By Mike English (Guest Contributor) • November 12, 2021
Chevy Chase, Md. is wealthy, lacks affordable housing options, and has a history of exclusion. Now some residents are opposing building housing alongside a library reconstruction project.
The pandemic made clear that the “public” restrooms we relied on in the US weren’t so public after all. Researchers measure transportation insecurity. Would you drink ultra-filtered waste water?
Nina Larson died after being struck by the driver of a vehicle on Saturday afternoon while crossing Columbia Road NW in Adams Morgan. Larson, of New Canaan, Conn., worked at local restaurant Mintwood Place and had dreams of being an opera singer. (Jasmine Hilton / Post)
Arlington County’s board voted to update zoning on Columbia Pike to allow for more ground floor commercial and other uses, allowing businesses like craft brewers and animal boarders. The goal is to enhance the corridor as a “Main Street.” (Arlington County)
College Park is undergoing a residential building boom, with nearly 4,000 beds coming to the local housing market that university officials will hope moderate prices. But students, many fed up with construction-related disruptions, worry new residences won’t be affordable to students. (Shreya Vuttaluru / The Diamondback)
The Trump Organization will be selling its lease on its Old Post Office property to an investment firm for $375 million. The former president’s company initially won the lease in 2013 by offering to spend over $200 million to renovate the building into a luxury hotel. (Jonathan O’Connell / Post)
Construction on the Wharf’s second phase, just southeast of Phase One, is actually slightly ahead of schedule. The development will include restaurants, a hotel, housing, and new headquarters for The Atlantic and a major law firm. (Marisa M. Kashino / Washingtonian)
Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker announced on Friday that he plans to enter the race for county executive once his council term expires in December. Hucker will be the fourth Democrat in the race. (Ana Radelat / Bethesda Beat)
A Good Foods Market opened its doors last week in Southeast DC’s Bellevue neighborhood, making it the second supermarket in Ward 8. More than three quarters of DC’s food deserts are in majority-Black wards 7 and 8, which residents point to as evidence of structural racism. (Jenny Gathright / DCist)
