Author Andrew W

Littering is bad — I think most people will agree on that. It’s also illegal, and WJLA reports that MPD will start issuing $75 tickets for pedestrians and $100 for drivers they catch littering. Someone could argue “doesn’t MPD have better things to do?” but I assume this will be more in the usual course…

Yesterday I wrote about commissioners in ANC1B, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for southern Columbia Heights and U Street: turns out some of them rarely go to their own meetings. One commissioner, Deborah Thomas, only went to 1/3, while a couple others only made 57%. ANC1B as a whole attended only 71% of their own meetings,…

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) is an elected body in the city that serves to advise the city council and government agencies about local issues — things like alcohol licenses, development and construction, and quality of life issues. However, it looks like some members from ANC1B, which serves southern Columbia Heights and U Street, are…

Some good news for DCUSA — the long vacant space between Staples and Children’s Place is getting a tenant: The Gap Factory Store. The Washington Business Journal reports that the company filed for a construction permit for space 116 in DCUSA, on the lower level fronting on 14th Street (marked “Rainbow” in the original DCUSA…

I’m always looking for coffee deals, and the other day I spotted this in the window of Room 11, the wine bar/cafe/restaurant/cocktail spot at 11th and Lamont. It’s called Quick Start, and it’s a pastry and drip coffee or tea for $5. Seems like a pretty good deal for a lazy weekday or telework day.…

For as long as I’ve run this blog, people have been talking about wanting an independent bookstore in the area — and it looks like one may be coming to Upshur Street NW! Paul Ruppert, the man behind Room 11, Petworth Citizen and the new Crane & Turtle, wants to launch Upshur Street Books, an…

I’ve walked past this sign many times but never really noticed it: it’s a big, brown Metro sign with the address of the Columbia Heights Metro outside the eastern station entrance. And that’s it. It’s sort of beat up and doesn’t look like the rest of the canopy, which is quite nice. Seems strange –…

Just saw this on Facebook, folks are organizing a Black Lives Matter rally on the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza (the plaza in the triangle at 14th/Park/Kenyon.) It’s organized by a St. Louis native named Lydia Marie, and she says: Friends – As a St. Louis native, its only right that I invite you to gather…

There’s a new place to work in the neighborhood: Cove, a coworking space, is coming to the old location of the Dunes gallery and art space at 14th and Meridian. If you recall, the Dunes was located above the Getaway and closed in April of this year while the Getaway closed on New Year’s Day,…