Anacostia News

On the heels of a roller coaster week on Wall Street and the onset of what many economists are calling the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Philadelphia's deputy mayor for planning and economic ...

Jeff Epperson and his partners say they are in final negotiations to bring an unnamed retailer of 100,000 square feet to a site within walking distance of the Anacostia Metro station.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture will host a daylong program to help Washington, D.C., area residents identify and preserve items of historical and cultural significance ...

Developer Stan Voudrie doesn't mind skeptics who doubt his plans for Anacostia. After all, he's offering $50-a-foot views for $30. There are other dilapidated neighborhoods in D.C. starving for - and wary of - ...

Former street crew member Ronald Moten initially dismissed as idle talk the rumors that gang members from the notorious Bloods were attempting to infiltrate Washington.

Anacostia's gallery for contemporary art, Honfleur Gallery, celebrates its Second Annual *East of the River* Exhibition, opening 7 pm on August 9th 2008.

The Takoma Metro is among 10 Washington, D.C., stations that may soon receive exterior surveillance cameras to reduce crime.

Before flying with Hillary Clinton up to Unity, N.H., Barack Obama started his day with a workout at the brand-spankin'-new Washington Sports Club gym up on 14th St.

Crime scene investigators examine one of the guns used in the shooting at the Anacostia Metro station.

Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, June 18, 2008; 3:49 PM Three people, including a Metro bus driver, were shot this afternoon at the Anacostia Metrorail Station, officials said.

“They not only will not stop for you”

By Clarence Williams Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 19, 2008; Page B01 D.C. officials are planning to release a five-year, $12 million pedestrian strategy today that includes better timing of signals, ... via The Washington Post

“All the planning has not only assumed the arboretum, but has been around the arboretum”

The post recently ran an article about funding problems at the National Arboretum . via TheWashCycle

“We're going to see a new paradigm over the next decade, wherein the city is recapturing the water and its own image”

COMMENT By Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 9, 2008; Page B01 The recent opening of the Washington Nationals ' baseball stadium culminated a decade of panoramic change in the District, ... via The Washington Post

“I knew something was wrong when I flushed the toilet this morning and the water kept coming in brown”

By Petula Dvorak Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 6, 2008; 2:34 PM Utility crews are busy in Southeast Washington today trying to repair six separate water main breaks that are flooding streets and ... via The Washington Post

“I guess you've never taken a ride on any of the 30 buses -- old, funky, dirty, broken down, and covered in graffiti.”

As part of a class requirement at George Washington University, I recently rode the No. via The Washington Post

“It is fitting that we begin this grant program with homeowners in Anacostia, as it is it one of our oldest historic neighborhoods”

Washington Business Journal - by Tierney Plumb Staff Reporter There's help for housing repair and restoration in one of D.C.'s oldest historic districts. via Washington Business Journal

The bi-annual Cultural Tourism DC walking town is back. This series of tours gets people out to see the community and learn something or two about it in the process. via TheWashCycle

By Jacqueline Dupree Thursday, March 20, 2008; Page DZ03 Ballpark and Beyond is adapted from Jacqueline Dupree 's blog on development in Near Southeast, an area between Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River that ... via The Washington Post

Washington Business Journal - by Jonathan O'Connell Staff Reporter Curtis, Four Points plan to transform Anacostia [Washington, D.C.] D.C. Councilman Marion Barry submitted legislation Tuesday that would create ... via Commercial Real Estate

WASHINGTON -- Metro riders: prepare for delays and some inconvenience this weekend. via WTOP