Mayor Vince Gray and other officials and voting rights advocates showed off the reviewing stand from which local leaders will watch next Monday’s inaugural parade.

Images courtesy Save Our Safety Net Activists who favor a proposal to enact a new tax on the wealthiest D.C. residents wrapped the John A. Wilson Building in what they’re calling a “Human Safety Net” this morning. The demonstration was organized by the Fair Budget Coalition and Save Our Safety Net, the same groups who earlier this month convinced several D.C. Council members to don superhero capes. A couple of different versions of the…

Photo by M.V. Jantzen Things were clearly a bit disorganized by the time my friends and I got to the John A. Wilson Building for the D.C. Council-hosted 51st State Ball. We didn’t run into the security mess City Desk reported, but there was no signage or schedule posted anywhere, so a lot of people were milling around—it was just not clear where things were happening inside city hall. Events were split up on…

Photo by M.V. Jantzen First Union Station, now the John A. Wilson Building. The home of D.C.’s city government is celebrating its centennial tomorrow, and a new exhibit inside the building will open to the public starting at 9:45 a.m. The exhibit, “People, Politics and Progress”, incorporates photographs, manuscripts, works of art and oral histories that represent the experiences of D.C. residents. On the first floor you’ll find displays about people who have been…