I have previously written about the bridges that cross the Anacostia River, but long before these were built, there were other ways of crossing the river. Today we will look at one method that had considerable importance in the early years of the District of Columbia.
The nominations rolled in, readers votes, and the Washington City Paper has finally announced it’s list of the “Best of D.C.” for 2014. I was so proud last night at the announcement party to read the list and see so many Hill businesses represented. It certainly supports our neighborhood’s win for “Best Neighborhood.” Congratulations to […]
Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed a building in the background of last week’s column. No, not the Capitol: The building marked “McDowell & Sons Steam Elevator Grain and Linseed Meal.” Yes, there used to be a feed warehouse a few blocks from the Capitol. Today, we’ll look at the story of this unlikely business.Samuel C. […]
I love digging into election result numbers to see just how each section of the city voted. It insightful and discouraging at the same time since our city is still very much divided. For the city-wide breakdown of the mayoral election, I’ll just point you to the Washington Post’s interactive map showing how different neighborhoods […]
Charles Allen won the Democratic primary for the Ward 6 Council seat, beating Darrell Thompson in a competitive race. Since this is DC he will almost certainly be the next lucky Councilmember to represent Capitol Hill. He will replace the outgoing Tommy Wells who lost his mayoral bid to Muriel Bowser. Of course this is […]