DC Metrocentric

Le Droit Park - The street-scape around the Howard Theater is due for a makeover including new street furniture and paving blocks which are a close alternative to brick sidewalks (hope they don’t chose the blue ones). [Bloomingdale (for now)]

Southwest - The upcoming movie State of Play with Ben Afleck is apparently going to feature a lot of the areas architecture, and as is often the case in Hollywood’s depiction of the District, sometimes it’s accurate, sometimes it’s not. Buildings include the HUD Headquarters (as a hospital), Harbor Square, and the Maine Ave Fish Market. [SWDC Blog]

Georgetown - Like many areas of town with great restaurants and nightlife, parking is always an issue for the residents. One solution, “performance parking” to force people who are going to leave their cars for longer periods of time to use garages. It works well around Nationals Park, but Near Southeast and Georgetown are definitely not the same type of neighborhood. [GT Metropolitan]