JDLand gave an update on the Beer Garden at 8th and L Streets SE. City Desk reported that New Hill East seems to have a plant thief. Urban Turf has some fun with renovation ideas for a Hill home. ANC Commissioner Flahaven shared a recap of last week’s ANC 6B meeting. Curbd DC looked at […]
Washington DC is a planned city, as everyone knows. Peter L’Enfant’s plan from 1791 continues to guide the city even today, and changes to its streets are often allowed or denied based on a couple of lines drawn on parchment over 220 years ago. Which is why it is so surprising to be walking around […]
Next Saturday, the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital will open its doors to the public and welcome the community to what organizers say will be one of the first of many community events to take place on the campus. The Old Naval Hospital was Washington’s first Naval Hospital commissioned by Abraham Lincoln in […]
Urban Turf looked at one of my favorite streets on the Hill: Walter Street. The Washington Post added Horace and Dickie’s to its list of “Iconic Eats.” Housing Complex explained that Union Station is getting a bit too crowded for all of the tour buses, and quotes THIH‘s (and DC Like a Local‘s) Tim Krepp. […]
Spending the week on a jury made me wonder about some famous DC trials, and the jurors who sat on them. This reminded me of George A. Bohrer, a long-time Capitol Hill resident, DC Councilmember, Alderman, Justice of the Peace, and city assessor – and member of the jury before whom John H. Surratt was […]