This is really cool. Check out how rural northeast was just a hundred years ago. Amazing. Source: Library of Congress...
GoDCer Gail wrote in the other day about Cardozo High School (i.e., old Central High School) and wanted to know if we had some more photos of the school. We did dig up a few more,...
GoDCers Love Maps, Reader's Choice / 04.03.2013
1903 Map of Eastern Market
Here's a great 1903 map of Eastern Market, as requested by GoDCer Orestes. Hope you enjoy it! And below is the Google Map of the area today. [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.884018,-76.995288&spn=0.005721,0.011362&t=m&z=17&output=embed]...
Faithful and extremely patient GoDCer Jeff requests some time ago that we do a piece on the Northumberland, just north of U St. Our apologies for the long delay in getting to your request, but hopefully...
GoDCer Patrick sent in a great suggestion a couple of weeks ago and we're now digging up some great stories about the Quaker house on Florida (i.e., The Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C.). The Quakers, also known...
If Walls Could Talk, Reader's Choice / 28.11.2012
Hobbit Houses Near Boundary Castle and a Surprise Historical Connection
GoDC buddy Wayne has kindly requested some digging into the story of the "hobbit homes" on V St. NW. We're happy to oblige as we are quite curious of their origins. So, this will be a...
Why did we knock down half of the amazing buildings in Washington? It's tragic and depressing when you read through John's book "Lost Washington" or James' book "Capitol Losses." Sadly, the home below was torn down...
Reader's Choice, Three Things... / 20.06.2012
Three Things About The Westchester at 4000 Cathedral Ave. NW
We're on a roll with these "Three Things...
I haven't done one of these in a while ...
Old Ads & Classifieds, Reader's Choice / 18.05.2012
Fort Lincoln Heights: Parts of Barbadoes and Scotland
I want to branch out a little more and represent more neighborhoods. This is a great old real estate advertisement --...
A Personal Story, Reader's Choice / 27.04.2012
Move to Cathedral Highlands: An Unobstructed View of the Entire Surrounding Country
It's been a little while since we've done a "Reader's Choice" post, so this one is for GoDCer Samantha, who tweeted the request to do something on Cathedral Heights. I also haven't really done anything about that...
Notable People & Places, Reader's Choice / 03.04.2012
Calvin Coolidge, Vermont Native and Our 30th President
Per a comment received on the Warren Harding slide show, here's a one for his successor, Calvin Coolidge. So, Kai ...
If you're fortunate enough to be participating in WABA's "Down the Tubes" ride tomorrow, the last stop on your journey is going to be Poplar Point. Probably 70% of District residents don't know what this is...
Your second major stop on the WABA "Down the Tubes" bicycle ride on Sunday is going to be the O Street Pumping Station, down by the Navy Yard. This is a beautiful old Beaux-Arts building from the early 20th century, and I'm a little jealous of you all, since I won't be on the ride to see it.
So, our second "Three Things..." post in support of the WABA ride will be about this building.