06 Jun 2012

17th Street Speedway, Gets a Slowdown

Drivers consider this your warning: slow down, or a speed ticket will be arriving in the mail. Starting on Thursday, Hill East’s 17th Street corridor, a one-way street running south from Benning Road, NE to Barney Circle, SE, will be the site of a new mobile speed camera. The Metropolitan Police Department announced that they […]


05 Jun 2012

HIll Buzz

In a guest post on Greater Greater Washington, David Garber argued that the Hine project could make Capitol Hill a lot more lively. Greater Greater Washington‘s David Alpert looked at the addressed of the first 30 comments in support of Stanton to disprove EMMCA’s assertion that there are no local supporters of the project. While […]


04 Jun 2012

Lost Capitol Hill: Another President on the Hill

Presidents don’t tend to spend much time on Capitol Hill: A brief stop to speak to Congress, or possibly to twist a Congressperson’s arm, sure. But they don’t live there – after all, not only do they have their own house, but it would be unseemly for the head of the Executive branch to spend […]


29 May 2012

Hill Buzz

Be careful walking around on your phone — even on busy streets in the middle of the day — a woman on East Capitol Street had her iPhone stolen out of her hand by someone on a Capital Bikeshare bike.  More at DC Curbed. Young & Hungry Housing Complex reported that the Hilton Brothers are […]


29 May 2012

Lost Capitol Hill: The Waters Organ Company

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to chat with one of the builders who worked on many of the Capitol Hill houses that were fixed up during the 60s and 70s. Watch this space – and the Hill Rag – for more on him and his family, but one of the houses he mentioned […]


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