The District Department of Transportation will deploy its latest pedestrian-activated traffic signal at a high-traffic intersection where four months ago an elderly woman was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle.

In a process aimed at cutting down on cluttered station names and making them more accurate, tomorrow Metro will significantly trim the name of the existing New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U Red Line station—from that point on, it will be known simply as “NoMa-Gallaudet U.”

A first visit to the campus of Gallaudet University is a pleasant surprise — a mix of historic and modern buildings dot the Northeast D.C. campus.

There was a serious traffic backup at the intersection of New York and Florida Avenues in the District this morning — though this was hardly normal rush hour gridlock.

The big traffic pattern realignment at New York Avenue and Florida Avenue in Northeast that was supposed to be implemented on Friday, will now be delayed until June 11 starting around 9 p.m., weather permitting, according to the District Department of Transportation. In case you need a refresher on how the traffic flow will work, click here….

Sad but true: the Post has some great coverage of the closing night at Common Share on Friday. The bar, located on 18th Street NW south of the Adams Morgan strip and just north of Florida Avenue, was one of the cheaper places in the city, with beers going for $2. While there are rumors that the bar may reopen elsewhere, possibly the H Street NE strip, we’ll sure miss the inexpensive brew and laid…

This post by DCist contributor Rawn James, Jr. The goal of DCist’s 5 O’clock Meetings column is simple: We let you know about happy hours that you need to know about so you can make the call when your friends get stuck in the endless “but where should we go?” conversation. This week we visited a happy hour that happens only once a week and offers no food specials, but is still worth the trip…

Flickr user IntangibleArts caught some demolition in process over at 14th Street and Florida Avenue NW yesterday. As he notes, the giant Comcast satellite cluster that’s been occupying the corner was mowed down to celebrate the announcement for yet another behemoth condo building, joining the many that line 14th from U Street to Columbia Heights these days. However you feel about condos, a little demo is always fun to watch, and you might be…

What is it about historic D.C. firehouses that spark culinary ambition? A pair of in-the-works restaurants aim to address this burning question. As Express recently reported, a pre-World War II firehouse in the Bloomingdale neighborhood is slated to become an eatery called EC-12, whose name references the old Engine Company 12 that used to occupy the building. Architects are currently working on building plans, after which developers will be able to apply for a building…

If Alexandria officials are to be believed there has already been some impressive upside to their recruitment of the Patent and Trademark Office from the canyons of Crystal City to Carlyle, a neighborhood west of Old Town and north of the Capital Beltway. “We are now the intellectual capital of the world,” says Stephanie Landrum, acting executive director of Alexandria’s economic development office, according to the Washington Post. In addition to the over 7,000 employees…