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Winter is for Gardening

‘The garden, fully planted’ courtesy of ‘Boboroshi’ Outside is a view of the grip of winter, fitting more for Boston, Montreal, or Calgary than a typical Washington winter. The snow flies sideways and the cold is enough to make anyone think twice about joining a snowball fight. In light of this, you might think me [...]

How to Photograph in the Snow

DC Snow Response Map

For The Greener Good

Hunting for Locavores Class

Northrop Grumman Relocates HQ to DC in 2011

So You Want to Work in Radio

Georgetown Snow Delivery

When Architects Attack: Ward 8′s New Proposed Library

Washington Highlands has a new library coming to the Southwest DC neighborhood. Designed by British architect David Adjaye, it sports an ultra-modern look and floor plan where apparently right angles are hard to come by. The project rendering appears to be quite out of place for DC and will stir up probably the same sentiments [...]

Here Comes Gehry

‘gerhy’s nightmares are better than mines’courtesy of ‘[charlie cravero]‘ While the post on DCMetroCentric may be dated April first, the award is real. Frank Gehry has been selected to design the Eisenhower Memorial in Eisenhower Square (in front of the Dept. of Education). Gehry’s last attempt at a DC structure was the extension to the [...]

4,000 Gallons of Coal Ash in the Potomac

‘Ground Contamination’ courtesy of ‘thetardigrade’ 4,000 gallons of toxic coal ash spilt upriver from the District today. There is no information yet on when this will reach DC, but if you’re a boater or swimmer, this would scream “off limits” for the river in ways the cold water just can’t. Be the first to like. [...]

Why I Love DC: John

Let me be honest. I never meant to come to DC, let alone stay here. I came here in the fall of 1995 as a college freshman. I had hoped to get into UVA’s architecture school, but I got into Catholic U’s program instead. I spent the last five years of the millennium in Northeast [...]