Another weekend is upon us and this one promises to be quite lovely, with highs in the 70s and only the faintest possibility of… oh, thunderstorms on Sunday. Plan your picnics on Friday and Saturday and let’s find some online things to do for the rainy days ahead, shall we? Before any fun can be […]
The post below was written by DCPS parent and long-time Hill resident Valerie Jablow. The account below is an excerpt; to read the whole investigation, please visit Valerie’s blog, educationDC. As of today, Valerie has contacted the Historic Preservation Review Board, as well as the Council of the District of Columbia and other leaders on […]
We’ve been in some sort of social isolation for well over a year. There are more things open now and it seems like we’re seeing the light at the end of this tumultuous tunnel, but the coronavirus pandemic has also made some magic happen. This week, neighbors on 9th Street SE tell us how they’ve […]
On Friday, April 2, 25-year old Noah Green, who, according to accounts collected by the Washington Post was a troubled, paranoid young man, crashed his car into the United States Capitol’s north gate, located across the street from the Russell Senate Office Building, at the intersection of Constitution and Delaware Avenues, NE. He killed Capitol […]
I have often wondered about the history of the building with the inscription “German-American Bldg. Assn.” over the door. It is located at the northeast corner of 3rd Street SE and Independence Avenue. This weekend, I finally got around to doing the research. Building associations were 19th century cooperative structures to help people build houses. […]