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The Future Of Downtown’s Homeless
Believe it or not, the above photo is not staged. It was someone’s G Street “cardboard condo” for about three weeks last year downtown. Walking home last night, this writer saw a “blue plastic palace” in this same location (we bet the condo fees are low!). Having temporary structures like this pop up and stay […]
DNA & MVSNA Sponsor Homeless Focused Meeting Tomorrow
Tomorrow night at 7 pm at the Calvary Baptist Church (755 8th Street, NW – entrance between G and H Streets), the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) and the Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association (MVSNA) are hosting a special joint neighborhood meeting focused on the homeless issues that downtowners (visitors, workers and residents) contend with on […]
New Year Baby Movie at Calvary Church
ITVS/WETA TV 26 Community Cinema will present a free community preview screening of the movie New Year Baby this Sunday, May 18 at 2 PM at the Calvary Baptist Church (755 Eighth Street, NW) in the Penn Quarter. This film garnered a number of awards and is the retrospective documentary tale of a Cambodian family […]
May Meeting Twofer – DNA & ANC 6C
We have two community meetings to mention this week. The first is the monthly Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) meeting taking place tomorrow night at 7 pm at the Cavalry Baptist Church, 755 8th Street (entrance on 8th between G and H). From DDOT, Emeka Moneme (Director) and Christopher Ziemann (Ward 2 Transportation Specialist) will be […]