Often in the morning, and sometimes at night, Rachelle Nigro takes to the streets around her condo building in Mt. Vernon Square. You could call her a neighborhood busybody. Or just a concerned ...
When Amilcar Benitez bought a mobile home at Harmony Place in Alexandria, it needed a lot of work. The flooring, insulation and plumbing in the two-bedroom home he shares with his wife and two ...
More D.C. restaurants closed this year than last, and some were longtime establishments that hold sentimental value for locals. Dozens of area restaurants close every year, a byproduct of a dense ...
Walking through the steep, narrow servant staircases of Riversdale House, it’s hard not to be struck by how separated you are from the dramatic halls, dining room, and parlors in the rest of the ...
On a recent Friday evening outside of D.C., musicians, videographers, managers, and invited guests mill around a brick house on a wooded lane in an otherwise quiet residential neighborhood. Drinks are ...
On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena ...
This story was completed with support from SpotlightDC and in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. For D.C. Metropolitan Police Department sergeant Tony Giles, ...
On a dreary morning in mid-September, Kenilworth Courts resident Sheila Herring walked us through the complex, taking a brief reprieve from her own apartment. It’s being treated for a mouse ...
Taking stock of the housing crisis in D.C. and across the country, it’s not difficult to see that something has to change: As housing and living costs rise, more people than ever are spending at least ...
Once the largest and only federally-run mental hospital in the United States, St. Elizabeths now sits largely abandoned on a sprawling corner of Southeast. For years, D.C. has been promising big ...
Metro is rolling out a new version of its iconic Metrorail map today ahead of the Silver Line Phase II extension opening later this fall, potentially in November. The transit agency says it has 5,000 ...
One of four grocery stores east of the Anacostia River, Good Food Markets, stopped selling produce and other groceries last Tuesday, leaving thousands of residents living in an area considered a food ...