Just saw this on the CH Listserve: There is a small dark gray cat that has been hanging out on the 1300 block of Irving Street for the past week or so. She(?) doesn’t have a collar and is very hungry, but is quite friendly. Does anyone know if she has a home? If she…

The Columbia Heights Community Marketplace (Saturday, Civic Plaza, 9am-2pm) is holding a planning meeting todayat 7 p.m. at CHANGE, Inc. (1413 Park Road, NW). The meeting is open to the public. Stop by and see what’s new!And here’s what’s new at the Market:All kinds of great fruit and vegetables, including peaches, apples (honeycrisp…yum yum), watermelon,…

View Larger, Toggle-able Map Ran across a fascinating post on Greater Greater Washington about planned but never completed traffic circles. Our area had quite a few, including Meade Circle, named for the Civil War general, which was planned at the intersection of 16th, Columbia and Mt. Pleasant, and Grant Circle at 12th, Columbia, California Ave…

So Columbia Heights Day was a lot of fun. I’m going to do a few posts about it, but first, here’s a few photos of the cupcake eating contest by freelance photographer Robert Hernandez. Enjoy! You can click them to get the caption.

Help the hood look better! The North Columbia Heights Civic Association is putting together a series of neighborhood cleanups, with the first happening this Saturday. There’s also a discounted brunch at Meridian Pint for volunteers. Here’s the details: When: Saturday, September 4th, 10:30am – 11:30am Where: Meet outside Columbia Heights Coffee (on 11th between Park…

There wasn’t much information about the lead contamination at the 11th and Monroe Park when I first heard about it, and now there’s a bit more. WUSA and TBD both have articles: apparently there was some demolition at 3511 13th Street NW and clouds of dust, including lead, fell down into the park. It sounds…

Just got this note from a reader, who witnessed an unfortunate incident between a Metrobus driver and a bicyclist: I was walking to the gym in Columbia Heights at 6:30 a.m. when I witnessed an out-of-service DC Metrobus honking at a cyclist in the bike lane heading northbound on 14th Street. When they got to…

As you hopefully know, Columbia Heights Day was this past Saturday, and I had a great time. There were a bunch of events, tons of music, local businesses and groups, a petting zoo, and lots of people from inside and outside the neighborhood. Since it went all day, there’s way too much for me to…