Recently Uncovered Streetcar Tracks
Excavation for the Virginia Avenue Tunnels has uncovered streetcar tracks. The following is an excerpt from the DC State Historic Preservation Office’s evaluation of potential historic significance. (more…)
Pennsylvania & Potomac Ave Intersection Improvement
CHRS provided comments in June 2017 on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Potomac Avenue SE Intersection Improvement Project. (more…)
Comprehensive Plan Comments 2017
The Comprehensive Plan, the city’s most important land-use law, is amended every 10 years, and 2017 is the start of the amendment cycle. (more…)
CHRS Accepting Donations – 1511 A St. NE Case
Neighbors on the 1500 block of A Street NE, are fighting against an excessively large building that a developer wants to build on their block. (more…)
High-Kelvin LED Streetlights
DDOT is proposing to install blue-white LEDs in streetlights, which many believe to be harsh or even harmful, and has already begun installing these LEDs. CHRS Testimony before City Council 5/4/2017 (more…)
Historic District Conversation
The Friends of Kingman Park Civic Association invite the public to attend an “Informational Panel on Historic Districts, Saturday, March 11, 2017 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1910 Independence Ave. SE. (more…)