Borderstan Brief

Boring Story — Meet Lucy Diggs Slowe, a tunnel-boring machine hard at work digging a 2,700-foot-long tunnel underneath 1st Street NW. Although the project might make life easier for people living in the flood-prone LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale neighborhoods, some residents say the construction process has been a nuisance. [Express]

Small Fry: “Pretty Tasty” — If you haven’t been to Small Fry in Park View yet, here’s what you’re missing. [New Columbia Heights]

Condo con Grow Closet — Need a place to live and to grow weed? Look no further than this Park View condo. [Curbed, Urbanturf]

Will Metro Ever Get Wireless Service? — One member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it’s about time to expand cell phone service to the majority of Metro’s tunnels. [Washington Post]

Person Stabbed in Dupont Circle — A person was stabbed in Dupont Circle on Saturday. [Borderstan]