When I set out to spend the day working at Frager’s, I planned to do real work. However, instead of lifting bags of mulch, stacking boxes or answering customers’ questions, I spent four hours talking to some of the store’s many employees and learned not only why I want to work at Frager’s but why […]
Last week, I wrote about the building of the homes on Gessford Court and its rambunctious beginnings. Today, I will look at some of the people who lived on the Court and their stories. Shortly after Charles Gessford’s death, and in hopes of quieting the alley, its name was changed to Gessford Street, and eventually, […]
When my husband and I first moved to our home on G Street our neighbor asked us what we had planned for the house, which needed a good amount of work. We rattled off a laundry list of things we planned to address —for the record only a few items have actually been checked off […]
Altus Realty Partners purchased Friendship House early Tuesday, according to Terry Hindermann, one of several partners at Altus Realty. The purchase price is still under wraps, but is sure to be under the $3.2 million initially offered by the winning bidder back in the fall. The other big question — future use — is answered though. […]
On Saturday, The Hill is Home’s very own Elizabeth Festa had an article published in the Washington Post real estate section about Gessford Court. She describes the joys of living in this oasis in the middle of the city, and talks to current and former residents about their lives there. Unfortunately, the Post only afforded […]