The tunnels underneath Capitol Hill have always fascinated me, and anyone who has seen the bookcases that line every free space in my house knows my love of books. It is therefore inevitable that I write about the book tunnel that connected the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress with the Capitol in the […]
I considered starting this post with a huge platitude: That DC is changing. Yes, of course. The gap-toothed smiles of the city have gone and gotten themselves some very deep and expensive root canals and new porcelain teeth. The few salvageable teeth have been worked extensively and are barely recognizable in some places, and no […]
Bullfrog Bagels Lands In Eastern Market (Eater DC) SkillZone DC to Open on Barracks Row (Hill Rag) Two-Year Change in Virginia Avenue Flow Looming in September (JDLand) The Push to Make Florida Avenue Market a Landmark (Urban Turf) First Images of the Design Concept for Watkins Elementary School Modernization Project (Capitol Hill Corner) Union Market’s […]
We periodically share updates and information of interest to the Capitol Hill Community. Kirsten Oldenburg is the ANC commissioner for 6B04, covering the neighborhood around Eastern Market and Barracks Row. The crime statistics are noteworthy to the whole community and Ward 6 overall. –MHC The table of violent crimes on SE Capitol Hill (Click here […]
Today’s piece really should be called, “Hooray, the National Intelligencer is online!” Yes, the first run of this venerable newspaper, founded in 1800 as Washington’s paper of record, is finally available at the Library of Congress. The insights that can be gleaned about the early days of the nation’s new capital are invaluable. In looking […]