Both victims were conscious and breathing when paramedics arrived.
If you can’t make it to the beach this weekend, the closest alternative might be a new beach-themed bar that’s opening along New York Avenue just east of Mt. Vernon Square this weekend.
BicycleSpace, the popular bike shop at 459 I Street NW, announced it is moving a few blocks away to 1019 Seventh Street NW, where it will be next door to The Passenger.
Photo by NCinDC.Located at 9th and M Street NW, this house’s most famous resident was the pretty amazing Blanche K. Bruce. Bruce, a man born into slavery, was the first (and only) former slave to serve as a U.S. Senator. The house, built in 1865, is a French Second Empire style dwelling (PDF), with a brick facade and arched Romanesque windows. The house is now a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register…
METRO Alerts reports that a person has been struck by a train at Mt. Vernon Square. Green and Yellow Line trains are currently sharing the same track between Mt. Vernon Square-Convention Center and Shaw-Howard University while emergency crews access the tracks. Expect delays in both directions on those lines. More soon. 1:51 p.m. WMATA has closed the Mt. Vernon Square station for the time being. Shuttle service around the closure has been requested, but in…
Walking to The Passenger last night, my mind drifted toward thoughts about the development of the area north of H Street along 7th Street NW. Perhaps it was destiny, then, that I stumbled over this photograph of Mt. Vernon Square taken in 1992 by Jack Boucher for the Historic American Buildings Survey of the Library of Congress, which DCist flickr contributor rockcreek shared with our image pool yesterday. It’s a good reminder of how…
A man who was shot near the intersection of 7th and N M Streets NW Thursday night died of his injuries. The Metropolitan Police Department said it is investigating the shooting, which happened at approximately 9:37 p.m., as a homicide. Police found the victim after a Third District officer on patrol in the vicinity of 7th and M Streets NW heard the sound of gunfire, according to a press release. The officer called for assistance…
