ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven explains more about Curbside Cafe‘s plans for a liquor license. JDLand marked the 10th anniversary of the announcement that the ballpark was coming to the Navy Yard neighborhood. News that Roadside Development is going to acquire and redevelop the Frager’s Hardware space on Pennsylvania Avenue so the hardware store can […]
Last week, I wrote about John Becker’s saloon at the end of 8th Street SE. In researching him, I discovered that his son’s life had been much shorter – and much more interesting. Today, the first installment on the life of Charles Schlagel Becker. Appropriate to the season, it involves baseball. When John Martin Becker obtained […]
Young & Hungry shared the scoop on Union Kitchen opening a cafe on Capitol Hill. JDLand got a tour if Vida fitness at Yard Park, which is finally nearing completion. District Doughnuts reported sold 1200 doughnuts in just 2 hours, according to PoPville. Washington Business Journal checked out the latest plans in the wake of […]
Four weeks ago, I led a tour through the Navy Yard neighborhood, a tour in which I attempted to recreate what it looked like 200 years earlier, just before the British came through. One of the stops was the old brewery that had been built in an abandoned sugar refinery. I noticed at the time […]
Guest Post by ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven The District Department of Transportation is moving ahead with an ill-advised plan to reopen the closed segment of the Southeast Freeway between Barney Circle and 11th Street SE, re-introducing a major barrier between Southeast Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River waterfront. In January 2013, DDOT closed the […]