Posts tagged Adams Morgan
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No longer a rookie to extended class time, H.D. Cooke takes on another extended school year
This year, summer break at eleven DC public schools started a month later than the rest of the public schools in the city. Teachers say the extended school year experiment is working, helping students remember what they've learned in the past year and permitting educators to better reflect and plan. Keep reading…
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Events: Eastern Market and Hyattsville tours and a chat with Maryland Delegates
Walking tours are one of the best ways to get the inside-scoop on a neighborhood. This fall, join the Coalition for Smarter Growth for their Walking Tours & Forums Series to get a behind-the-scenes take on the good and bad of neighborhood development and change from CSG staff, elected officials, community members and advocates, developers, and subject-matter experts. And, make sure to check out these other great events happening this week! Keep reading…
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Events: Walking tours, PARKing Day, our next happy hour, and more!
It's time for the next Greater Greater happy hour! Join us and Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT) Tuesday, September 26 from 6 to 8 pm at The Midlands in Park View. And since happy hour isn't until later this month, make sure to check out these other great events between now and then. Keep reading…
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A judge blocked construction on Adams Morgan’s SunTrust Plaza, for now
A DC judge temporarily blocked a developer from moving forward with plans to erect a 54-unit condo building on the SunTrust Bank plaza in Adams Morgan. On Friday, DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman issued a preliminary injunction that blocks developer PN Hoffman from beginning construction on the project, located at the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road. Keep reading…
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Adams Morgan considers closing 18th Street to some, or all, motor vehicles
In early June, a motorist on 18th Street in Adams Morgan struck three people. The incident rekindled an old discussion about how to make a neighborhood known for its busy nightlife safer for everyone who visits, works, lives, or passes through there. One solution might be closing the street to cars. Keep reading…
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DC’s historic preservation board approves a building on 16th Street without saying “take off a floor”
“Just take off a floor” was a far too common refrain from DC's Historic Preservation Review Board in recent years. For a proposed condo building on 16th Street NW near Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, the board decided a shorter building would actually be less historically compatible. Keep reading…
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Ask GGWash: Why does Adams Morgan have a car2go “hole”?
During the day, it's hard to find a car2go in Adams Morgan. What's going on? Basically, they do move cars there (and to other popular spots)… but then someone drives the car off almost immediately. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Homeless in the city
Bucking the trend… for the worst; Replacing the Nice Bridge; SunTrust Plaza squatters; There’s a lot of construction in DC; Show me the receipts; Potential HUD pick is cozy with Ryan; Struggle for housing in Vancouver. Keep reading…
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Our endorsements for write-in ANC candidates
There are 20 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) seats this year with no one on the ballot: no candidate registered before this summer’s deadline. Write-in candidates for eight of those empty seats filled out our candidate questionnaire. Here are their responses and our endorsements. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s safety dance
A tally of Metro mistakes; Service over safety; The cost of paid family leave; The pane of history; SunTrust jumps another hurdle; Back home, for now; Uber for emergencies?; Hospital horrors; Pipe in on pipe prices; And…. Keep reading…