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In the past few weeks I’ve noticed some work going on in the abandoned buildings designated as part of the city’s Housing Authority’s Greening Initiative. Some of the buildings are getting fixed up and turned into scattered-site public housing. I’ve seen work on houses on the 1300 block of Irving, 1300 block on Girard, 2700…

This latest installment of Bands in the Neighborhood is on Rival Skies, an five-member indie/post-rock band with not one but two members in the neighborhood. Their next show is this Saturday the 7th opening for Les Savy Fav at the Black Cat. Les Savy Fav put on an awesome show, it should be a lot…
If you like helping the neighborhood and eating brunch with a discount, Saturday is your day. The folks at the North Columbia Heights Civic Association are holding their monthly neighborhood cleanup this Saturday starting at 9:30 am at Columbia Heights Coffee (11th north of Park). At 10:30 am they’ll be meeting at Meridian Pint, which…
You may recall a few months ago that there was a rumor an empty space in the Columbia Uptown at 14th and Fairmont was going to be a Pizza Hut. Nothing happened with that, but now we have a bit more solid report that it may be a Domino’s. From a reader: Just passed by…