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December 2023 Downtowner News
Downtowner DC: Holiday Market, Wilson High, Tidal Basin
November 16, 2020
•Choosing not to let COVID get in its way, the open-air market at 8th and F Streets NW, which opens on Friday, Nov. 20, will have new health and safety protocols in place.
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.
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 […]
District Planner and Builder Allen Lew Dies
June 25, 2020
•After overseeing the creation of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Lew took charge of the baseball conversion of RFK Stadium and the construction of Nationals Park.
Downtowner DC June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
•NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TEST POSITIVE The D.C. National Guard, mobilized to respond to the protests triggered by George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, reported that some of […]
Downtowner DC April 8, 2020
April 8, 2020
•STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS IN EFFECT The new stay-at-home orders in D.C., Maryland and Virginia give police more ability to enforce social-distancing rules. Disobeying these rules could result in fines or jail […]
Downtowner DC March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020
•UPTOWN THEATER CLOSES The historic Cleveland Park movie joint the Uptown Theater has closed. Built by Warner Bros. in the 1930s during Hollywood’s Golden Age, the theater, on Connecticut Avenue, […]
Downtowner DC March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
•WOMEN’S MONTH AT THE LINE The Line DC hotel is celebrating International Women’s Month with programming that includes a new banner featuring artwork by local artist Rebecca Rea-Holloway (@thesweetfeminist), a […]
Park Service: Cherry Blossoms to Peak March 27
March 4, 2020
•The National Cherry Blossom Festival, which encompasses dozens of events, will kick off with an opening ceremony on Saturday, March 21, and continue through Easter Sunday, April 12.