I have often written about the various experiments that have been done at the Navy Yard; this is a topic that draws me back again and again, much like the manufacturing history of the Hill on the whole does. Imagine my surprise to discover that there was an almost wholly forgotten episode that included one […]
It’s Election Day! Don’t forget to vote –and don’t worry if it temporarily slipped your mind, because no one will let you forget it! One of the votes you’ll be casting today is for your Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners (ANC). This office, for those of you not familiar with it, is determined by your address and it is […]
Meet Anacostia’s newest bike trail. It might be the most beautiful in the region. (Greater Greater Washington) There’s Finally A Plan For Ivy City’s Historic Crummell School Site (DCist) Great Piece of Union Station History Preserved and now on Display (PoPville) Buchanan Park – History Meets Community on Capitol Hill (Urban Turf) Developer Says Capitol […]
I occasionally go through old pieces that I have written. Usually, I do this when I want to write a quick piece for a day with lower readership, such as Columbus Day. In this spirit, I looked at one of the earliest pieces here on the site. As it turned out, there was so much […]
If you’re a parent on Capitol Hill, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the maze of school options available to you– not to mention that you may not know anything about MySchoolDC, the lottery system for schools in the District. Should you entrust your precious tyke to your in-boundary school option? What IS your […]