Current plans for bike lanes on Florida Ave NE won’t make biking there that much safer (Greater Greater Washington) A Land Trust in the Works to Preserve Affordability in Anacostia (Urban Turf) City Advances Hill East Boys and Girls Club Redevelopment – RFP to be Released in April (Capitol Hill Corner) How a tweet inspired […]
I have frequently written about the Library of Congress in the past, which is unsurprising in that it is a) and important institution here on the Hill, and b) a place I spend a fair bit of time, both as a tour guide and as a researcher. While you can get in as a visitor […]
I thought it was maybe just my imagination at first. But, as it turns out, yes, the whistles from trains going through the Virginia Avenue train tunnel are louder than they used to be. If you have also noticed it, here’s the answer. The good news is that it should be temporary (much like the National […]
I wrote last week of the first Ebenezer church on 4th Street SE. Today we will look at its replacement – a building that is still standing. It is unsurprising that a church built in 1811 would have become out of date and unusable by 1857. This is exactly what happened to Ebenezer. In spite of […]