Andrew Kohn

A good round up of the big news this week...

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/05/22/top-blog-posts-of-the-past-week-do-not-go-home-edition/

(1) Eastern Market Reopening on June 26

(2) What’s Going on at the Old Hecht’s Warehouse? Pt. 2

(3) 11th’s Hour: New Developments on 11th Street in Columbia Heights

(4) Paulist Fathers to Lose Old Sports Fields, Gain Hundreds of Neighbors

(5) Disney Buys National Harbor Land

(6) Fenty Orders Eckington Demolition That Was Already Ordered in 2006

(7) Price Drops at The Lacey

(8) Will the Class of 2009 Force Up Rents in D.C.?

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This is a good little synopsis of Capitol Hill.

http://www.welovedc.com/2009/05/22/where-we-live-capitol-hill/

"This week we’ll be looking at the Capitol Hill neighborhood. This neighborhood could probably be called the largest in DC, since essentially anything east of the Capitol, north/west of the Anacostia River, and south of Union Station is generally known as Capitol Hill. The area is home to so many great places, from Eastern Market to Barracks Row to Union Station, and it also has some of the best historic architecture in the city..."

A follow-up from yesterday's post. I do believe rents are always increasing in the city - and increase with every graduating class so I'm not sure why this is such hot news today. I guess I just disagree that this year is different for some reason. What'd you think?

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/05/19/will-the-class-of-2009-force-up-rents-in-dc/

"Yes, I think this year’s graduating class will force up rents in many Washington D.C. neighborhoods. Pure conjecture here, but I think neighborhoods like Columbia Heights, Petworth, eastern Capitol Hill, H Street, Eckington, Bloomingdale—you get the drift—will become more competitive either right away or in the coming months..."

Just what the city needs!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051803201.html

"Walt Disney Co. has bought a 15-acre parcel at Prince George's County's sprawling National Harbor development, a shot in the arm for a project that opened with big ambitions a year ago, only to run headfirst into one of the sharpest economic declines in decades."