Prince KĹ«hiĹŤ in Washington: HawaiĘ»i’s Delegate, 1903-1922
The Prince of Hawaiʻi kept a house on Mass Ave, sat with the Republican baseball team, and pushed a homestead act for his people.
If Walls Could Talk
What happened inside Washington, DC’s buildings. Hotels where deals got cut, rowhouses where scandals played out, embassies that hosted defections and dinners both.
Is the Old Stone House Haunted? Georgetown’s 1765 Survivor
In 1899 a marble sign called this M Street house George Washington’s headquarters. It wasn’t true. It probably saved the house.
The Colonnade: Washington’s Quiet Dignity Address, 1966 to Now
Four senators, a former Supreme Court Justice, and the Carter White House all lived in the same Glover Park high-rise. Reader tip from Bob.
Newton Theater: The 1937 Brookland Movie House Behind the 12th Street CVS
On July 29, 1937, a capacity crowd packed a brand-new 1,007-seat Art Deco movie house at 12th and Newton NE. Look up: the ziggurat is still there.
Broad Branch Market, 5608 Broad Branch Road NW: A Century on the Chevy Chase DC Corner
A boy on tiptoe peers into the candy bins at 5608 Broad Branch Road NW. The Bondareffs are behind the counter, Curly is out on the delivery route, and Lafayette Elementary is about to let out across the street.
The Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase DC: 100 Years of Movies
In 1923 the Chevy Chase Theatre opened at 5612 Connecticut Avenue NW. Renamed the Avalon in 1929, it survived 78 years of Hollywood and one Loews bankruptcy that gutted it in 2001. Neighbors raised roughly $750,000 and reopened it in April 2003. The lights are still on.
1627 Lamont Street NW: A 1908 Walk-Up With a 1927 Front-Page Tragedy
On the evening of September 21, 1927, a Washington attorney named Alexander G. Bentley walked into a room at the Houston Hotel on E Street near Ninth and shot himself. He was 52. The Washington Post ran it on page one the next morning. His home address, given in the second sentence: 1627 Lamont Street … Read more
The General Scott Apartments: A 1940 Deco Landmark on Scott Circle
Robert O. Schultz’s 1940 General Scott Apartments at 1 Scott Circle NW, the mansions it replaced, the WPA underpass beneath, and the 1982 tenant buyout that saved it.
The Skyline Plaza Collapse: 14 Workers Killed at Bailey’s Crossroads, 1973
It is 2:18 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 1973. The top floors of a 26-story apartment tower under construction at Bailey’s Crossroads are about to fall floor by floor. Fourteen of the men working there will not go home.