Capitol Hill is a great place for pedestrians. Most of the time. Those of us who are car-less, or in one-car families, and dependent on our feet, our bikes or our weighed-down strollers cross a lot of intersections to make it home safely. And a few of them in my neck of the woods are […]
On Friday, Councilmember Wells handed out the Brickies, otherwise known as the Livable Walkable Awards. The awards recognize individuals, organizations, businesses and spaces that make Ward 6 a desirable environment for all manner of people and uses. This is the first year that Ward 6 includes the Shaw neighborhood, so Wellslandia has crept further into […]
Taylor Gourmet’s newest venture, Taylor Charles Steak & Ice opens Wednesday! More from Young & Hungry, H Street Great Street and Frozen Tropics. Fear not, Philadelphia Water Ice is not closed. Frozen Tropics explains. Eater DC and Frozen Tropics reported that Neil Patrick Harris (also well known as Barney Stinson and Doogie Howser) dined at Toki […]
Last week, I introduced the “Traveller’s Directory, or a Pocket Companion Shewing the Course of the Main Road From Philadelphia to New York and From Philadelphia to Washington with Descriptions of the Places Through Which It Passes, and the Intersections of the Cross Roads,” and promised to look more closely at the route described therein. […]
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. There was a spurt of development on Capitol Hill in the 1970s . One interesting by-product of this era was a […]