D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams testified before the City Council’s Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation today in favor of his proposal to build a brand new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at the site of the old convention center, a few blocks from its current site. We’ve debated this issue before at DCist. But we thought it might be fun to do a little point/counterpoint with the Post’s Benjamin Forgey, writing today in response…

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…

DCist was in Gallery Place/Chinatown/East End/Penn Quarter (take your pick) last week to take a look at the massive soon-to-be-completed building at the southeast corner of Seventh and H streets. Already, Urban Outfitters and Benetton have opened their doors. A movie megaplex will open soon, along with some more retail, infusing the Seventh Street corridor with more pedestrian traffic. Unlike some new construction in the Seventh Street area downtown, DCist is most pleased with how…