The nearly 10-acre property on Wisconsin Avenue will have a whole new future once the institution moves downtown.
Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park has been rebuilt and reconfigured to be safer for pedestrians, but some residents are complaining that it’s leading to significant traffic backups.
A decade-long battle over a Giant supermarket near the National Cathedral has finally come to an end.
The first Starbucks on the east coast — which is located on Wisconsin Avenue — is closing its doors.
One of the values of Eastern Market is that it’s car-free — the stretch of Seventh Street in front of the historic north and south halls is closed off to vehicles on the weekend, when most visitors descend upon the market. Could Wisconsin Avenue go the same way?
Yes, people are still squabbling about the proposed mixed-use development on the site of the Wisconsin Avenue Giant — a battle that is now going on its thirteenth year. But the progress of the development might not be sullied by legal struggles alone.
Sure, it’s December and we’re all preoccupied with holiday cheer and making plans for that one New Year’s party that will finally be worth the all the hype. But even though they’ve suffered some setbacks this year, D.C. voting rights activists are pushing the cause through the holiday season. On Thursday, December 6, the D.C. Council will hold a hearing to consider legislation that would place large electronic billboards outside the John A. Wilson Building…
>> Ocean City: Making it harder to score hookers on your beach weekend since 2007. [WTOP] >> Metro is going to start distributing free bottles of hand sanitizer in stations beginning next week, in an effort to prevent the spread of flu germs. Except only 2,000 riders at each station will get them, on a first come, first served basis. We’d like to suggest they distribute them based on filthiness. You should have to…
Yellow patches hanging in the window of Addison/Ripley might cause a spark of interest when going down Wisconsin Avenue through Georgetown. Upon closer examination, the work is a print of a woman on doilies, dressed in yellow. There are 57 of these prints by Mara Sprafkin clinging to the wall. In the window next to her is a repeated print of a woman, kneeling in a summer Sunday dress. Some of the dresses are filled…
A Tenleytown hardware store was robbed by two armed, masked men this morning, prompting a mile-long police chase through the neighborhood, complete with accompanying U.S. Park Police helicopter. If your commute through this area was hell on Earth today, feel free to send these lovely robbers a thank-you note. The Post says that an employee of the Ace Hardware store in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW was ambushed by the robbers while taking…
