Spingarn High School was closed in 2013, and the building has sat empty and unused since then.

A federal judge this week dismissed a community group’s request to get a restraining order against continued work on the planned streetcar track along H Street NE.

D.C. today unveiled a new design for the streetcar training and maintenance facility that is set to be located on the campus of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE.

Spingarn High School was granted historic designation yesterday, possibly complicating D.C.’s plans to build a street car maintenance and training facility on the school’s campus.

Yesterday D.C. unveiled new renderings of a proposed streetcar maintenance and training facility that it wants to locate on the campus of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE.

The 2.5-mile H Street NE streetcar could be pushed back into 2014 due to a pending historic designation application for a site D.C. wants to use for a maintenance and training facility.

The D.C. Department of Transportation wants to roll back the clock by purchasing and renovating historic streetcars for the line along H Street NE.

Mayor Vince Gray isn’t backing away from a controversial streetcar maintenance and training facility on the grounds of a school in Ward 5, and says that seven to 10 such car barns will be needed for the whole streetcar network.

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) and other groups are still pushing Mayor Vince Gray to move a streetcar maintenance and training facility from its proposed location on the grounds of Spingarn High School.

Following on the heels of a community meeting where a group of Ward 5 residents angrily protested a plan to put a streetcar maintenance and training facility on the grounds of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) has asked Mayor Vince Gray to consider alternate sites for the facility.