The Washington Wizards found out last Friday that they’d be without Caron Butler for the next 10 or so days, not exactly the type of thing you want to hear with the Miami Heat breathing down their necks for the division lead. As we’re sure you all remember, the team was 0-3 without Butler earlier in the season. Lucky for the Wizards then that the struggling New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (aka the…

By DCist contributor Abby Lavin Darlings of Oklahoma City’s glam rock scene (yes, apparently there is one), The Stock Market Crash have earned comparisons to David Bowie, Franz Ferdinand, and The Strokes. As much as we love those acts, being so ripe for comparison can be a red flag that the band is a rip-off. We showed up at TSMC’s show at DC9 last night looking to find out what sets them apart from, say,…

Ok, so we’re no Portland or San Francisco, but we’re also not Columbus or Oklahoma City. According to rankings released yesterday by SustainLane.com, the District is the twelfth most sustainable of the nation’s 50 largest cities, coming in just behind Baltimore (11) and fellow -ist cities Boston (8), New York (7), Chicago (5), Philadelphia (4), Seattle (3), and San Francisco (2). According to the write-up on the city, the District fared well on public transit…

OK, here’s another photo by DCJohn from his Flickr photostream, via DCist Photos. He notes that he doesn’t see many sunrises. Nor do we. D.C. Hasn’t Used Homeland Security Allocation: Both the Post and “60 Minutes” yesterday highlighted the fact that D.C. — which serves as the nation’s capital and is therefore a prime terrorist target — hasn’t used a majority of grants and other homeland security funding. Sooner State Syndrome in Near Southeast:…

On our way home from work, DCist took a quick stroll across the newly reopened Pennsylvania Avenue pedestrian precinct in front of the White House. While How Now, Brown Pau was underwhelmed with the results, we’re still digesting the revamped streetscaping. From How Now, Brown Pau: I had expected that the whole stretch of Penn Ave from 15th to 17th NW would be paved over with colored granite slabs, turning the street fronting the White…

L’Enfant’s 1791 plan for Washington has been celebrated around the world. Its grand avenues, circles, squares and monumental layout has created an impressive international capital city. But like any city, D.C. has changed over the past two centuries. But a local architect, the Post reports, has determined that in the past century, the District has lost 22 miles of its original street plan. Recent security threats have closed more streets around Capitol Hill and near…