Hill Chica

06 Mar 2014

See It While It Lasts: Richard III Runs Through March 16

So, with all the freezing temps and such I’ve been advocating staying close to home and warm. Surely this is the “winter of our discontent” (Act I, Scene I). But, indeed, I did “play the devil’ (Act I, Scene 3) because you’re running out of time to see Richard III at the Folger Shakespeare Library. […]


03 Mar 2014

Hill's Eye View: Think About This

Spring is on the way, really it is. Be a love and share photographs that remind us of what we anticipate so dearly about spring on Capitol Hill with the THIH Flickr group.


28 Feb 2014

Remembrances: Gertrude "Louise" Morgal, Market Produce Vendor

There are some characters on Capitol Hill that you feel like you know simply since you’ve observed them for years. They’re threads that knit the neighborhood together, and in their absence it becomes clear how their spirit was integral to our beloved ‘burg. Louise Morgal, a staple of the market community since the 1960s, was […]


27 Feb 2014

Mayor Gray, Invoked by Parents, Will Keep Funding for Payne Elementary in Place

Parents of children enrolled at Payne Elementary, located at C and 14th Street Southeast, urged Capitol Hill residents, those with or without kids, to call Mayor Gray’s office to plead for funding for the school’s renovations, previously scheduled to begin next year, with total funding of $12.5 million, to be restored — and at a meeting […]


26 Feb 2014

Hill's Eye View: Little Red Schoolhouse

It’s an oldie but goodie. Peabody Primary School was built in 1879, and named after George Peabody, an early American financier and philanthropist. Tim Krepp told us more a few years back. Read on to learn a bit about the neighborly hub-hub regarding the naming. It turns out Georgetown-ers and Hill-folk didn’t see eye to […]


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