20 Jan 2016

DC:

Snow Storm Preparation

I am generally the first to scoff at early weather predictions for “historic snowfall,” but since even the Capital Weather Gang is starting to say that heavy snowfall is more than likely, I think it’s time to start preparing. It was also this same weekend last year I chose to not believe the forecasts and […]


19 Jan 2016

News:

Hill Buzz

.@ChefTeddy & @Maison_Dixon Nashville style hot chicken to take over @VendettaDC & open brewpub this year (H Street Great Street) Bocce Bar Vendetta Will Become a Brewpub (Young & Hungry) DC Sex Assault Suspect Walked Away From Halfway House (NBC4) ANC 6B Commissioner Flahaven Resigns (Hill Rag) An NFL stadium in DC could be suitably […]


18 Jan 2016

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Adam George Herold Sr.

As I work through the history of the Navy Yard neighborhood (or Navy Yard Hill, as we have learned to call it) a look into the area’s most infamous resident seemed in order, that of David Herold, Lincoln conspirator, and the man who was with John Wilkes Booth when the latter was killed. The question […]


15 Jan 2016

Things We Take For Granted:

Help the DC Preservation League Identify Vacant Properties

If you love the historic character of our neighborhood and want to help preserve it and protect it from getting razed or becoming an ugly pop-up (more on that in an upcoming post), help the DC Preservation League identify vacant and abandoned properties in your neighborhood. Losing a property to “Demolition by Neglect” makes us […]


12 Jan 2016

News:

Hill Buzz

In Hill East, a multipronged project takes shape on a shuttered school’s grounds (Washington Business Journal) A More Fully Developed and Connected Southeast Blvd.? Feasible, But…. (JDLand) Capitol Hill’s Proposed Southeast Boulevard: Up to Ten Years and $190 Million (Capitol Hill Corner) The Now-Pinched Capitol Dome View on New Jersey Avenue (JDLand) The 1,458 New […]


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