I have several times looked at the various taverns, hotels and boardinghouses that ringed the Capitol in the early days of Washington DC. A number of names reoccur frequently, and one of those who seems to have operated each of the three main hotel buildings at one time or another was Robert Long.
A long, long time ago we told you that Giant Food was coming to H Street, NE opening in an area otherwise in desperate need of a grocery store. Well, that day has finally come. On Thursday, the 41,000 square-foot, LEED-certified store opened, and get this — it will be open 24-hours a day. According […]
As part of our commitment to raise awareness about crime in our neighborhood, we are sharing the daily crime reports from MPD and posting them to a map. The following crimes were reported to have taken place around the broader Capitol Hill neighborhood (all of the 1st District and PSA 507 in the 5th District, which covers […]
Work is starting again on the Capitol Hill Oasis project on NE. Get details at Housing Complex and Urban Turf. Reservation 13 coverage: Housing Complex looked at the background, renderings and why neighbors are frustrated with developer plans, and ANC Commissioner Brian Flahaven shared additional details about the plans. ANC Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg posted ANC 6B’s comments on the Barney […]
Remember #SoutheastLove? This past February, after a noticeable uptick in online misunderstanding of who, what, and where Southeast DC is, my coworker and friend Nikki Peele and I decided to spread some love for our quadrant with a campaign to get people smiling about the part of the city we live and work in — and both […]