The District is filled with vacant homes. Some are constant eyesores, while others find new life—as places of business, condominiums, or simply new homes. For the residents of 11th Street SE, two very famous vacant Hill homes will soon find new life as high-end, single family homes when business partners JD Schmidt and Jesse Connell […]
The wonderful thing about living on Capitol Hill is that there are always those who have lived here much longer than you, who can tell you about what it was like long before you moved here. I had that happen to me recently at a party, where a neighbor mentioned the Penn Theater, which was […]
According to www.capitolhilllhistory.org, on Tuesday, March 2, the Overbeck history lecture series will host Dick Wolf, past president of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, as he recounts some of the organization’s early battles to save our neighborhood from the bulldozer and wrecking ball. The event will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the Naval Lodge […]
Did you ever go to an “information” meeting and leave knowing little more than you did when you walked in the door? That was the reaction of many to the meeting convened last Wednesday to discuss plans for a charter school at the present home of the International Graduate University behind Safeway on 13th Street […]
So, at 7:45 a.m. there was a line (only) 15 deep in Frager’s Garden Center for shovels and salt. The shovels were going fast, but there was still a half crate of salt left, but it was the paw-friendly expensive stuff. The firewood, however, was plentiful. How I wish my fireplace hadn’t been filled in […]