I know, I know, right now, it’s all hurricanes all the time. But try to cast your mind back to, oh, last Tuesday, when the city was rattled by an earthquake. It was a startling event, but, as GreaterGreaterWashington showed, hardly unique in the history of DC. Obviously, I was intrigued – was there a […]
In looking at the movie theaters that were built on Capitol Hill over the years, there are three distinct phases: At first, theaters were built on main drags: 8th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, H Street. Then, as demand grew and theaters proliferated, they were built in and among the residences. Finally, as color spectacles became the […]
As Congress continues to stay indoors trying to work out the country’s debt limit, trying to stay cool while tempers heat up, it’s time to look at how they’ve managed to keep the temperature in the Capitol at a reasonable level over the last 80 years.
Explore neighborhood history and culture at the annual DC Community Heritage Project Summer Symposium Yes, we all know the neighborhood is crawling with history and historic buildings and places where one old diplomat did something to another old diplomat—Robert, our resident historian, is always keen to remind us of these things. But haven’t you ever […]
With the opening of Yards Park and the imminent opening of Canal Park, it seems only appropriate to look at the history of the original canal on Capitol Hill. It’s hard to imagine, but there once was an active waterway cutting through Capitol Hill, by which it was possible to get all the way to […]