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The design for the 11th and Monroe Street Park (aka Trolley Turnaround Park) has some fans and some detractors — and today’s your chance to learn more. Via DCist, the meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center at 15th and Girard Streets NW. Here’s the design again:dpr_11thAndMonroeFinalConcept
Do you like futbol? Check this out: Calling all soccer players and teams!“Kicks for CoHi,” a seven-on-seven co-ed tournament is coming June 25 at the outdoor grass soccer fields at Cardozo High School, located at 1300 Clifton St, NW, on the corner of 13th and Clifton. Get a team together or sign up individually. The…
The folks behind Columbia Heights Day have their second outdoor movie tonight: this time it’s Dirty Dancing, starting at sundown. At 8:30 there will be ballroom dancing at the school.

Click for a big version It’s been awhile, but here’s Weekly History, where I write about an old photo of the neighborhood. This shot is from 1920, the York Theater at Georgia Avenue and Quebec Place. The building still exists and looks almost the same, though without the marquee and the cool neon sign. Today…