46 Units Will Replace Capitol Hill Church and Adjacent Rowhouses (UrbanTurf) D.C. Is Well On The Way To Getting Its First Winery (DCist) Pre-Construction on 11th Street Bridge Park Could Begin in September (UrbanTurf) Separating Fact from Fiction on the Maryland Avenue Road Diet (Frozen Tropics) From Anacostia to Cleveland Park, The Startling Home Price Increase in […]
Given that France was the first ally that the United States had, it is remarkable that it was not until the Civil War that a French warship visited the capital of the United States. However, this is exactly what the newspapers of the time insisted was the case when the Gassendi visited the Washington Navy […]
D.C. Streetcar project gets off on the wrong track for many locals (Washington Times) Residences, Artist Incubator Space Planned For Star and Shamrock Building on H Street (Urban Turf) Whole Foods is Slightly Delayed, So What? (Frozen Tropics) This DC park is pretty much the definition of desolate. How can the National Park Service change […]
We are lucky to have a friend as well as a Councilmember in Charles Allen. He and his team periodically send a Ward 6 update. We are sharing the latest one, in case you missed it. Does it feel a bit like summer is winding down? Schools are getting back in session and Labor Day is […]
This weekend, I was pointed to a post by Architect of the Capital (not to be confused with the Architect of the Capitol) about a trove of Soviet-era maps, the men who have made a study of them – and the map of Washington, D.C. that was created at a time when it might have […]