UPDATE: (9:30 a.m.) It appears as if the police presence at the bridge has started to dissipate, and traffic is again being allowed to pass over the bridge.

Firefighters took almost eight hours to put out a four-alarm blaze overnight in Adams Morgan on the 2600 block of Adams Mill Rd., across from Pierce Park. The fire started at about 1:15 a.m., gutting a four-story apartment building and displacing residents of more than 30 units. The length of time it took to battle the blaze is being blamed on low water pressure in Adams Morgan. WTOP explains that the firefighters originally tapped…

This weekend was certainly a test for the Adams Morgan-18th Street lack-of-parking experiment. The heat, humidity, coupled with the new restrictions for sure frustrated outsiders looking to find a parking space on 18th Street NW, seen here in this photo posted by FurCafe in DCist Photos. As the Post reported last week, the restrictions are part of a pilot program where on Friday and Saturday nights through September, parking is prohibited in the southbound curb…

Editor’s Note: It’s been a while since we’ve written about the metrobus system. Forgive us. This DCist recently moved to within walking distance of a metrorail station, so our daily bus ride has been eliminated. But we still use the bus. Coming home from Columbia Heights two nights in a light rain, we cut across Adams Morgan on the 42 and 90 buses with ease and for the most party dry, demonstrating that despite all…