10 Nov 2017

Development:

New Retail Tenants Announced for Hine Project

We’re still waiting on news about when C Street between 7th and 8th will officially open, but in the meantime, Stanton Development and EastBanc, Inc. have announced two new tenants for the Hine School Redevelopment: STEM Preschool and Nailsalon. The full press release is below. Washington, DC – Stanton Development and EastBanc, Inc. announced today two new tenants in […]


07 Nov 2017

Editorials:

Saying YES to Community-Building and Supporting Neighbors

Capitol Hill has long been a community that cares about it citizens and neighbors. In 1937, the Eastern Branch Boys and Girls Club (261 17th St. SE) opened to create a space that provided social and recreational activities, life skills, and wellness for boys and girls in the community. Today, we have the opportunity to […]


07 Nov 2017

News:

Hill Buzz

D.C. Didn’t Share Its Plans for Amazon HQ2 With Potential Neighbors, Angering Some (Washington City Paper) After dog dies in boarding facility, woman demands action (WUSA9) Virginia Avenue Restoration Schedule and Designs (JDLand) AtlasVet is Expanding (Frozen Tropics) Planned Poplar Point redevelopment increases retail, pedestrian-friendliness (Curbed) This U.S. senator just bought a Capitol Hill home, with plans to rent it […]


06 Nov 2017

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: A Street Railway for D.C.

Last week, we looked at several abortive attempts to build a street railway from the Navy Yard to Georgetown. Today, we will look at the eventual successful bill and how it was implemented. On January 20, 1862, John Hovey Rice, (pic) Representative from Maine, introduced a bill “to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown railroad,” according […]


02 Nov 2017

News:

DC Has Lost A Great Local News Source: RIP DCist

It appears that just a week after its writers voted to unionize with the Writers of America, East, Gothamist owner Joe Ricketts pulled the plug on DCist, along with the other -ist sites and DNAinfo.com. I must have missed the news that the DNAinfo founder had purchased Gothamist last March, so the news that the […]


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