Author Andrew W

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Bands in the Neighborhood: Mother
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This latest installment of Bands in the Neighborhood is on Mother, a duo who play interesting and really good sort of electronic/ ambient/psychedlic indie rock. I mentioned them before with their QR-Code posters. Their albums are available on their Bandcamp page, linked above. I spoke with Casey and Brad from the band. If you have a band in…

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Cool DC neighborhoods map poster
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Saw something cool via Park View, D.C., it’s this DC neighborhood map, with the neighborhood names substituting for boundaries. Pretty fun to browse. It’s made by Ork Posters, who also do similar ones for other cities, and Columbia Heights is on there, although it’s not the usual shape I think it is — it appears…

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ANC1A website updated
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Local Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1A, which covers from about Harvard to Spring, recently got an updated website, thanks to commissioner Kent Boese, who also runs the great Park View, D.C. blog. There’s a new links section, plus the most recent meeting minutes, and info in “the Library” on voluntary agreements with local alcohol establishments –…

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Brothel busted at Georgia Avenue and Irving Street
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I’ve written about crime and brothels in the neighborhood before, usually people complaining about them but nothing happening to them. However, this nugget from the MPD 3D substation is a good one: On February 5, 2011, members of the 3rd District Crime Suppression Unit executed a search warrant at 3105 Georgia Avenue, Northwest. As a…

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Highland Park phase 2 construction to start within 60 days
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The second phase of the Highland Park building, which I wrote about before, will be underway in 60 days according to the developer. The project has changed a bit when Donatelli, the developers of the original Highland Park, took over. It’s replacing the La Casa homeless shelter, which will be built behind the new building.…

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Get live traffic reports, snow reports from DDOT
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This morning was a terrible commute for me and probably many other Columbia Heights residents, as 14th and 16th Street had big problems, I’m guessing related to the National Prayer Breakfast. I didn’t know ahead of time, but I wish I had checked. The other day, a DDOT (or d. if you want to be…

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