This past Saturday I took one of the guided tours offered by Brian Flahaven and the Ward 6 staff of the Eastern Branch Boys & Girls Club Building. The four-story structure was built in 1937 and sits on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 17th Street SE. Sadly, it sits vacant and has not been […]
Following up a couple of recent articles I wrote about manufacturing on the Hill, I wanted to look at a factory that was right in the middle of the neighborhood and two blocks behind the Capitol. Though hardly heavy industry, the pie bakery at 220 East Capitol Street had a “national reputation” for the quality […]
JDLand reported that the Marine’s stalled search for new barracks is beginning again and has been narrowed to three potential locations: “the site of the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters/MBW Annex at 7th and Virginia, the former Exxon site at 11th and M on Square 976, and “Squares 929/930,” the two blocks bounded by 8th, Virginia, 9th, […]
In researching my recent epic on the Keeper of the Crypt, I came across another example of a topic that I thought I had exhausted in my book: Explosions in the Capitol. I had documented occurrences in 1876, 1898, 1915, 1971, and 1983. It turns out that there was an even earlier one. Like all […]
Frozen Tropics shared a video about the future of the DC Farmers Market. DCist looked at the history of the debate over giving the DC Mayor an official residence. The Old Naval Hospital was once eyed as an option. Young & Hungry reported that the new pizzeria, H & Pizza, will be opening this summer […]