ANC Commissioner Brian Flahaven is reporting that Victor Hoskins, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, will attend tonight’s ANC 6B Special Call Meeting on Reservation 13/Hill East Waterfront. “The Deputy Mayor and his staff are expected to outline next steps for development on parcels F1 and G1 and will hear commission and community feedback. […]
This past Saturday I took one of the guided tours offered by Brian Flahaven and the Ward 6 staff of the Eastern Branch Boys & Girls Club Building. The four-story structure was built in 1937 and sits on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 17th Street SE. Sadly, it sits vacant and has not been […]
My first bites of a baked good from The Pretzel Bakery proved quite elusive. Opening weekend they ran out of pretzels. Three times. Perhaps that’s a testament both to the spirit of the neighborhood in welcoming a new business and the simple goodness of a well-baked pretzel. I was able to score a three-pack on […]
We know, we know… you’ve seen your fair share of photos from yesterday’s flyover by the Space Shuttle Discovery. But, did any of those photos also have your house in the background? The Hill’s Eye photo of the week goes to NASA photographer Robert Markowitz for capturing this amazing aerial of Discovery flying by our […]
Here we go again. Let’s plop some giant unworkable scheme down in Reservation 13. This morning, Washington awoke to a front page article in the Post entitled, “D.C. opens new drive to lure Redskins back.” So we’ve got to do this all over again. Let’s see how many ways this is a monumentally dumb idea: […]