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D.C.’s Unique Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Are Almost 50 Years Old. How Are They Working Out?

Often in the morning, and sometimes at night, Rachelle Nigro takes to the streets around her condo building in Mt. Vernon Square. You could call her a neighborhood busybody. Or just a concerned ...
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A First Look At The New Metro Map, Featuring Silver Line Extension And Name Changes

Metro is rolling out a new version of its iconic Metrorail map today ahead of the Silver Line Phase II extension opening later this fall, potentially in November. The transit agency says it has 5,000 ...
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This GIF Shows How The D.C. Area’s Demographics Have Changed Since 1970

Last decade began with the revelation that D.C. was no longer technically Chocolate City. While black Washingtonians comprised 71 percent of the District in 1970, that number had fallen to 49.2 ...
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Local Forests Are Failing To Produce The Next Generation Of Trees

In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...
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There’s A Growing Push To Develop Social Housing In D.C. What Is It?

Taking stock of the housing crisis in D.C. and across the country, it’s not difficult to see that something has to change: As housing and living costs rise, more people than ever are spending at least ...
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Capital One Arena Forever Changed Chinatown. Can It Reverse Downtown’s Post-Pandemic Slump?

On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena ...
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D.C. Closes Sale Of McMillan Site, Ending Years-Long Saga

D.C. has written the final chapter in the epic that is The Development Of The McMillan Sand Filtration Site. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the final sale of the 25-acre plot on Thursday evening, ...
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Foam Eyes, Big Heads, Can’t Lose … Except for Teddy: An Oral History Of The Racing Presidents

It’s maybe the most hotly anticipated moment of every Washington Nationals home game. In the middle of the fourth inning, the right field gate swings open and out run four giant-headed U.S. presidents ...
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How ‘Buy Nothing’ Groups Bring Locals Together … And Tear Them Apart

Alice was kicked out of her Buy Nothing group over a white noise machine. Last September, a woman posted in a Capitol Hill Buy Nothing Group – a hyperlocal Facebook community designed for giving away ...
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Rooms Are Ready At The Waldorf Astoria, Formerly Known As The Trump Hotel

Guests can now book a room in the Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C., the new hotel brand that’s taken over the Old Post Office Building that once bore the name of former president Donald Trump. The ...
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How A History Of Racial Discrimination Created ‘Islands of Disadvantage’ In Northern Virginia

Looking at overall statistics, Northern Virginia is a healthy and wealthy place. But within the prosperity of the region are “islands of disadvantage” — communities cut off from the good outcomes of ...
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Ziegfeld’s/Secrets Will Close Permanently

Ziegfeld’s/Secrets, a gay club that’s been a hub of D.C.’s nightlife scene for 40 years, has closed its doors for good. The club’s Facebook page shared the news Friday. “Regrettably the option to stay ...