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Apr 19, 2019

If Howard Students Don’t Like Dogs On The Yard, ‘Then Move The Campus,’ Neighbor Tells Fox 5

The interview sparked immediate outrage.

Sep 05, 2017

Howard University Is Turning Former Dorms Into Apartments In LeDroit Park

Carver and Slowe halls, both built in 1942, will offer 162 rental units that range from studios to two bedrooms.

Sep 15, 2016

DC Water Is Now Offering Rebates For Flood-Prone Homes In Bloomingdale, LeDroit

The First Street Tunnel construction is expected to wrap up by the end of October.

Dec 18, 2015

Unsilent Night Event Shows That Washington Has A Lot Of Work To Do To Get Weird

“Make D.C. Weird” hosts an avant-garde night of caroling.

Jun 27, 2014

City Breaks Ground On First Street Tunnel

The First Street Tunnel will help prevent flooding during bad rainstorms in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park.

Mar 24, 2014

LeDroit Park Resident Starts Campaign To Bring “Hi” Back To Her Neighborhood

The woman behind the campaign, who’s lived in D.C. since 1991, says she “really [believes] that saying “hi” is the first step toward building a relationship with your neighbors and then toward building a community.”

Oct 04, 2013

DC Water Approves Contract To Build First Street Tunnel In Bloomingdale

The First Street Tunnel, which “help alleviate some of the sewer backups and overland flooding experienced in the low-lying neighborhoods,” should be completed in 2016.

Jan 30, 2013

Flooding Task Force Report Finds That Bloomingdale Just Wasn’t Very Lucky Last Year

What caused all that flooding in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park last year? A task force reports that it was a combination of old sewer lines and freakishly bad weather.

Dec 07, 2012

D.C. Offers Solution to Bloomingdale Flooding: Big Tanks Under McMillan

D.C. has proposed a solution to flooding at Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park: big holding tanks under the McMillan Sand Filtration site.

Apr 09, 2012

D.C. Cuts Ribbon on Restored Howard Theatre, Open Again After 32-Year Absence

The atmosphere on T Street NW was less a lunch hour and more a revivalist sermon for the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the renewal of the Howard Theatre more than three decades after it was shuttered.

 
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