For me, it’s more than a theoretical question. In the spring of 1963, I was part of a meeting at 301 G St. SW, one of the early apartment buildings of the “new” Southwest that was then arising on the ashes of the “old.” A group of us—black and white, from the newly developing area […]
An Interview with Navy Yard’s Own Bailiwick Clothing Company
Who are you? I’m JC Smith, and along with my brother Jeff, we’re Bailiwick Clothing Company—two brothers that started a clothing company in our adopted home of Washington, DC. We’re originally from Ohio, but when we relocated to DC almost a decade ago, we had a hard time finding cool T-shirts that represented DC without looking […]
New CBCC Board Member and New Directions
The Near Southeast/Southwest Community Benefits Coordinating Committee (CBCC) welcomes LaVerne Naughton as its latest addition to the board. Naughton is a native Washingtonian who grew up on Capitol Hill and attended DC public schools. She moved to the Southwest neighborhood in January 2000 with her husband, the late Reverend Ezra A. Naughton, and immediately […]
Music Venue Coming to the Heart of The Wharf’s Entertainment Street
Restaurateurs Bruce A. Gates, Nicholas Fontana, and Henry Gandy announce Pearl Street Warehouse, a 4,000-square-foot, 300-person live music venue to open at The Wharf on DC’s Southwest Waterfront in Oct. 2017. Evoking great American music cities such as New York, Seattle, Nashville, and Austin, Pearl Street Warehouse will showcase music seven nights a week including […]
Aging in Place: It Takes a Senior Village
Some 100 Southwest residents turned out at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on a cold, windy February night to celebrate the official launch of Waterfront Village—a neighborhood effort to enable southwest residents to “age in place,” i.e., remain in their own homes as they age into their 70s, 80s, and even beyond. Neither a government-sponsored social […]
Getting Ready for Our Fourth Annual Spring Kick-off!
Are you ready to get your hands in some Southwest DC dirt? Well, if you didn’t know, Southwest has a community garden located in Lansburgh Park (1098 Delaware Ave.) that has a communal section that’s open to everyone to participate. The spring kick-off marks the re-opening of the garden for the year, and the resumption […]
PSA 105 Meeting Notes
The January PSA meeting took place on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Lt. Darnel Robinson (Darnel.Robinson@dc.gov) and Officer Charles (CJ) Smith represented the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) at the meeting. Eleven community members were in attendance. Update on Neighborhood Criminal Activity Lt. Robinson started the meeting by talking about his diverse 13 years of experience with MPD, including several years […]