When we last looked at Samuel Morse and his telegraph, he had failed to procure support from Congress and had decamped to Europe to sell his invention there. This failed, as well, and so he returned to the US. In the middle of 1842, the newspapers reported that he was back to demonstrating his invention, […]
It appears that the 7-Eleven that used to operate at the southeast corner of 8th Street and Maryland Avenue NE is no more. According to a PoPVille reader, the oft rat-infested and kind of always understocked 7-Eleven closed down for good on Sunday, July 21. There is no other explanation on the front door other […]
You may have heard the news that DDOT was starting a curbside pickup-dropoff pilot program to help ease the burden of loading and unloading deliveries around town. Helped by a company called curbFlow, DDOT is launching that project today. Curbed reported on it when the announcement was first released. How does this affect you? For […]
Hello August! Summer is flying by, so please get out there and carpe all your diems. Tonight, contemplate the eternal chicken-or-egg question at a ribbon-cutting event in NOMA. The NOMA BID has installed a two piece sculpture called The Chicken and the Egg on National Park Service-owned land on North Capitol, N Street and New […]