Mural, Mural On A Foxhall Wall

A D.C. muralist painted the side of a Foxhall community commercial building, the site’s owner saying the work was commissioned to deter marring of the wall with graffiti and help keep the area “cool and nice.”

Another Foxhall Village Gas Leak

A powerful gas leak that erupted from a Foxhall Village street on Tuesday night was followed by a day of repairs. And then on Thursday, DC Water workers showed up at the site, saying they were there to fix a sewer pipe. What caused the leak in the Washington Gas line and what’s been done…

GU Plan: Zoning Hearing Has Park Appeal

John A. Bray, Testimony, December 1, 2016, Georgetown University Campus Plan 2017-2036, DC Zoning Commission Case No. 16-18 Good evening. I’m John Bray. I grew up in Foxhall Village. I live there now and I am a member of the Foxhall Community Citizens Association board. GU’s Campus Plan proposal is huge, long-term and complicated, with…

GU 2017-36 Campus Plan: Loose Ends

On September 1, 2016, after many months of groundwork, Georgetown University paid the $6,500 fee and filed its 20-year Campus Plan proposal with the DC Zoning Commission. It was accompanied by letters of support from leaders of key community groups, including the two nearby publicly elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) and local citizens associations. Will…

Sewage: Glover Archbold National Park

2.6 million gallons. Such is the average daily load of sewage and storm water that gets piped down the middle of Glover Archbold National Park. Or so says the data for September 2016, according to DC Water and Sewer Authority officials. The nearly 100-year-old pipe network has reached the end of its “maximum expected lifespan,”…

Hardy Park Field House Redo: $437,114

The 2015 redo of the Hardy Park Field House cost DC taxpayers $437,114, with the most expensive line item a $45,160 restroom renovation. The “Hardy Rec Center Stabilization” project contract, overseen by the DC Department of General Services, was for $308,714, and had approved changes adding $128,399, according to documents provided at the request of…

Hardy Park Courts: State Of Play, 2.0

It now appears that the tennis courts at Hardy Park won’t be resurfaced until sometime in mid-October. The cracked, potholed and paint-worn courts were to have been redone by June 21, according to Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh’s office, which cited Department of Parks and Recreation information. (This article originally was published on The Hoe.org,…