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The Castle at Forest Glen and the 1922 Fire That Made It
The Castle at 10 Post Office Road in Silver Spring is not a 19th-century folly. It is what a midnight furnace fire on April 24, 1922 left of the Forest Glen Trading Company, plus the granite a Pittsburgh oilman and…
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The Raven Grill: 91 Years on Mount Pleasant Street
At 3125 Mount Pleasant Street NW, the Raven Grill has been a Washington DC dive bar since 1935. The booths are still the originals.
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The “Paris Sky Chief”: When a Constellation Flew From National Airport to Paris
On December 3, 1945, TWA’s Constellation “Paris Sky Chief” lifted off from Washington National Airport for Paris, christened with a blast of vapor as a band played. Here is the story.
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Dr. Dremo’s, Bardo Rodeo, and the Oldsmobile Showroom at 2000 Wilson Blvd
How a Court House Oldsmobile dealership became the Plymouth-in-the-wall brewpub Bardo Rodeo, then Dr. Dremo’s Taphouse, then a condo tower.
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Tom Sarris’ Orleans House: Rosslyn’s New Orleans Steakhouse
For 43 years, Tom Sarris' Orleans House held the corner of Wilson and Lynn in Rosslyn, complete with iron balconies and a steamboat salad bar.
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Commander Salamander and the Many Lives of 1420 Wisconsin Avenue
Before Commander Salamander made Georgetown punk, 1420 Wisconsin Avenue was a 1909 store and a quiet antique shop. The wild history of one storefront.
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The Flour Mill in Georgetown: From Bomford’s Mill to 135 Homes
A reader asked about Georgetown's Flour Mill at 1000 Potomac Street. The building was the neighborhood's last working mill, and it began as a cannon expert's cotton factory. Now its offices are headed for a 135-home…
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