Looks like Columbia Heights has hit an important milestone: the neighborhood is now so trendy that realtors will exaggerate its boundaries to make their houses seem more appealing. This has been common for a long time with desirable neighborhoods, for example saying a place in Glover Park is in Georgetown or calling the area near…

The People’s District blog, which does interviews with people around the city, has a hilarious piece with a kid at Meridian Hill Park. Here’s the interview in its entirety: good stuff. “My name is Alycea. I am five-years-old and I go to elementary school. I like school because we learn about math and can dance…

Looks like the 11th and Monroe Street Park reconstruction will finally get underway. The park has had issues with drunk people hanging around and harassing parkgoers and also lead contamination, and the new designs are supposed to make it more family- and kid-friendly. Here’s a note form the city: More specifically, we are finishing construction documents…