Proponents say the $309 million contract to upgrade D.C.’s streetlights will be a win-win, but critics say the proposed partnership with the private sector is riskier than advertised.
The annual event turns some curbside parking spaces across the city into temporary parks.
A new and interesting design has popped up in two intersections along Georgia Avenue.
Prior to the early 1900s, many of the neighborhoods we now live in had very different street names. It’s too bad some of them had to go.
DDOT is studying what to do with M Street SW/SE as the Southwest Waterfront and Navy Yard become more populated. Longtime residents are worried about their parking spaces.
Ever wonder what a bicycle sees as it winds in and out of traffic along the busy streets of the District?
UPDATE: Everything is all clear now, and 7th Street is back open to traffic and pedestrians.
What did we tell you about Michael A. Brown and his unstoppable thirst for renaming District streets? That’s right, we called him unstoppable. But while renaming three of the District’s most-used roads in an attempt to promote statehood/confuse the hell out of everyone — quick pop quiz: can you name even one of the convoluted statehood names without cheating? — is one thing, it’s another entirely to introduce legislation to ceremoniously rename a portion of a street after your own father.
Remember when Michael A. Brown asked the public to help him come up with snappy ideas to rename a street in the District to something statehood related? (You were all so quick to pitch in!) Well, so many people told Brown they liked the idea that the at-large Councilmember is planning to introduce a bill to redub three major streets — Pennsylvania, Independence and Constitution Avenues — to D.C. Statehood Way, Let D.C. Vote Way and Free D.C. Avenue, respectively. Nah, that won’t confuse anyone.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey touring circus finds its way back to the Verizon Center on Thursday (this year’s theme: Barnum’s Funundrum), so it’s once again time for the annual Elephant Walk. The pachyderm march through the streets of the District will begin this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. — to make sure you get a chance to gawk at the trunked ones, you can call 1-866-683-3670 or follow @DCElephantWalk on Twitter. (Yes, there’s an elephant walk hotline.)
