A stretch of Rock Creek Parkway was closed early this morning after a vehicle crashed into the water.
A Glover Park listserv commenter said the Parkway is “less traffic more NASCAR” during rush hour.
Rock Creek swelled way beyond its usual size thanks to Hurricane Sandy, flooding some of the surrounding park, including the roadways that traverse it.
In a follow-up to this morning’s Georgetown road closures following an electrical fire in the 2800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, we can now report that at least two lanes on Penn. Ave. have since been reopened, and both Rock Creek Parkway and the Key Bridge, which were both closed, have been fully reopened as well. Fire department spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire now appears to have been caused by electrical cables associated with the…
Good morning, Washington. Yesterday afternoon Roll Call had the story of a potential suspect finally being identified in all those strange Senate bathroom fires from the last few months. Capitol Police Officer Karen Emory recently has been suspended in connection with the fires, although it still hasn’t been confirmed whether she is definitely a suspect in the case. No charges have been filed, but color us a little disappointed if it turns out a…
Good morning, Washington, and welcome to September. After what was quite possibly the most beautiful weekend in the history of late summer weather in this city, we’ve finally arrived at the date many of us still associate with “back-to-school” — the Tuesday after Labor Day. So sharpen your pencils, polish your lunchbox and make sure you have the right Trapper Keeper as we check out today’s headlines. At Least Four Weekend Killings: The Examiner…
It seems that with the coming of the holidays, folks in D.C. are a bit too busy to head out with their cameras and submit tons of great shots to the DCist photos pool. Which is all well and good; I’ll take this opportunity to head back in the archives and pick a photo of something I’d love to see right now: ambib’s lovely shot of Rock Creek Parkway blanketed in snow. Maybe January…
UPDATE: WTOP is reporting that part of a building under construction in Rosslyn has collapsed, and that there are reported injuries, but at this point they don’t know how severe. The building is at the corner of North Lynn Street and 19th Street. We’ll update again when we learn more. MORE: “Arlington Police spokesman John Lisle says a slab of wet concrete partially collapsed on the 24th floor of the building on North Lynn Street.”…
I’m not entirely convinced this is a photograph, rather than a CGI screencap from the next Chronicles of Narnia film. Flickr user andertho went down to the Arlington Memorial Bridge near Rock Creek Parkway to capture this statue by Leo Friedlander with some incredible lighting. It was taken with a NikonD50 and you can find the EXIF data here….
Last month we reported that the District’s first official triathlon, the Nation’s Triathlon, was a go. After months of haggling with competing jurisdictions for permit, race organizers got the final go-ahead for the event, which would include a swim in the Potomac River, a bike ride up Rock Creek Park, and a run to the U.S. Capitol and back. Plenty of readers made jokes about swimming in the Potomac. Hell, so did I –…