Ever since D.C. announced its plans to bring streetcars back to the city, the question of powering them with overhead wires has been a hot topic. A law dating back to the 1800’s prohibits overhead wires in the “old city,” begging the question of how DDOT plans to power the streetcars. Once it became clear […]
The next school in our installment came upon it’s name through a somewhat circuitous route. Built in 1879, Peabody Elementary was named to honor George Peabody, an early American financier and noted philanthropist. Peabody made a sizable fortune working with the father of J.P. Morgan, issuing securities and other instruments backing the explosion of railroads […]
December has begun with the usual rash of auto thefts and shoplifting in MPD-1; and sadly, teen violence seems to be continuing on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, a group of about six teens, suspected to be students, assaulted a man at 6th and G Streets, NE, and knocking him to the ground in an attempt to rummage […]
It’s the turkey hangover edition! Somehow, the first Monday back at work after a long Thanksgiving weekend is harder than most. The December stretch of holiday parties and light work load is here, and all you can think about is that next long break for Christmas, then New Year’s…and then those pesky New Year’s resolutions […]
One of the original missions of The Hill is Home was to bring together important and useful information about Capitol Hill into one place online. With everything else going on in our lives, it can be difficult to remember when and where your local ANC meeting takes place, what the URL is for their web […]