a rather miserable plight with the Twittersphere: “We have no AC and haven’t for NINE DAYS! Anyone know if our landlord has any legal requirement to keep us cool?” Well, actually, they probably do. According to The Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia (Section 510.10 of the DCMR14: Title 14, chapter 14), “The owner of a rental habitation, who provides air conditioning as…
Paul Cézanne, “The François Zola Dam,” c. 1877-1878. Courtesy Corcoran Gallery of Art The Corcoran Gallery of Art abruptly closed its Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales exhibition early on Wednesday, citing concerns over the performance of a recently installed climate control system. The exhibit was originally scheduled to run through April 25. An upgraded HVAC system was installed at the Corcoran prior to the opening of Turner to…
