After more than a decade of starts and stops, The Wharf finally arrives. On Oct. 12, the Southwest waterfront will begin a new era bringing the nation’s waterfront on par with other great waterfront cities. As professor Robert Lewis says, “Washington has comparatively little residential, commercial, or cultural structures occupying […]
As the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery prepare for their joint reopening, we talked with one of our neighbors, Carol Huh. Carol was the first curator of contemporary art at the galleries, which are devoted to Asian art. In the last 10 years, she has […]
Last week, I was able to hang a new DC flag on my front porch. Don’t worry, as a councilmember, I had one already. But now, I was proudly hanging a DC flag that had flown on the John A. Wilson Building’s flagpole earlier this year. I was proud to […]
The most anticipated opening at The Wharf come Oct. 12 might not be any of the dozens of restaurants and shops, but instead the building underneath The Channel apartments. It is a building that “has the illusion of a stadium, but the intimacy of a nightclub,” according to Foo Fighters frontman […]
When owner Mark Kirwan describes his Irish pub coming to The Wharf, he says, “I put my name on it so you know I believe in it. This is a real Irish feeling, not a Disneyland Ireland experience.” And that holds true, down to the pictures on the walls of […]
Politics and Prose, DC’s premier independent bookstore, has announced the opening of a new location at The Wharf! The store will occupy about 2,300 square feet in what’s being called District Square, alongside an impressive array of other tenants—including 6,000-capacity music venue The Anthem. Politics and Prose has an impressive […]
Last Chance to Tour DC’s Floating Homes Before Wharf Grand Opening Southwest DC is gearing up for the grand opening of the Wharf, and one community of Southwesters will be dramatically transformed by the new development. On Saturday, Oct. 7, the live-aboard residents of Gangplank Marina will open their doors […]
