23 Feb 2016

News:

Hill Buzz

Closing D.C. General Doesn’t Make It Any Easier to Open Another Family Shelter in Ward 6 (City Desk) What to Wear When Riding the Streetcar (Frozen Tropics) Zoning Changes in Depth: Alley Dwellings (UrbanTurf) Like You, Nando’s Seems Extremely Skeptical of the Streetcar (City Desk) This is what will replace Park’s Hardware on H Street […]


22 Feb 2016

News:

Last Day to Vote For Akilah’s Doodle4Google!

Today, February 22, is the last day you can vote in Google’s annual Doodle4Google competition: make sure you vote for Eastern High School‘s Akilah Johnson‘s doodle in the 9-12 category! Recently, FOX5 profiled the talented sophomore on the creation of her art. The assignment for this year’s doodle was to create a doodle reflective of the […]


22 Feb 2016

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: The Arrival of John Surratt

The Washington Navy Yard was used not just for the building, repair, and outfitting of ships, as well as the manufacturing of ordnance, it also was an important entryway to Washington, especially back in the day when the water was the best way to approach the capital. Curiosity drove many people to the Navy Yard […]


19 Feb 2016

Podcasts:

THIH Podcast: Neighborhood Reactions to The DC Streetcar

Recently, Jen deMayo and I went on a walk down H Street NE and chatted about the Streetcar. At the time (February 8), there was a tentative announcement in the air: the DC Streetcar may be open to the public “on or around February 20th.” With that info, we talked to business owners, workers, and […]


15 Feb 2016

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Library of Congress Open House

This particular post is a rerun on a day that I hope most of you will be able to spend with your families – at home, no less, given the weather that is bearing down on Washington. However, today it is more accurate to speak of ‘lost’ than the last time I ran it; as […]


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