Today, getting to Washington DC is easy – the most difficult task is to decide which of the many modes of transport you will use to get here. And unless you get stuck in traffic, finding a route in is as easy as turning on Google maps. Obviously, it was not always thus, particularly in […]
The 1822 city directory of Washington DC, the city’s first, lists a number of people as either living near, or working at, the “Bank of Washington.” Today, no such establishment exists any more. In its day it was one of the more important banks on Capitol Hill, and, in fact, the oldest in all the […]
The Heritage Foundation is expanding! Not content with its locations on Capitol Hill, close to the Congresspeople it lobbies, the conservative think tank is expanding to locations across the country, opening storefronts as far away as central Illinois. Or so Representative Aaron Schock would have you believe.
As you have probably read, Canal Park was opened on Friday with the usual hoopla and DC worthies in attendance. To say that this adds another jewel to the crown that is Capitol Hill is a radical understatement. The new park breaks new ground in what makes a city a vibrant place for people to […]
I have frequently gotten emails asking about some Capitol Hill location or other, and some of my most interesting columns have stemmed from user questions. But this is a first: A question via Twitter. Actually aimed at my colleague, Tim Krepp. He passed it on to me. And, what do you know, a little research later, […]