Most Popular Posts - Ever
Following are the most popular UrbanTurf articles ever, from most to least popular.
A Look at the Obamas' Future Digs in DC
UrbanTurf Staff | May 25th 2016
After leaving the White House, the Obamas will rent a nine-bedroom mansion in Kalorama, UrbanTurf has learned.... read»
Is Adams Morgan Becoming Posh?
Shilpi Paul | August 2nd 2013
The 18th Street retail strip in Adams Morgan, long regarded as a ramshackle mix of ethnic shops and drunken nightlife spots, may slowly but surely be ... read»
Former Brookland Safeway to Become Shipping Container Condos
UrbanTurf Staff | September 23rd 2016
Hinds Development and Travis Price Architects are taking a former grocery store in Brookland and repurposing the site with four, two-bedroom apartment... read»
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The Future of Friendship Heights?
Nena Perry-Brown | April 23rd 2021
The DC Office of Planning enlisted an Urban Land Institute panel to study how the DC-Maryland neighborhood could be redeveloped.... read»
Cabin John: In With The New While Maintaining the Old
Amanda Abrams | October 21st 2011
Nestled close to the Potomac River, Cabin John is an eclectic, leafy community with a long history, a range of funky houses, and just enough commercia... read»
Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro
UrbanTurf Staff | July 15th 2015
The development will consist of a whopping seven residential buildings totaling 1,555 residential units, and will be built over six phases.... read»
Capitol Hill Tenant Offering TOPA Rights to the Highest Bidder
Nena Perry-Brown | September 1st 2016
While TOPA was enacted to protect tenants from potentially advantageous landlords and buyers, UrbanTurf was recently made aware of an instance where a... read»
The Wal-Mart Effect, DC Style
Amanda Abrams | December 8th 2010
When Wal-Mart announced in mid-November that it would be building four new stores around DC, the city's blogosphere went wild. But now that the hyster... read»
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