An 8-foot statue of “Mayor for Life” Marion Barry is taking shape. It’s set to be erected outside the John A. Wilson Building in downtown D.C. News4’s Tom Sherwood spoke with the sculptor, Steven Weitzman, on what he wanted to show. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Permanent-Tribute-For-Marion-_The-Mayor-For-Life_-Barry-Takes-Shape_Washington-DC-420022543.html
O’Leary addressed the topic of construction along Interstate 35 at the Main Street intersection. The upgrade project, which will go as far south as the State Highway 9 interchange and north of the Indian Hills Road area, will be ongoing for at least six years. Currently under construction is the Main Street interchange. Known as […]
Washington DC -– The DC community will come together to celebrate the revitalization of the H Street NE corridor. The ceremony will culminate with the activation of the water feature that frames the Starburst Intersection mural. It completes the artist’s and city’s vision for the artwork to remind passersby of the change and renewal that […]
Clearwater, Florida – The City of Clearwater, Florida was building a new bridge at the intersection of US19 & SR60 and the community wanted it to have a nautical theme to compliment the marine character of this historic resort town. Weitzman Studios (WSI) devised sea shells as though they were washing up in the tide […]
Biden uses tribute in Capitol for abolitionist Frederick Douglass to pitch DC voting rights (Carolyn Kaster/ Associated Press ) – From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Vice […]
In 2012, after a five-year wait, a bill authored by Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) and back by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) was unanimously voted upon to have the Frederick Douglass statue placed on Capitol Hill. “I think it is a really good way to show how a long time residence of Dc and advocate […]
WASHINGTON — Perhaps nowhere in America do the people of the District of Columbia feel less respected than in the District of Columbia. Their lone delegate to the House must sit, seething, as Congress approves the District’s annual budget, absent the vote of that delegate, who is prohibited from voting in the House. A statue […]
The museum’s main timeline of Colorado history is now digital, unlike the old static one that ended a little early due to the fact that the museum ran out of wall space. This version is projected on a wall in the lobby and unfolds in a 27-minute loop covering 10,000 years. The same microtile wall […]
Between the towns of Laurell and Scaggsville in Howard County en route to the city of Baltimore, Md., a 1-mile (1.6 km) stretch of Maryland’s Interstate 216 needed to have its vehicle noise levels shielded from a highly populated community. This could have been done with conventional concrete soundwalls, which have been used successfully in […]