The stretch of 21st Street between H and I streets will close this Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to an e-mail sent to Foggy Bottom residents yesterday.
The closure is due to roof work at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. According to the e-mail – sent by Britany Waddell, GW’s director of community relations – a crane will be used to remove equipment from the roof of the building.
Workers repair the sidewalk on the corner of 22nd and G streets. Sarah Scire/Hatchet photographer
The D.C. Department of Transportation is currently working on a seven-week construction project on 22nd Street NW between G and H streets.
The project, which began around May 11, is expected to be completed by June 30, and will include the repair or replacement of sidewalks, upgraded wheelchair ramps, and resurfaced road pavement.
The sidewalk outside Funger Hall was replaced with brick shortly before Commencement Weekend, and the DDoT worked with GW to ensure there would be access to buildings affected by the construction, according to a letter sent to residents by Muhammed Khalid, the transportation department’s program manager.
Though the street will be resurfaced, the letter said the DDoT intends to leave at least one lane of traffic open at all times.
Anyone on G Street between 10:30 a.m. and noon today probably noticed that there was a group of cement trucks lined up and Metropolitan Police Department Officers on scene. The trucks were traveling to the construction site of the new residence hall. An officer said they had responded because the trucks were leaking wet cement on the street all the way from Maine Avenue. A faint line of cement was apparent down G Street and on 20th Street.
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Traffic on the corner of 23 and F streets is now running in both directions after a two-car accident closed the northbound lane for over an hour Thursday evening. There were no injuries to either of the drivers or passenger in the striking vehicle, a red Honda.
The Office of Community Service hosted its annual Hunger Banquet Wednesday night, attracting approximately 70 guests on the premise of free food and a night free from J Street.
The pedestrian passageway that runs under Guthridge Hall will close Monday, Nov. 23 and remain out of service until Spring 2010, according to an e-mail Thursday from Residential Property Management.
Freshman Joseph Song woke up at 6:30 a.m. on Monday so he could be one of the first students of the day to register for classes. But like many students, Song ran into technical problems with the GWeb registration system that keep him from getting the classes he wanted.
Two students are facing drug charges after police seized marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia from a Foggy Bottom townhouse last month in a raid that yielded five student arrests.
BOSTON - With the game clock nearing expiration in Tuesday's first half, freshman Lasan Kromah officially announced his presence on this Colonials team. He did not say it with words, but instead etched it with a dagger, connecting from downtown on a pass from classmate Bryan Bynes and sending GW into the break with a six-point advantage and a crowd-kill
The Student Association's Dining Services Commission has met only once this semester and has made almost no progress on the changes to dining for which students have asked. Last year, the DSC pushed for lower prices, prompting Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz to ask Sodexo, the food service provider in the Marvin Center, to reconsider its
Steven Kelts balanced three boxes of pizza in one hand as he carefully removed his GWorld from his wallet and swiped into International House.
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