Downtown Observer
A Conversation with the Chief Retail Officer for the White House Historical Association Luci Shanahan
Featured Property: 199 Main St., Washington, Virginia
• October 29, 2020
If you’re looking for a town with a lot of history, this is it, with all the coziness of being enveloped in Rappahannock County and the Blue Ridge Mountains as your backdrop.
Downtowner DC: Eisenhower Memorial, Franklin Park, 202Creates
• September 21, 2020
The Eisenhower Memorial is open, 202Creates Month is underway and there’s a new app for copter-watchers. Also, due to the pandemic, D.C. expects a 50-percent drop in tourism.
Downtowner DC: March on Washington, Eateries, Bedbugs
• August 24, 2020
Kramerbooks will stay put in Dupont for at least three years and a new spot for socially-distanced drinking opened in Shaw.
Virginia’s Second-Home Market Is Hot, Hot, Hot … and Transformed
• August 13, 2020
Instead of recreational purposes like horseback riding, hunting and gardening, what buyers now seek is refuge, a space to spread out and distance from their neighbors.
In Sudden Reversal, GU Goes All-Virtual
• July 30, 2020
Georgetown University was originally supposed to bring 2,000 undergrads, including all freshmen, to the main campus this fall.
Tuition Cut for GU Undergrads Not Returning to Campus
• July 23, 2020
Students returning to campus will be charged the lower double-room rate. Also, housing and dining costs will be reduced by 20 percent due to the shorter semester length.
GU Rejects Student Housing Requests
• July 20, 2020
Earlier this month, it was announced that Georgetown would house 2,000 students this fall, a group consisting of the entire freshman class and some upperclassmen.
Downtowner DC July 15, 2020
• July 15, 2020
NAACP TO MOVE HEADQUARTERS TO D.C. The NAACP, headquartered in Baltimore since 1986, will relocate to the Frank D. Reeves Center for Municipal Affairs at 14th and U Streets NW […]
GU Reopening Plan Unveiled
• July 8, 2020
The plan is to reopen in stages, welcoming about 2,000 undergraduates to campus first, including the freshman class of 2024.
GU Students Petition for Reduced Tuition
• July 6, 2020
Earlier this year, Georgetown University officials announced a 3.5-percent tuition increase for undergraduates, which would make the cost nearly $30,000 per semester.
