After stopping by to check on the new Park View Welcome sign that I reported on last Monday, I’m happy to report that the new sign was not the end of beautifying the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Irving, but the beginning. On Sunday morning I had the pleasure to speak with three of the residents who were watering newly planted knockout roses and a boxwood. I understand that there are still more plants coming and that the pictures below do not represent a completed garden just yet.
Park View, D.C.
A great place to hang your hat!
Park View’s Borders
"The territory comprising Park View extends from Gresham Street north to Rock Creek Church Road, and from Georgia Avenue to the Soldiers' Home grounds, including the triangle bounded by Park Road, Georgia Avenue, and New Hampshire Avenue" (from Directory and History of Park View, 1921.)
Metrorail disruptions
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WUSA-TV – DC News
- Former DC Teacher To Appear In Court On Child Porn Charges May 23, 2013The FBI captured 31-year-old Eric Toth in Nicaragua last month, 5 years after he vanished.
- President Obama Honors Carole King At White House concert May 23, 2013
- 14th and F Street Sinkhole Repair May Last Until Friday May 23, 2013DDOT officials say the 14th St NW and F St NW raod closures will continue through the overnight hours and likely into Friday.
Washington Business Journal
- Northern Virginia leaders plan wish list of road projects for new funds May 23, 2013Transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million in funding expected to come in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new roads package, the Washington Examiner reported. The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority will polish the list and prepare it for a public hearing in June; later that month, it will d […]
- Olney's Shopper's store debunks rumors about closing May 23, 2013Corporate officials from Shopper's Food Warehouse are denying rumors that its Olney Village Center store is closing, The Gazette reports. Rumors specifically mentioned that since the adjacent beer and wine store recently had closed, Shoppers and possibly the dry cleaners would close to make room for a Target. However, a Shopper's corporate communic […]
- Veteran meteorologist Bob Ryan leaves ABC7 May 23, 2013ABC7 Senior Meteorologist Bob Ryan has announced he is leaving the station after 33 years of TV weather forecasting, WJLA reports. In celebration of his career and retirement, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has declared May 22 as "Bob Ryan Day," citing his decades of service on television, his forward-thinking digital weather strategy and his work with sc […]
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