Robert Pohl worked for many years as a computer programmer but recovered from that and became a full time stay-at-home dad. With his son now in school, he has expanded his horizons and become a self-taught historian. He has written books about his house as well as Emancipation in the District of Columbia. You can reach Robert at Robert[at]thehillishome.com
The Heritage Foundation is expanding! Not content with its locations on Capitol Hill, close to the Congresspeople it lobbies, the conservative think tank is expanding to locations across the country, opening storefronts as far away as central Illinois. Or so Representative Aaron Schock would have you believe.
As you have probably read, Canal Park was opened on Friday with the usual hoopla and DC worthies in attendance. To say that this adds another jewel to the crown that is Capitol Hill is a radical understatement. The new park breaks new ground in what makes a city a vibrant place for people to […]
The canal that once connected the Eastern Branch with the Potomac is indeed no more. But, as of about noon last Friday, after 13 plus years of work, it has been replaced by something far, far better: Canal Park. On a bright fall day, numerous D.C. luminaries came together to open a new, state-of-the-art park. […]
I have frequently gotten emails asking about some Capitol Hill location or other, and some of my most interesting columns have stemmed from user questions. But this is a first: A question via Twitter. Actually aimed at my colleague, Tim Krepp. He passed it on to me. And, what do you know, a little research later, […]
The Virginia Avenue is the railway tunnel currently getting all the press, but there’s actually a second, lesser-known, tunnel used by railways under Capitol Hill (and I don’t mean the little trains connected the Capitol with the congressional office buildings, either) No, it’s a tunnel that goes from Union Station south and west.