Editorial by Hill Resident, Denise Krepp Olympic fever has descended on the Potomac. A lovely group of individuals calling themselves DC 2024 is rallying DC government officials to support the organization’s bid to be the official U.S. nomination for the summer 2024 Olympic Games. Unfortunately, this rallying effort does not include talking with DC residents […]
Last week, we looked at the strange shape of L’Enfant’s original Washington City, and how a spring located there was responsible. Today, we’ll look at some of the people who owned the land in the early years of the city. After the original owners, the Gibsons, had moved on, the next owner of the spring […]
Wednesday morning at approximately 9 a.m. a male pedestrian was hit by a car on East Capitol Street near 4th Street. According to Captain Michelle Williams of the First District of MPD, the investigation of the accident was referred to the Major Crash Unit as the man who was struck was taken to the hospital with serious […]
JDLand shared news that the Committee of 100 is suing against the Record of Decision for the VA Avenue Tunnel project. Frozen Tropics checked out updates on the latest with the H Street Connection redevelopment. CurbedDC checked out a Capitol Hill house for sale with an amazing wine cellar. Girl Meets Food checked out Bullfrog […]
If you look at an old map of D.C., one that still has the city of Washington within its original boundaries, there is a strange notch to be seen at its northeast corner. Instead of Boundary Road (today’s Florida Avenue) continuing gracefully southeast into the Anacostia, it suddenly dips south along 15th Street before turning […]