Photo by Rex Hammock on Flickr.

Strip club wants bike lane exception too

The Camelot Show Bar also voiced opposition to the M Street cycletrack, and the owner is not happy that another adjacent owner got special consideration. DDOT can expect a phone call, and it probably won’t be the last. (Washingtonian)  

DDOT work upsets drivers

The conversion of Wisconsin Ave. to 4 travel lanes and the replacement of the 16th St. bridge over Military Road have met with resistance. The Wisconsin reconfiguration was reversed due to drivers breaking the law. (WAMU)  

Chuck Brown Park breaks ground

The Chuck Brown Memorial Park won’t include the originally-planned 900-seat music venue, but construction has begun on the go-go godfather’s memorial in Langdon Park. (City Paper)  

Patent troll shut down

A company that had sued transit agencies over providing arrival time information settled with the American Public Transit Association, agreeing not to file any more patent infringement claims against APTA members. (Streetsblog)  

Affordable housing goes downtown

The developer of City Center is now accepting applications for the 92 affordable units at the complex. As far as we know, there will not be a separate entrance for the income-restricted units. (PoPville)  

More mixed-use coming to Rosslyn

The developer behind the region’s tallest office building has just filed for approvals of two new mixed-use buildings on nearby sites.  The new towers would replace two 1960s office buildings. (WBJ)  

And…

A bevy of new murals is debuting in DC this fall (City Paper) … A “serious miscommunication” with MPD sends the House of Cards crew from DC to Baltimore (City Paper) … The March on Washington anniversary celebrations kick into full swing (NBC) … Happy Birthday to Ben’s Chili Bowl. (WJLA)