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Local outlets- Resolution on Friendship Heights (Maryland) Sector Plan
- The Ghost of a Classic DC Movie Theater
- Opponents of Friendship Heights development take their cause to the street
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved6 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 32 are active this week, reserving 4,356 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 45200 block of Wisconsin AvenueC3
- Nov 55100 block of 44th StreetB3
- Nov 64300 block of Jenifer StreetC2
- Nov 8–Jan 14200 block of Chesapeake StreetC5
- Nov 8–134800 block of 42nd StreetD5
- Nov 8–135200 block of 44th StreetB3
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days35 permits were issued Oct 5–Oct 29. Most are trade work; these 0 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
No additions, demolitions or new buildings were permitted in the last 30 days.
Today’s condition
Nov 1311 requests in Friendship Heights fell to 459 in the last 30 days, from 538 the 30 days before (−15%). The biggest swing: roadway signs fell to 17 from 71. Biggest rise: yard-waste pickups rose to 85 from 67.
6 rising / 8 easing / 2 steady, across the 16 kinds of 311 request with at least 10 in either period. A change within 10% (or 2 requests) counts as steady.
Measures
Latest period vs the one before- Crime reports
- 9
- 3 more; small counts swing month to month
- 6 the 30 days before
- Last 30 days · counts only, never mapped
Homes
Sales, OTRMonthly median house price; blank months had under 3 sales. Last 60 days: $1.30M median from 7 sales. 51 of 80 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5402 Connecticut Ave NW # 204condo | Oct 6 | $335K |
| 5405 39th St NWhouse, 3 bd, 2,134 sq ft | Oct 5 | $1.85M |
| 4114 Emery Pl NWhouse, 3 bd, 2,026 sq ft | Oct 5 | $1.40M |
| 3814 Kanawha St NWhouse, 4 bd, 2,024 sq ft | Oct 4 | $1.30M |
| 5316 42nd St NWhouse, 5 bd, 3,506 sq ft | Oct 1 | $2.00M |
Sales are tied to Friendship Heights through OTR assessment sub-areas Chevy Chase A and American University A in OTR's Integrated Tax System Public Extract, not through the DC Health planning-area boundary used elsewhere on this site, because the tax extract has no coordinates. The two areas overlap but do not match exactly. Fit with the Friendship Heights boundary, measured this run by tax square (a square counts as inside if any DC address point on it falls inside the DC Health polygon, so edge squares make these upper bounds; measured 2026-11-02): 58% of the 2,236 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 93% of house and condo parcels on in-boundary squares belong to the OTR area(s). Homes
Top 311 requests
Last 30 daysLast 30 days, bar; the tick and small number are the 30 days before. 120 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 5–Oct 29Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Red maple 198, Japanese zelkova 136, Willow oak 129, Red oak 98, Chinese elm 77
Biggest trunks
- American elm, 58 in across
- American sycamore, 56 in across
- Willow oak, 55 in across
- Ginkgo (female), 53 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 27. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 125 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Monday for most blocks (64 of 125); Thursday for 48DPW collection routes. Recycling: Monday for most blocks (65 of 125); Thursday for 53.
- Leaf collection
- Not started yetZone 3B (125 blocks). We have not reached your section yet. Each section will receive two weekends’ notice of when to rake your leaves to the tree box or curb. Please check back on Friday for an update on our collection schedule. DPW leaf collection
- Street sweeping
- Check the posted signsDC doesn’t publish a current block-by-block sweeping schedule; residential sweeping runs March to October. DPW street cleaning
- Snow emergency routes
- Wisconsin AveNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Janney, MurchElementary, depending on the block. Middle: Deal. High: Jackson-Reed. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 3252 block sides have residential permit parking.
History
Friendship Heights in the recordIn 1918, one builder put up 16 buildings on the 5300 block of 41st Street NW under 1 permits. The largest permit alone covered 16 buildings at an estimated $104,000. D2
1,281 historic building permits on record, 1892–2012, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
The newspaper archive couldn’t be reached tonight; clips return with the next run. More history
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
Friendship Heights overlaps 2 single-member districts in 1 advisory neighborhood commission. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Jonathan Bender
- Tom Quinn
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Elsewhere in DC
- From the MPD Blotter
- Inside the October ANC Meeting: Stadium Roof Discussion and New Homes on M Street SW
- #LifeInMVT Photo Of the Week: More Retail Comes to the Triangle!
- “Old Banneker High School Trees All Gone”
- Last* Christmas Tree in Town – Happy (almost) Halloween!!
Also here: about the data.