Some days are entirely too hot to be outside and an indoor play area that focuses on gymnastics is just the kind of space for parents of young kids on the Hill. The Little Gym on Capitol Hill will be opening this coming Monday, July 13, to help fill that very need. Mind you, being […]
To finally bring our long look at Capitol Hill subways to a close, today we will look at what is currently transporting Senators under Constitution Avenue to the Capitol. The 1960s subway really started to go into a decline with the opening of the Hart Building in 1981, with the distance to be traversed just […]
I have looked at the original two systems that sped senators between their offices and the Capitol over the last two weeks. The monorail, which was not universally beloved, managed to remain in use for 40 years. In the end, it was not the noise that caused its demise, but the extension of the Senate […]
On June 6, former faculty of the Joy of Motion Dance Center (JOMDC), a dance studio with several locations around the District–– including one housed within the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street between 13th and 14th Streets NE– wrote a poignant letter demanding that the Board of Directors address systemic problems within. They […]
I wrote last week about the cars that used to traverse the tunnel under Constitution Avenue that connected the Senate Office Building and the Capitol. The system had not really been the first choice of the Senators, but had been selected to save money. Unsurprisingly, there soon was a push for a new transportation system. […]