One of the first discussions we ever had here at The Hill is Home is what, exactly, are the limits of the Hill. And there are great arguments for drawing the lines in different ways, and it is sure to be a discussion that will continue as long as people live on Capitol Hill. But […]
Memorial services will be held today for Ashley Turton, the Capitol Hill mother of three and Hill lobbyist who died in a bizarre car fire Monday, at 3 pm at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church on New York and H NW. So far, the accident appears to be simply that; an accident. While a […]
Saturday, January 15th is the last day for community comments on the proposed designs for an information hub in the Eastern Market metro plaza. The 30-day comment period opened following a December 14th community meeting hosted by Councilmember Tommy Wells. Though you won’t see it now (its too cold December-February, which is one of the […]
It turns out that when you only have one liquor license request to deal with on the ANC agenda, you can actually get through the meeting in under two hours! This was the first meeting for newly sworn-in commissioners, Ivan Frishberg, Brian Pate, Brian Flahaven and Jared Critchfield. Neil Glick has replaced David Garrison as […]
You may recall walking up C Street Southeast to Eastern Market on weekends, past a dilapidated house, boarded up and yellowing, collecting old newspapers and rubbish. It is no longer there. It is now a vacant lot, covered with hay, behind a cheap fence. Once a Chinese-American-owned market and/or drycleaner (I’m not Robert Pohl–ask […]