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Oct 21, 2020

D.C.’s New Language Museum Has Animated Books And Very Nerdy Karaoke

Planet Word is a high-tech tribute to language, no prescriptivism allowed.

Sep 01, 2020

D.C.’s New Museum Dedicated To Language Will Open Next Month

The museum will begin welcoming visitors on October 22.

Feb 06, 2019

D.C. Council Gets (Some) Answers About Why City Didn’t Intervene Sooner In Damage Of Franklin School

After a developer building a museum damaged the historic site last year, it took more than a week for DCRA to issue a stop work order.

Jan 15, 2019

A Developer Badly Damaged This Historic Site. It’s Still Unclear Why The City Didn’t Step In Sooner

An oversight hearing on Tuesday was ultimately postponed after no one from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs showed up.

Sep 04, 2018

D.C. Halts Renovation At Franklin School

An inspection found that interiors had been removed from the historic site.

Jan 25, 2017

Downtown’s Franklin School To Become A Linguistics Museum Called ‘Planet Word’

If the D.C. Council approves of the plan.

Feb 03, 2014

Franklin School Will Become Contemporary Art Museum

“The proposed development also includes adult and student art education programs, a new restaurant and café, and an arts bookstore.”

Jul 13, 2012

Franklin School Occupiers Found Guilty of Unlawful Entry

Six activists were found guilty yesterday of unlawful entry for entering the abandoned Franklin School downtown last November as part of a protest against cuts to homeless services.

Nov 23, 2011

Franklin School Shelter More Complicated Than Occupation

Occupying the Franklin School may have been easy, but figuring out what to do with it in the long run isn’t.

Nov 21, 2011

Number of Arrests in Franklin School Demonstration Rises

The number of people arrested in connection with the occupation of the Franklin School on Saturday evening has risen to 13, as police found two more protesters in the building after an initial round of arrests netted 11 occupiers.

 
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