Over the last two weeks, I have looked at a long-gone alley in NE Washington, Schott’s Alley. While the press at the time was almost uniformly negative, the longer piece by Pauline Pry was particularly dour, to the point that it seemed that the author had some kind of ax to grind. A very different […]

Last week, I gave an overview of Schott’s Alley, which existed for many years in the shadow of the Senate Office Building. As a look at the census records showed, it was the dominion of the laborers and the recently arrived in the city. Unsurprisingly, Schott’s Alley rarely appeared in the pages of the news […]

Our friends at Casey Trees are not only great stewards of the city’s tree canopy, but they are also a great resource to help you identify the trees in DC. In case you didn’t know it, they have a beautiful cherry tree map that you can access here, where you can identify the street trees […]

I’m soooo predictable, but prepare yourself to see a lot of photos in this spot for a number of weeks to come. This neighborhood shines in spring and it’s large due to the blood, sweat and tears that goes into gardening in our tiny yards and gnarly tree boxes. Thanks @lucysgardenlife for capturing the anticipation […]