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The Last Time DC Hosted the World Series…
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D.C. was very different the last time it hosted the World Series. Heck, the Pentagon didn’t exist back then. What did the Washington region look like in 1933, the last time a local Major League Baseball team was playing in the World Series? For starters, the Pentagon and National Airport didn’t exist. The Arlington Memorial…

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Great Local Deals for the Nats Game!
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Is paying a fortune to see a Nats World Series game versus watching it on TV worth it? Lou’s City Bar is doing specials and giveaways for all games. To kick things off, Lou’s is hosting a live pregame radio broadcast TODAY at the bar from 4-8pm with The Team 980 and hosts Steve Czaban…

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Creative partnerships w/nonprofit developers – Affordable Housing Crisis
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The Maycroft D.C. had the highest intensity of gentrification in the country between 2000 and 2013, according to a study from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition; one of those neighborhoods is Columbia Heights. It’s home to The Maycroft, a five-story Italian Renaissance-style apartment building that was built after World War I. Before the Great Recession,…

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Book Sale @ CoHi Civic Plaza!
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Join Carpe Librum at Columbia Heights Civic Plaza for a nonprofit book sale! Browse over 15,000 gently used books, CDs, and DVDs, all on sale for under $6. Books are provided by Carpe Librum, a used, donation-based bookstore benefiting the DC nonprofit Turning the Page.There’s something for everyone at this sale: children’s books, teen reads,…

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