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 […]
It’s another hot August day in DC! Are you stuck in an office instead of enjoying the weather by a pool? Yeah, me too. So here’s some light reading to help you get through your morning. DC Metrocentric and The Washington Post covered the progress on the new bike station at Union Station. Frozen Tropics […]
Local news outlets, blogs, and listservs have been reporting on a frightening development in our neighborhood. According to WJLA, “Investigators are looking into a series of suspicious fires in a Capitol Hill neighborhood. Residents say there have been three fires in dumpsters or recycling bins in the last four weeks in an alley behind 3rd […]
On September 28, 1928, 127th Zeppelin took off from its factory in Germany. It was named Graf Zeppelin, in honor of the founder of the airship company, who had died about 10 years earlier. During the next nine years, the Graf Zeppelin travelled over one million miles and visited the US a total of five […]
It’s the final day of business for Trover Shop. Stop in for deals on books, cards and even cigars. Or just swing by to wish our friends, the Shumans, well.