The Dorothy Height Community Academy Public Charter School located at 1400 1st St NW in today’s news. Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article. Education Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders By Michael Alison Chandler October 27 at 8:37 PM A Superior Court judge … More WaPo: “Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders”

Here is an update on the North Capitol Commons project, which will be down the street, as it were, from the Bates Area. The last post on the Bates blog on North Capitol Commons was on 10/03/2012. Click on the link to read the entire DC Urban Turf article. 124-Unit Micro Studio Development on North … More 124 micro unit rental new construction bldg planned for North Capitol & K St NE

For more info on the DC Office of Planning’s Mid City East Small Area Plan, go here.

Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer identified two Bates area permits.  See below. Leading permits: A new architecture firm leaps to the Warner Building Oct 23, 2014, 11:22am EDT Michael NeibauerStaff Reporter-Washington Business Journal 117 New York Ave. NW: Emergency sheeting and shoring job for this rowhome. In the summer of 2013, the property was … More DCRA permits for 117 NY Av NW, 1641 4th St NW

MiCasa was scheduled to present its plans for the Florida & Q St NW site last night at the ANC 5E meeting. See the tweet exchange below. So look forward to MiCasa appearing at a future ANC 5E meeting to present its plans for the DHCD site. MiCasa is the third entrant to respond to … More MiCasa will reschedule its Florida & Q NW development presentation for a future ANC 5E meeting

See DC.Curbed’s post on DC murals in Northwest DC. Mapping 61 Street Murals in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Tuesday, October 21, 2014, by Michelle Goldchain A few of these murals are located along Florida Avenue NW. FLORIDA ST & NORTH CAPITOL ST Unknown by Anonymous 8 FLORIDA AVE Shhh by Karl Addison and James Bullough 312 … More Bates Area murals (courtesy of DC.Curbed)

A message from North Capitol Main Street: Want to keep up with the buzz about the businesses along North Capitol Street and 1st Street NW (and in between) — the businesses within the North Capitol Main Street boundaries? And are you a Twitter user and / or an Instagram user? North Capitol Main Street is … More you are invited to follow North Capitol Main Street on Twitter & Instagram !‏

Note the ANC 5E meeting agenda below includes Uncle Chip’s ABRA license.