Keeping up with Washington City Paper Housing Complex reporter Lydia DePillis is a full-time job! See her latest Housing Complex post on the futures of the Langston and JF Cook Schools. I have copied in the first few paragraphs. Click on the article link to read the entire post. Might the Langston and JF Cook … More CityPaper: Might Langston, JF Cook Schools get surplussed?
Special meeting, Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 7pm. Community Academy Public Charter School on P and First St NW. 5C01 Commissioner Bradley Thomas and Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS) are hosting a special community meeting to discuss the proposed curb cut at P and Fist St NW. In attendance will be: Dunbar High School, … More Notice of Special Meeting Dunbar Project
Since it is a slow news week, let me just post this item from Peter Sefton, who filed the nomination for the landmarking of the Langston and Slater Schools. (Peter’s post is from the Historic Washington list at Yahoogroups.) Stars of David medallions on Langston School Posted by: “psefton @ comcast.net” psefton @ comcast.net douglassefton … More history on the Stars of David at Langston, Slater Schools
See this post at the Historic Washington list at Yahoogroups regarding the Langston School’s Stars of David: Stars of David medallions on Langston School Posted by: “RayM” mrrayj@gmail.com dcnomaguy Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:43 am (PST) Does anyone know why the Mercer Langston School, which is entering rapid self-demolition with rotting roof and missing windows, … More Stars of David medallions on Langston School
From Bradley Thomas, ANC-5C01 Friends and Neighbors: Please see the attached notice I recently received from the Department of General Services regarding a public hearing on the surplus status of Langston and Cook Schools. Please plan to attend on January 12, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. This is exactly the input we were denied the first … More Public Hearing on the surplus status of Langston and Cook Schools
See this item from DC Council Chair Kwame Brown’s 12/17/2011 e-newsletter regarding the symbolic renaming of the unit block of N Street NW: Willie Wood Way: Dedicating a Street to a Hero It was a proud day in the Council Chamber when we were honored to welcome the legendary Green Bay Packers free safety Willie … More symbolic renaming of the unit block of N St NW
Ward5ANCSMD map 2011 12 15 See the map PDF above distributed earlier today by Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. It appears that the Bates area/Truxton circle/Dunbar-Shaw area is part of the same ANC commission as Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood, Stronghold and the McMillan Sand Filtration site. Ward 5’s Geoff Hatchard comments on the presented map … More the new Ward 5 ANC SMD map from CM Thomas
MEMBERS OF THE BATES AREA CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENTS OF ANC5C01: I just learned at the Dunbar School Improvement Team (S.I.T.) meeting on Wednesday evening that the vote to approve a curb cut in ANC5C02, which is scheduled for this coming Tuesday, December 13th, refers to the widening of the driveway into the CAPCS parking … More ANC TO VOTE ON CURB CUT
Urban Turf blog has produced a profile of Bloomingdale, which I thought that the Bates area residents might like to read. I have copied in the first two paragraphs for you. Click on the urbanturf.com link to read the entire post and to see the assorted images from around Bloomingdale. Bloomingdale: Where (Almost) Everyone Knows … More Urban Turf`s profile of Bloomingdale
Thank you to all the great neighbors and Government Officials that helped make the 2011 BACA Holiday Reception a success. Thank you to Revive Catering for their generous donation of the phenomenally delicious platters of Red Velvet Waffles and Fried Chicken. If you have not visited Revived Catering and Carryout at 8 Florida Avenue NW, … More Thank You for A Great Reception
Bates Area Civic Association 