A little-known story about upper northwest is that Reno Road, which cuts right through the heart of North Cleveland Park to Chevy Chase, was almost renamed Washington Avenue, in honor of the west coast state. An article...
Between 1930 and 1950, the population of Washington expanded incredibly. The crush of people needed a way to get to work, and though a proposed subway in 1912 never came to fruition, the idea resurfaced during...
You're going to love this amazing photo of a long-lost building in our city. You're looking at the old Raleigh Hotel, formerly located at 12th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW. It's so sad that these iconic structures...
Check this out. Here's a map of something that didn't happen. Howard University proposed extending Vermont Ave. from Florida Ave. to Georgia Ave. back in 1919. Source: Library...
Fascinating drawing of the U.S. Capitol from the 1870s showing proposed modifications to the building. This is the west elevation of the building, the opposite side of the National Mall. Architectural drawing for...
Here's an interesting proposal for the Southside Freeway in Arlington, which never came to be. This graphic is from The Washington Post printed on October 7th, 1960. That date, by the way, is when the famous Kennedy/Nixon...
The sad truth is that slave pens existed in and around all of Washington. This photo shows one of those in Alexandria during the 1860s. "Slave pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows interior with slave...
Wait, Hamilton Circle? Do you know where that is? Probably not, because it was never completed. The neighborhood surrounding the circle was once dubbed Fairview Heights, which no longer seems to appear on any contemporary maps.
Check out this photo showing the old Republic Theatre at 13th and U St. back then. The theater opened up back on May 30th, 1921, one block west of the Lincoln Theatre, which still stands. Unfortunately,...
Long gone are the days of the German beer hall in D.C., though some would argue that Brickskeller (ahem, Bier Baron) remains as one of the better ones. Well, it was great back in the day...
We posted a great old photo of the old State Department Building earlier. Here's another, similar angle photo of the building, but much clearer. Click on it for some amazing details. Does anyone know why there are...
This is the oldest known photo of the U.S. Department of State. The photo is from 1857 and shows the old State Department building, before it was located in Foggy Bottom, and even before it was...
Let's do a little lost history again and dig into the old saloon history of our city. We found a great photo of an old saloon called Warwick's, formerly located at 13th and Penn. Take a...
Now here is an interesting article that we dug up in the old archives. We found an article in The Baltimore Sun, from January 28th, 1839, discussing the possibility of retroceding Georgetown to Maryland. Most of you...