This Time, It Was Quiet: Fight Over Union Arts Dissipates As Artists Negotiate Exit
After four contentious hearings and more than three months, artists have agreed to vacate the D.C. building known as Union…
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Developers Tweak Plans For Union Arts Hotel Project As Protests Continue
After private meetings and public protests, developers say they’ve made conciliatory changes to the proposed redevelopment of the Union Arts…
Musicians Organize Benefit For Union Arts, Creative Space Slated For Redevelopment
With emotions running high about the pending redevelopment of Union Arts, a large DIY venue and arts space in Northeast D.C., local…
Artists Pack D.C. Hearing To Protest The Demise Of Union Arts
With another D.C. arts facility losing the battle against gentrification, about 100 artists packed a hearing Monday night to protest its…
How Two Art Spaces Have Survived In Gentrifying D.C.
On May 21, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library hosted “District Of Change: Making D.C. Better For the Arts,”…