This is a short one this week and focuses (mostly) on posts from our local ANC commissioners’ blogs. —The Washington Post wrote about the neighbors’ opposition to the CSX project. –ANC Commissioner Brian Flahaven expressed his frustrations after the ANC 6B Transportation Committee meeting on the status of the Capitol Hill Transportation Study. –ANC Commissioner […]
When I saw the thread on the Newhilleast list serve I clicked the link and read the email thread. It amazes me not only the way we can complain about something thanks to email list serves and blogs, but the way we can attack one another in the most private of public forums. So, when […]
Anne Trenolone, an alert reader and involved community member, sent along some communications she’s been having with DDOT regarding the plans to install a traffic light at 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, and many of us at The Hill is Home started to think about the ramifications of getting a light installed there. According […]
A friend of mine recently pointed out that there were so few Jewish families on the Hill that they held Jewish School –where their children could learn about Jewish history and religion– in a church. It wasn’t always thus: Capitol Hill had, for a time, a thriving Jewish community, including a synagogue. Today’s post examines […]
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. Bargain hunting? Breathing Room … 604 Kentucky Ave SE, #B Here’s one for ya : originally $725k, now listed at $624k […]