Tag: 1970s

Hazy blue smoke surrounds the origins of the annual Fourth of July Smoke-In. Though it now takes place in Lafayette Square, across the barricaded street from the White House, it began on the Mall.

I watched The Front Runner this weekend, the story about Gary Hart's implosion of a presidential campaign in 1988. What a...

This is a bizarre and disappointing article that we dug up in The Washington Post. It was printed on April 2nd, 1977. Montgomery County school officials...

Do you remember living in Washington during the 1970s? How about when the Metro was being built up along Wisconsin Avenue?

Check out this great set of photos from 1973, showing construction of Metro Center underground. Also, don't miss these other great old Metro photos showing Dupont...

This photo is an aerial view of the Navy Yard just a couple of months before President Kennedy was assassinated. Source: National Museum of the...

This is a story that is most likely unknown to the great majority of GoDCers. Long-time DC residents may remember the controversy...

Here are some terrific old maps from 1971 showing the remainder of what would have been I-95 cutting through D.C. Today, what is now...

How about this interesting old article from The Washington Post, printed on August 6th, 1975. Initially, there was a plan to demolish the entire 700+ unit...

This is a view of Meridian Hill Park, back when it was pretty rough. It was once a beautiful and amazing park, and now...

Check out this photo of Union Station being rehabilitated. Thankfully they saved it instead of knocking it down like they did so many other...

Like most of D.C., probably the country, we're obsessed with House of Cards. It's a little over the top, but sometimes that's the beauty...

Congratulations to the latest #GoDCIWCT poll winner. A well-deserved victory for our most successful Twitter campaigner yet. Those retweets really helped! Okay, on with the...

Elvin 'The Big E' Hayes and Bobby Dandridge were in the house at the Verizon Center the other night to watch the struggling Washington...

Sweet concert! This is an ad in The Washington Post on February 11th, 1979 for a Kenny Rogers concert. Almost 35 years ago, this was...

Talk about an odd couple. Davis Jr. was in attendance back in 1963 for the March on Washington (we posted a photo earlier). Here, Nixon...

Here's a fascinating old photo from President Ford's Administration. It was taken on August 10th, 1974. That's important because Nixon resigned the previous day...

The District had a much darker underbelly in the 1970s and 1980s, including a number of adult theaters in the area. Just check out...

Here's a great old photo from 1976. It shows the Willard Hotel, looking northwest across 14th St. Source: Library of Congress

This is a fascinating old article from The Washington Post, printed on Thursday, november 6th, 1975. Dick Cheney was about to replace Donald Rumsfeld as...

How cool are these? We stumbled across them on Metro's Facebook page. Tunnel near Forest Glen