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Some DC streets close this week for IMF and World Bank spring meetings

By Tracy Johnke

Global finance leaders are having a local impact on traffic.

They’re in Downtown D.C. for the IMF and World Bank spring meetings, and that means road closures and parking restrictions.

Through Saturday at 7 p.m., D.C. police said the following streets will be posted as emergency no parking:

  • H Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to 20th Street NW
  • 19th Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to G Street NW
  • Pennsylvania Avenue from 18th Street to 1924 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (south curb only)
  • G Street from 19th Street to 20th Street NW (north curb only)

Through Saturday at 5 p.m., the following street will be closed:

  • H Street from 19th Street to 20th Street NW

From Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Saturday at 5 p.m., the following streets will be closed:

  • H Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to 20th Street NW
  • 19th Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to G Street NW

D.C. police said street closures and listed times could change depending on the conditions. And if drivers must be in the area, they should expect delays.

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National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.
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