>> A non-rolling tennis ball catches a lot of parking tickets on Cliffbourne Place. [Marc Fisher] >> D.C. police are trying to identify a body found in the Tidal Basin. [NBC4] >> “A DC Team is in the Super Bowl again. The Beacon House Falcons are in Pop Warner Football’s Pee Wee Division Super Bowl on Saturday, December 8th at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex.” [Notions Capital] >> The District government expects to…
One more fireworks photo should round out the week nicely. With so many it’s tough for a single shot to make you go, “ooooooooooooo,” but this one definitely succeeded. Flickr user Andrei took this colorful reflection from across the Tidal Basin. EXIF….
Preservation of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is something we’ve discussed on DCist a number of times before — usually in reference to the library and street that share his name. One thing the city’s still missing is a memorial to the civil rights hero. The memorial’s design was approved in 2005, with the remaining hurdle that plagues so many projects of this nature: money. Fundraisers have been hard at work…
Hey there, District. We’ll admit, we woke up a little on the grumpy side this morning when we looked out the window and remembered we’re supposed to have thunderstorms and sporadic showers for the next 72 hours. But those frowns turned upside down when we took a look at the ten-day forecast and realized that what the weather gods aren’t asking for much patience — after today, we can expect average to above-average temperatures…
As we mentioned earlier this week, sometimes we don’t envy Washington’s urban planners. Their challenges often encompass issues as varied and complicated as economic development, land use planning, sustainability, design and social justice. Add to that the design politics associated with the symbolism invested in the nation’s capital, and planning for D.C. becomes a unique urban problem to tackle. Not that it stops us from trying. Yesterday, the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission…
No offense to Mary Steingesser, the artist who attempted to capture the spirit of the District of Columbia for our official 2007 “State Easter Egg” this year. It’s a perfectly lovely rendering of the White House on an egg, we suppose. But we just wouldn’t be us if we didn’t take a moment to point out that a) Using the White House as the symbol for D.C. is so 2004 (2005’s egg was the Washington…
The National Mall is, as we’re sure the Park Service will tell you, a national treasure, a constantly evolving piece of L’Enfant’s vision of Washington. (It is not, however, a place for careful editing, unless “relfecting” is a colonial word meaning “to walk about in knee-high tube socks and bermuda shorts upon gravel pathways”.) The key word, though, is evolving. The moment ground is broken on one monument, the lobbying begins for the next one….
Post ’em if you got ’em, Washington. According to WJLA, today is the smack-dab middle of cherry blossom season. We hope you got your photos already. With rain in the morning, a cold snap beginning in the afternoon and winds that are likely to pull off blossoms, this year’s best days for walking around the Tidal Basin seem to already be over. Rats. D.C. Council Provisionally Mandates HPV Vaccine: The debate over the Gardasil…
>> As you can see in this photo submitted to the DCist Photo Pool, the building that houses Ruff N’ Ready Furnishings, 1908 14th Street NW, has been condemned by city inspectors. The building was old and certainly not in great shape, though we’ve also heard rumors that the 911 call which prompted police and fire trucks to show up was reportedly made by a man well-known to the building’s residents as a habitual drug…
>> If “gorgeous weather” isn’t enough of a reason to get you outside, this weekend’s kick-off for the National Cherry Blossom Festival should get you to shake off that winter gloom. Head over to the National Building Museum tomorrow to kick-off the celebration with Family Day events from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and the opening ceremony from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Lots of hands-on art activities, like oragami and fruit carving, will keep…
