Why are we talking about voting when it’s April, not November? Because there is a special election going on and your vote counts. Today the polls are open for a special election to fill an At-Large City Council seat vacated by Phil Mendelson when he became the new Council Chair in the November election. Also on […]
ANC Commissioner Brian Flahaven posted a tribute to Frank Zampatori, a longtime Hill East resident and neighborhood advocate, who passed away last week. JDLand posted details about an upcoming hearing on the L Street Warehouse, which residents hope to turn into a market. Curbed DC shared the petition from those neighbors along with concept drawings. […]
My research often begins with an old map, on which I notice something that no longer has a place on the Hill. Usually, it is a building of some sort that catches my attention. Sometimes, it’s a name such as Heckman Street on a 1921 map. Who was Heckman, I wondered, and why was his […]
Last week I told the sordid tale of our year-long search for a new house on the Hill that turned into a jaw-dropping education on how home prices have gone crazy. So crazy that we got priced out and are moving to (gasp!) Northwest. How did our little neighborhood become so pricey? Here’s what I […]
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 […]