Catch up on last week’s DC Council hearing on CSX at the City Desk, The Washington Post, and DCist. The DC Bike Blogger discovered Mangialardo and Sons, and learned the history of the G Man sandwich. JDLand reported that flooding from last week’s rain caused damage to the pump room at Yards Park, so the fountains will […]
When I recently wrote about the Wheeler Ferry, I came across a few mentions of the ‘Lower Ferry.’ This led me to look into this, and I find out more about a part of Capitol Hill that was important in its early days – and completely gone for over 200 years now – Barry’s Wharf.
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 the DC Council will hold a hearing regarding CSX’s proposed expansion of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel. The scheduled location is Hearing Room 120 at the Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW). If you cannot attend in person but are interested in the issue, you can watch the hearing online here. PR20-0601, which was introduced […]
Young & Hungry shared more information on the news that TruOrleans has been acquired and will reopen in June under a new concept. Apparently it was news to the landlord as well… The Wall Street Journal reported that the investment group that Xavier Cervera sold his many Hill restaurants to is now suing him for […]
Recently, someone on Twitter posted an image from an 1870s-era map that showed “Eastern Market” at 3rd and H Streets Northeast. I was, of course, intrigued by this, as this was a market I had never heard of. Though the name given is wrong – it was actually known as the Northeastern Market – there […]