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Via DCist and Beyond DC, here’s a cool view of the 14th/Park/Kenyon intersection from DDOT’s Facebook page, with almost all the construction gear removed. Looks pretty nice! What do you think?

Get ready for an awesome addition to the neighborhood: author Dave Eggers’ 826, a non-profit that tutors kids on reading, writing, and publishing, will be opening a location in Columbia Heights soon. They’ll be in the old Score! location on the Civic Plaza. The City Paper says they’re aiming at a September move-in. The non-profit, which…

Get ready for some more grocery options in the neighborhood! I spoke to a manager at Target the other day who told me they’re opening the expanded grocery store on October 17th. It’ll have produce and more selection of lots of things, making it either closer to or actually a Super Target. The stuff is going…
A suggestion for Metro riders, though I’m guessing most of us in the neighborhood already know this: you don’t need to wait for the gates to close again before swiping your Smartrip or fare card. It happens all the time at the Columbia Heights Metro, and it drives me nuts. Today a couple of college-aged girls…