Over the last two weeks, we have looked at the first school in D.C. – and on Capitol Hill. It all started with a picture taken about 1917 with the caption “Said to be the first school in the District of Columbia, 4th & C Streets S.E.” Today, we will see whether this really does […]
Greater Greater Washington examined the options presented to revitalize the Eastern Market Metro Plaza. ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven asked what the best uses for the RFK stadium site will be once DC United moves. City Desk paid a visit to the new goats at Congressional Cemetery. Loose Lips captured Councilmember Tommy Wells on camera […]
Last week, we looked at the first school on Capitol Hill – the Eastern Free School – and how it opened in a rented building next to the Capitol. Today, we look at how a purpose-built school replaced it, and the state of public education in the early years of Washington D.C.
Frozen Tropics posted about her lack of love for the Rhode Island Home Depot, which just reminds us all why we love Frager’s so much. DCist reported that Marvelous Pizza on H Street was closed down after an FBI raid. City Desk noted that Congressional Cemetery is using goats to keep the grass trimmed
If you have a couple of hours to kill, I can highly recommend the website Shorpy. Filled with pictures from bygone eras, it captures everything from the earth-shaking to the mundane. I was happily paging through it the other day when I came across a picture of a rather ordinary wooden building with two men […]