Shotgun House and Frager’s Garden Center Sold – 120 Apartments Coming to 1200 Block of PA Ave SE (Capitol Hill Corner) Southeast D.C. neighborhood becomes fed up with crime after woman injured in shooting (WJLA) A Slightly New Look For Frager’s Hardware Redevelopment (Urban Turf) Free Friday Night Fishing Returns to Teague Park (JDLand) Update […]
DC Moms & Dads for Rational Gun Safety Legislation is a group of D.C. parents who lack voting representation in Congress but want to show support for meaningful national legislation that will prevent gun violence. They are organizing a march from Lincoln Park to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 5. Wear your patriotic or […]
I wrote last week about an early steam engine installed at the Washington Navy Yard. Today, we’ll look at a newer, better one. – ad the man who designed it. A sawmill had been part of the Navy Yard since at least 1810, and it was an improved version of this one that burned in […]
Sometimes the news is so incredibly sad and inexplicable that there is very little to say. Such is the case in the death of Stephanie Goodloe. Goodloe, who was a youth pastor at Mount Gilead Baptist Church, was described by her friends as a “God-fearing passionate woman with an infectious smile” left behind a daughter, Simaya, […]
I recently finally read Gordon Brown’s book The Captain Who Burned His Ships, about Thomas Tingey and his building – and rebuilding – of the Washington Navy Yard. I learned a fair bit along the way, including new information about one of my favorite characters in Navy Yard – and Washington D.C. – history: Benjamin […]