Downtown Observer
A Conversation with the Chief Retail Officer for the White House Historical Association Luci Shanahan
Editorial: Fight for the Right to Turn Right on Red
• February 11, 2025
These are contentious times, especially in Washington, D.C., and Georgetown, home to politically experienced and civic-minded residents. Yet, you’d think one issue could unite the local government and its citizens: […]
ANC Tackles Parks, Public Spaces, Crime, Leaf Collection
• November 6, 2023
She tried. She really did. Gwen Lohse, chair of ANC 2E, had timed each item of her lengthy November ANC meeting – held Oct. 29, all remote – to a reasonable time […]
ANC Meeting Got Lively Late in the Evening
• October 10, 2023
Two unusual occurrences considerably livened up an expectedly normal-business monthly meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) on Oct. 2. They happened after 9 p.m. at that. First, the […]
Downtowner News: EV Stations, Walkability, Safe Dating and School Vaccines
• August 15, 2022
Adams Morgan Street to Be Periodically Closed for Events In an effort to help foot traffic, 18th Street between Columbia and Kalorama roads will be shut down on a few […]
Mapping Georgetown: A Georgetowner Leaving Her Mark
• March 28, 2022
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson One day, as my mom and I were picking weeds along the alley bricks, I decided to give [the alley] […]
