On Saturday, May 10, from 10am-2pm, the Hill Center will host Volunteer Capitol Hill, an event aimed at bringing together the many ways you can get involved in making our neighborhood even better. The event will showcase a wide variety of opportunities for volunteer services, featuring over 30 non-profit organizations that need assistance. Whether you are […]
Recent days have been the kind you just have sit back and take it all in. Not much is prettier the springtime in DC. This duck appears to be enjoying the view on the Mall. Catch a bit of wildlife in our backyard and share it with us in the THIH Flickr group.
Catch up on last week’s DC Council hearing on CSX at the City Desk, The Washington Post, and DCist. The DC Bike Blogger discovered Mangialardo and Sons, and learned the history of the G Man sandwich. JDLand reported that flooding from last week’s rain caused damage to the pump room at Yards Park, so the fountains will […]
When I recently wrote about the Wheeler Ferry, I came across a few mentions of the ‘Lower Ferry.’ This led me to look into this, and I find out more about a part of Capitol Hill that was important in its early days – and completely gone for over 200 years now – Barry’s Wharf.
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. I remember when the first $1 million house was sold on the Hill, back in the 90s: it was quite breathtaking. […]