Mix business and pleasure: TODAY, Friday September 25, walk yourself down to the National Capital Bank, 316 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, and taste history in the making. The folks at National Capital Brewing Company will have samples of their Belgian IPA, their Honey Brown Ale and their Bavarian Hefeweizen (perfect for Oktoberfest season!) and will answer […]
Are you enjoying your Popecation? Sadly Francis leaves tomorrow to bring his commute-reducing energy to our northern friends. So what shall we do when His Holiness is gone? Tonight Miner Elementary School (601 15th Street NE) hosts an Education Forum. The school community invites community members to join in a discussion of the school’s current offerings […]
Washington Business Journal noted that there could be an opportunity for new private development on Barracks Row when the Marines move their bachelor quarters. District Source explains how Gallaudet wants its planed 6th Street NE entrance to bridge hearing and non-hearing worlds. Washington City Paper reported that Mayor Bowser thinks the streetcar could be running by […]
When researching the early history of Capitol Hill and the Navy Yard –particularly the neighborhood surrounding the Yard–, I discovered that there was one name being used that I was unfamiliar with: Navy Yard Hill. Today, I will look at this usage. In the early years of Washington D.C., there were clearly two neighborhoods on what […]
Capitol Hill neighbors who are interested in education, listen up! Tomorrow, Thursday September 10 at 7 p.m., ANC 6A will hold an education forum at Miner Elementary School, 601, 15th Street NE. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen and DC State Board of Education Representative Joe Weedon will co-host. If you are interested in helping out […]