Anacostia

  • MD Special Session; Capitals fall; Health clinic opens

    5/15/12 11:44 AM Comment

    Today on NewsTalk, we spoke with 'Maryland Juice' blogger David Moon, political analyst David Harrington, sports reporter Ben Raby and Sharon Bakersville of DCPCA.

  • The sidewalk life of Anacostia means more than retail dollars

    2/23/12 1:57 PM Comment

    We need more restaurants and retail across the Anacostia River, yes, but the value of more pedestrians walking at all hours has implications for community safety and comfort.

  • Come talk about how to green the Anacostia Metro station

    2/13/12 12:15 PM Comment

    The EPA's initiative to transform Anacostia transportation has finally reached a stage for community meetings. A design charrette will happen tonight and an open house on Wednesday.

  • EPA joins D.C. to green Anacostia Metro station and intersections

    2/13/12 9:27 AM Comment

    The District is one of five capital cities the EPA is partnering with to make the neighborhoods more sustainable and pedestrian friendly, Mayor Vincent Gray announced today. Ward 8's going to get better sidewalks and more trees.

  • Momentum builds for the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail

    11/10/11 9:51 PM Comment

    As a ribbon-cutting ceremony attracts powerful officials from the region, a new stretch of the trail signals a powerful and public commitment to the $50 million boon for our pedestrians and bicyclists.

  • WMATA station manager sleeps on the job at the Anacostia Metro station

    10/31/11 11:44 AM Comment

    Just two months after stations managers were photographed sleeping at the Columbia Heights and Ballston Metro stations, video has emerged allegedly showing a station manager snoozing at the Anacostia Metro station.

  • A new D.C. Circulator route debuts in Southeast D.C. today

    10/3/11 11:43 AM Comment

    So what brings Mayor Vince Gray, DDOT director Terry Bellamy, Council Chairman Kwame Brown, Councilmembers Tommy Wells, Marion Barry, and Yvette Alexander all together on the D.C. Circulator at once? Today the D.C. Circulator debuts a new route — the first ever across the Anacostia River into Southeast D.C.

  • Anacostia River restoration heralded as example of need for continued funding

    9/27/11 8:22 PM Comment

    Environmental groups showed a Congressional group a wetlands restoration project along the Anacostia River Tuesday, hoping it would drive home the importance of continued funding for their work.

  • The city wants someone to build a movie theater in Anacostia

    9/16/11 10:51 AM Comment

    For decades now, the number of movie theaters in D.C. — and throughout the country — has consistently declined, which explains why even the opening of a three-screen art-house cinema in the basement of an apartment building, as occurred last year, is a big deal among cinephiles. With the addition of the West End Cinema, the District now has seven theaters, only three of which are conventional megaplexes.

  • Video of the Anacostia River's mysterious substance

    8/18/11 12:34 PM Comment

    After fears that an oil spill had polluted the Anacostia River, the U.S. Coast Guard tested the water and found no oil whatsoever. Now they think it's just silt and mud caused by recent rainstorms, which is both a boring result and a great relief. Tests are expected back later today, but in the meantime, here's an aerial video of the macchiato river shot by the Coast Guard.

  • Anacostia neighbors uneasy with planned shelter

    8/12/11 10:27 AM Comment

    A women's shelter is planned in Anacostia, but neighbors worry it'll get in the way of economic development. In a bit of irony, the shelter is supposed to be located near Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

  • Anacostia women's shelter targeted by NIMBYs

    8/2/11 3:30 PM Comment

    Think back to last week, when Anacostia was identified as the latest gentrifying neighborhood — one being gentrified by minorities — and how excited we all were to discuss an emerging neighborhood other than H Street. Well, it was only a matter of time before those gentrifiers turned NIMBY on us.

  • Anacostia museum wants record for largest 'ring shout'

    7/21/11 5:20 PM Comment

    The District may soon be the proud site of the largest "ring shout" ever — or the largest one ever recorded, anyway. If you're wondering what a ring shout is, let us point you to the words "ring" and "shout." That about says it all.

  • Idea of the day: A pedestrian bridge across the Anacostia River

    7/19/11 11:21 AM Comment

    A Capitol Riverfront commissioner advocates breaking D.C.'s long-time psychological boundaries by physically connecting its neighborhoods.

  • Circulator east of Anacostia?

    7/13/11 3:04 PM Comment

    D.C. residents east of the Anacostia River are pushing for expanded Circulator bus service. Why? They want a bus that's cheaper, cleaner, and more punctual than Metrobus.

  • Ospreys halt construction along Anacostia River

    5/6/11 8:05 PM

    An osprey family has started nesting in one of the construction cranes for the Anacostia River Trail. Admittedly, it's a nice view up there.

  • Survey: 'Big K' block redevelopment

    4/21/11 3:12 PM

    Friends, neighbors, and citywide citizens: the Department of Housing and Community Development has put out a survey asking for priorities and suggestions for the redevelopment of the "Big K" site at MLK and Morris Road. Do you want housing? Offices? Another community center? Restaurant and retail space? This survey will be used as a guide for the redevelopment that will take place over the next few years. In the housing options listed on the survey, there was no option for market rate housing,

  • D.C. may cut discount, bus routes to fill Metro budget gap

    4/8/11 10:49 AM Comment

    The District is considering cutting four bus routes and a 50-cent discount for Anacostia riders as the city looks to close its share of Metro's budget gap, the Washington Examiner reports.

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