Don Peebles For a guy not running for mayor, Don Peebles still seems to be testing out his stump speech. Both D.C. Wire and City Desk are reporting on Peebles’ appearance at a meeting last night of the D.C. Federation of Civic Associations, where the developer and erstwhile mayoral challenger...

Photo by hellomarkers! Good morning, Washington. You settled back into your work routine on Monday, and today, the D.C. Council looks to do the same with its first legislative session of the new year. Among the topics they’ll be taking up this morning? Finally taking a first vote on that latest...

Photo by cmoaknd Good morning, Washington. DCist is actually compiling the Roundup from Philadelphia this morning, where the streets are overflowing in grief after last night’s World Series loss. We didn’t spy any rowdy crowds or inappropriate displays of frustration after the game, but...

Photo by Mr. T in DC A gas leak earlier today inside the Cuban Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy caused part of 16th Street NW to be closed between Euclid St. and Columbia Rd. The road has since reopened and Washington Gas Co. was on the scene to address the leak. Cuba doesn’t have a real...

Photo courtesy National Park Service Some D.C. residents may have been disappointed to see Duke Ellington end up on the D.C. state quarter instead of Frederick Douglass, but they’ll soon be put at ease. The United States Mint has announced that the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site will...

Photo by e.phelps A group of local architects have developed “an audacious proposal” that “essentially calls for bringing Paris, mansard, Seine and all, to the Capital of the United States.” [ Greater Greater Washington ] The View 14 development at 14th and Florida NW will finally...

View Potential Post Office Closures in a larger map The District Department of Human Services isn’t the only governmental organization hard up for cash these days, but at least the United States Postal Service is being a lot more upfront about matters. The USPS is still whittling down a sizable...

Photo by Mr. T in DC The Wall Street Journal has one of their career trends by ordinal list pieces today on where young people in the United States are deciding to move during the recession, and once again Washington, D.C. is at the top of the list. We’ve heard almost all of this before, but here’s...

Earlier this month at a D.C. screening at National Geographic’s headquarters, director Cherien Dabis said that watching films like Truffaut’s The 400 Blows were what finally allowed her to make her first feature. Realizing that one really could make a great story out of the experiences of...

Photo by dullshick Attention, Columbia Heights! The official word has just come down that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will formally dedicate the new Columbia Heights Plaza and “Resonance” Fountain on Monday, Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m. So let all the endless speculation cease. It does seem, however,...