H Street - Developer of the long delayed office project at New Jersey and H Streets NW is now considering mixed use development with residential and retail. [The Triangle]
Near Southeast - The address for the new 225 Virginia Avenue, SE (pictured below) is changing… the new address will be 200 I Street. [JDLand]
Columbia Heights - Construction on 14th and Girard Park again, this time to add some shade. [New Columbia Heights]
Anacostia - DHCD buys big at the long neglected corner of MLK and Good Hope Road. [And Now Anacostia]
Near Southeast - The pending move by DDOT to 55 M has some detractors, including Marion Barry. [JDLand]
Columbia Heights - Everything still on track to bring Ellwood Thompson to the DCUSA complex (pictured below). [New Columbia Heights]
Mt Vernon Triangle - The V Apartments change ownership, and part of the new venture is apparently good old Lehman Brothers. [The Triangle]
Logan Circle - New Spanish tapas restaurant opening soon called Estadio, from the same folks behind wine centric Proof. [14th & You]
Anacostia - Neighborhood darling Big Chair Coffee (pictured) has applied for a liquor license. [And Now Anacostia]
Penn Quarter - Former Top Chef reality TV contestant and chef at Zaytinya, Mike Isabella, will be leaving on August 7th to open up his own Venetian tapas restaurant – also in the Penn Quarter. [PQ Living]
Columbia Heights - Meridian Pint is still not open yet this weekend, with a few more hurdles yet to be cleared. [New Columbia Heights]
Logan Circle - The old dilapidated dry cleaner building at 14th and Q streets is being developed by Whisk Group and Abdo into an Italian restaurant and bakery being called the Italian Shirt Laundry. [14th & You]
Mt Vernon Triangle - The old “Ledos Pizza” building at 433 Mass Ave is still empty (pictured), but at least it is back on the market, who is going to do something with this property? [The Triangle]
[Photo: Kyle Walton]
Columbia Heights - Grocery Store Ellwood Thompson will finally be opening up at DCUSA in January 2011! [The Heights Life]
Shaw - Strange looking pop up renovations to an 8 ft wide five story rowhome aren’t exactly getting rave reviews from the neighbors. [PoP]
Edgewood - Much needed new Rhode Island Avenue Metro station bridge proposed (pictured). [GGWashington]
Southeast - The DC housing Authority tells the Marines to stop looking at Square 882 for new development, because they plan to use the site… maybe even by this Winter! [JDLand]
Silver Spring - The new restaurant FS1 is ready to open in the converted 90 year old Fire Station along Georgia Ave. [Silver Spring Singular]
Southwest - Architect Bing Thom has officially been chosen for the Randal School development (old rendering below by CORE Architects). [SWDC Blog]
Logan Circle - Tensions rise at latest ANC meeting over a conflict of interest in negotiations over new Restaurant Masa 14. [14th & You]
Penn Quarter - Pennsylvania Avenue gets bike lanes. [PQLiving]
Columbia Heights - A major biker fest broke out on the listserves after ANC1A chairman Cliff Valenti stepped down from his position. [New Columbia Heights]
[Photo: tracktwentynine]
Southwest - An update on the new Arena Stage construction including the completion of the soffit and street-scape work. [SWDC Blog]
Columbia Heights - The old Amsterdam apartments at 14th and Fairmont are now the Columbia Uptown. [New Columbia Heights]
Southeast Waterfront - Diamond Teague Park officially opens including its piers for water taxis and non-motorized vessels, like kayaks and canoes. [JDLand]
Anacostia - Facelift on Uniontown Bar. [And Now, Anacostia]
Chinatown - A local first time home owner is being featured on upcoming HGTV reality show My First Place. [The Triangle]
Southwest - Big trees arrive for the new Metro plaza. [SWDC Blog]
Columbia Heights - Controversy is brewing over new buildings potential future residents socioeconomic status. [New Columbia Heights]
[Photo: Mr T in DC]
Mt Vernon Triangle - A peek inside Buddha Bar [The Triangle]
Georgetown - Annual Garden Tour set for May 6th [GTMetropolitan]
Capitol Riverfront - What’s new at Nats Park this year [JDLand]
Mt Vernon Triangle - The hotly anticipated European import, Buddah Bar is now slated for opening late next month. [The Triangle]
Southwest - As of yesterday, pedestrians can now freely walk up and down the newly reopened 4th Street. [SW Quadrant]
Congress Heights - Federal funding is locked in and the ground has been broken on the new Wiencek+Associates designed projects around Jasper Place, 29th and T Streets SE. [Congress Heights on the Rise]
[Photo: Dan_DC]
Capital Riverfront - Update on 11th St bridge [Barry Farm Remixed]
Near Southeast - The bill for 225 Virginia Ave? $400 M. [JDLand]
Columbia Heights - Abandoned house watch on the boarded up property at 1334 Irving street. [New Columbia Heights]
Anacostia - Could a new full service restaurant be coming to the neighborhood in an old building on Good Hope Rd? [Congress Heights on the Rise]
Gallery Place - Don’t tell the area around Verizon Center that billboards aren’t allowed in DC, new plans for five story 8 feet wide electronic billboards understandably have some opposition. [PQLiving]
Golden Triangle - Judging the IMF Building at 1924 Pennsylvania Ave in all its glassy glory! All we have to say is… it has a water wall! [PoP]
Southwest - A look inside and outside the new Waterfront development including new ANC meeting space and of course the metro plaza. [SWDC Blog]
Southwest - Construction of the new Arena Stage roof is finishing up as they install the outer covering of the soffit. [SWDC Blog]
Anacostia - The interesting new project by architects Howeler + Yoon has been under construction since November and is now almost topped off, we can’t wait to see how it ends up looking! [And Now Anacostia]
LeDroit - Full funding has been restored to the LeDroit Park restoration which includes a playground, dog park, and new pavilion. [Left for LeDroit]
Southwest - The Corcoran Museum has finally found a way to develop the Randall School, but they won’t be the ones to occupy the new development (pictured below) once it’s completed. [SWDC Blog]
Logan Circle - A scourge of graffiti has popped up around the neighborhood on storefronts, alleyways, and homes! [14th and You]
Golden Triangle - The DC region was awarded a Tiger Grant this past week, but one project left noticeably unfunded was the K Street Transitway. [Beyond DC]
