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Home Prices Surge Again in Glover Park
Glover Park row house prices rose again in 2022, climbing another 12% or $143,000 to a new record average of $1,325,000. Home prices have...
Chris Jones
Jan 10, 2023
Happy Crime Year in Glover Park
Crime in Glover Park ended 2022 about as expected, after the mid-year report (here) of a startling rise in thefts from automobiles. It...
Chris Jones
Jan 4, 2023
Tis the Season for Events in Glover Park
The holiday season has arrived in Glover Park and neighborhood events are full of abundance, gratitude, merriment and generosity. Check...
Chris Jones
Nov 23, 2022
Leaving the Leaves in Glover Park
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s goal of 40% tree canopy coverage of Washington DC by 2032 has one drawback – so many leaves! Glover Park as a...
Chris Jones
Nov 21, 2022
Electric Road Warriors in Glover Park
Have you gotten the feeling lately that you are living in an electric vehicle version of a Mad Max movie? Instead of gasoline, these...
Chris Jones
Nov 12, 2022
Glover Park ANC Elections Heat Up
Admittedly, Glover Park’s biennial Advisory Neighborhood Commission elections usually are not all that enthralling. Two years ago the...
Chris Jones
Oct 7, 2022
Slate Wine Bar Closes
Slate Wine Bar at 2404 Wisconsin Avenue closed permanently last week on September 22nd after a decade in Glover Park. Wait, read on –...
Chris Jones
Sep 29, 2022
Back to Business in Glover Park
Summer vacation is over, the overseers are demanding you return to offices and schools even if you have had Covid three times, and Glover...
Chris Jones
Sep 9, 2022
Auto Crime Skyrockets in Glover Park
Typically I will do a crime update at the end of the year, though a startling rise in auto crimes is worth a mid-year alert. Glover Park...
Chris Jones
Jul 8, 2022
The Hidden Embassy Row of Glover Park
Most people know Washington DC’s Embassy Row – that center of diplomacy, culture and architecture on Massachusetts Avenue, but did you...
Chris Jones
Jun 10, 2022
He Was Psyched About Glover Park
Zach Ewell lived in Glover Park for four years until he moved out earlier this year. He was psyched enough about his experience to create...
Chris Jones
Jun 1, 2022
Glover Park Business Happenings
Business in Glover Park certainly has not stagnated. Capital flows in and out as investors come and go, independent owners build their...
Chris Jones
May 25, 2022
Glover Park Events Return!
Events in Glover Park have returned with a bang! Turn off that Zoom and put away the device – all these April events are in person, and...
Chris Jones
Apr 13, 2022
NY Developer Pays $27.7 Million for Glover Park Building
Marx Realty, a New York City-based real estate investment company, purchased 2121 Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park on February 3rd, 2022...
Chris Jones
Feb 18, 2022
In Bocca al Lupo Coming to Glover Park
Another Italian restaurant named In Bocca al Lupo will be opening in Glover Park this spring where Arcuri vacated last year at 2400...
Chris Jones
Feb 14, 2022
Glover Park Whole Foods is Open! (asterisk)
The five-year saga of the closed Whole Foods in Glover Park has ended. Mostly*. The grocery store has re-opened, but if you want to shop...
Chris Jones
Feb 9, 2022
Mario's Trattoria is Open!
Mario's Trattoria, which has replaced Surfside at 2444 Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park, is open for business! Currently, they are in...
Chris Jones
Jan 28, 2022
Glover Park Home Prices Rise Another Hundred Large
Glover Park row house prices rose 9.5% in 2021, an increase of over $100,000, to $1,183,000 on average compared to 2020 (see chart...
Chris Jones
Jan 18, 2022
Glover Park Crime Rebounds
Crime in Glover Park bounced back to 2019 levels after a Covid lockdown-driven drop in crime in 2020. Reported crimes totaled 153, way up...
Chris Jones
Jan 3, 2022
Whiskey Ventures Scraps Restaurant Plan
The former Bourbon restaurant in Glover Park at 2348 Wisconsin Avenue has sat vacant and increasingly dilapidated since closing in...
Chris Jones
Dec 20, 2021
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