The Palace of Wonders, the Red and the Black, the Rock and Roll Hotel, the H Street Martini Lounge and the H Street Country Club as well as the Hill’s own Backstage will be featured in an episode of Washington Full Circle called “Walk on the Wild Side!” The show can be found on Channel […]
This afternoon, just before 1pm a woman was shot in the leg in front of 1375 H Street NE. DCist reports the woman’s wounds are serious but not life-threatening. The gunman, who was in a wheelchair at the time of the shooting, is still at large. While all shootings are terrifying and disturbing, this one […]
During a hearing in 1962 Representative H. R. Gross asked a witness “You have heard that old saying, Mr. Macy, that there is nothing so permanent in Washington as something temporary, have you not?” It was hardly a new sentiment at the time; one reason why the temporary structures built during WWII were made to […]
My apologies for a lack of posting last week. The vacation rental I was staying at didn’t have the promised internet connection. After initially stressing I decided it was a subtle sign that I needed to unplug for a couple of days. I highly recommend it some time! And now, it’s time for a double […]
With the reopening of Eastern Market, it seems only right to look at the pre-history of what is again the center of our neighborhood. Long before Cluss built his masterpiece, there was another market, one which L’Enfant had planned into his earliest drawings of Washington DC: Eastern Branch Market. In 1791, it made sense to […]