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Day: April 4, 2013

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Bury's drug store around 1919

Then and Now: Bury’s Drug Store to Uniontown Bar and Grill

Well, this was a hopefully step to revitalize Anacostia, but the most recent owner made a couple bad decisions. Here is the building as it looked around 1919 as Bury’s drug store. The beautiful old building might have life again,

Mad Hatter DC

If Walls Could Talk: Mad Hatter

I had the pleasure of speaking to a great class at AU last week. One of the students asked if we had ever done a piece about Mad Hatter on Connecticut Ave. We haven’t yet, so this one is for

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Wow. Stunning Black and White Photo of the Capitol

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Today's Featured Posts

Who’s Who in the Watergate Scandal

The "Rainbow Row" of homes on Cliffbourne Pl. NW

If Walls Could Talk: The Green House at 2515 Cliffbourne Pl. NW – Part 1

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Complete Biography of Officer Sprinkle

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1876. Photographer: W.W. Core, Washington, D.C. Frederick Douglass is standing on the front lawn of his home on A Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. Other family members are standing out on the front porch on both side of the houses.

Rare Photo of Frederick Douglass in Front of His Home

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

Metro’s 17-Foot Long “Experimental Station” in 1968

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Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

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Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

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