One of the more picturesque aspects of urban life, the alley plays an important role in our modern urban life: they are not just holders of garbage cans and keepers of the parking spot, but they are doorways to secret gardens, urban oases, music venues and more. Alley buildings and Capitol Hill go hand in […]
Capitol Hill is getting another grocery store that will make many residents very excited. Washington Business Journal reported today that Trader Joe’s will be opening a store on Capitol Hill in the Hine School project site. The store is expected to open in 2017.
Paging through old newspapers, you often come across classified ads that would not have been out of place in the Agony Column of the London Times, which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his creation, Sherlock Holmes, describe as “a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings! A rag-bag of singular happening! But surely the most valuable […]
Ditch the car for easy and excellently located urban living! 115 E St SE Unit 302 is one block from Capitol South metro and open this Sunday from 1-3. This elegant beautifully renovated 2 bedroom 2 bath condo has tons of windows and light and is listed at $439.5k. Great new kitchen with bar, granite and cherry cabinets and […]
Every year, neighbors come together to host a series of dinner parties –all themed around a different book– as a unique way to raise money for the Capitol Hill Community Foundation’s grants to community schools. In 2014, grants totaling more than $100,000 were given to fund special projects and programs for our schoolchildren. Each dinner is […]