For those who are curious about where your fancy new hotel or Armani Exchange is, when the wrecking ball is coming to 7th and Pennsylvania (next summer, it seems), when you can feed the pigeons in the public piazza to be named Bard Square in apparent homage to future tenants Shakespeare Theater, and when you […]
The recent announcement of an Aldi grocery store coming to Hechinger Mall sparked a, shall we say, robust discussion on Frozen Tropics of the relative merits of various grocery stores. Grocery store wars are nothing new on neighborhood blogs and listserves, and it’s easy to understand why. Nothing is nearer or dearer to our heart […]
What a week we have here! The NCAA tournament is starting, St. Patrick’s Day festivities are planned, and we’re finally getting a break from the rain. Now if only I could figure out a way to set up my computer outdoors and by a television so I could get my work done while still enjoying […]
A Hill East resident reported on a local listserv that she had been robbed while walking to her home from the Metro. In an email that was meant to warn others of her attack and possibly recover her stolen property, the victim reported that she was followed from the Stadium-Armory Metro to the 1600 block […]
The Old Naval Hospital at 9th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, has been falling into disrepair for far too many years, but things are finally about to change. The Old Naval Hospital Foundation is about to begin a major renovation to turn the historic site into the Hill Center, an “educational and cultural institution for […]