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Meridian Mansions: Senators, a Czech Flag, and a Century at 2400 16th Street
The 1918 apartment hotel at 2400 16th Street NW housed ten senators, hosted embassies, and unfurled the first Czechoslovak flag. Today it is The Envoy.
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The Bishop Family Murders: A Bethesda Home, a Foggy Bottom Memo, and a 48-Year Manhunt
On March 1, 1976, a Foreign Service officer killed his family in their Carderock Springs home and vanished into a 48-year manhunt that is still open.
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How Stewart Udall Stopped Three 17-Story Towers From Rising Over Merrywood
On a 46-acre bluff over the Potomac in McLean, a developer paid $650,000 for Jackie Kennedy’s childhood home and drew up three 17-story apartment towers, and then the Interior Secretary next door started making phone calls.
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July 4, 1926: How Washington Celebrated America’s 150th Birthday
A cast of 1,000 on the Capitol steps, 50,000 at the Monument fireworks, and a plea for DC voting rights. How Washington celebrated America’s 150th birthday in 1926.
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The Rotonda McLean: Tysons Corner’s Original Condo Island
Five circular towers, 1,168 condominiums, and the man who built the Watergate built them too. The story of The Rotonda in McLean.
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Before Shanklin Hall: 2325 18th Street Was the First Headquarters of D.G.S.
Shanklin Hall and Columbia Station made 2325 18th Street NW famous for music. A century ago the same Adams Morgan storefront was the home, store, and headquarters of D.G.S. founder William Hornstein.
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The Crazy Horse: The Wild Life of 3259 M Street, Georgetown
Walk into the Everlane store at 3259 M Street NW today, all blond wood and folded denim, and you are standing in what used to be the rowdiest room in Georgetown. For about a quarter of…
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