DDOT recently published more than 150 historic photos of DC streets on its Flickr page. I love getting a glimpse at what the city looked like 50 and 60 years ago, and thought I’d share a few from our neighborhood, starting with Barney Circle, circa 1948-1960.
In this final chapter of the Taulbee saga, I will look at what happened to the principals in the tale after the murder of ex-Representative Taulbee. Only for one does the story end in a positive way.
Washington, DC is justly criticized for lacking the lunch places and corner delis of other major American cities. Blame it on the growth of the Federal Government (among about a zillion other reasons). As the gov’met grew, they tore down rows and rows of hash slinging dives, restaurants, chop suey palaces, and so on; in […]
The story thus far: In last week’s episode, we introduced the two main characters, Representative Taulbee and Charles Kincaid, reporter. Even after Kincaid wrote the the news story which halted Taulbee’s career in Congress, they both continued to work in the Capitol, Taulbee as a lobbyist, Kincaid as a reporter.
A few weeks ago, I asked for suggestions for some future columns. There was a great response, and so I plucked one out at random (well, more accurately, one that intrigues me, and not just because the victim and I share a birthday) and dug into the tragic tale of Representative William Taulbee, who was […]