Tag: 1980s

This is an aerial image of the Willard Hotel undergoing major renovations in the 1980s. Source: Library of Congress

Remember Erol's? They were the awesome local video chain where we rented Goonies, Ghostbusters (the original), or the Gremlins. It was a sad day when...

When this headline hit the papers in 1980, it was a big deal. A really big deal. Being gay was something that would disqualify...

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 guest post by Angela Harrison Eng The Washington Hilton Hotel is located at 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, near DuPont Circle. At a...

Click on the image below to see the larger version and see if you recognize parts of Alexandria from the 1980s. Source: Library of Congress

Check out this unique aerial view of the waterfowl sanctuary near Gravelly Point. Source: Library of Congress

Here's an incredible view of the Washington Monument some time in the early 1980s. Source: Library of Congress

It's a sad fact that much of D.C. was demolished from the 1950s through the 1980s. It's a damn shame, but everything was in the...

So here is a headline you certainly won't see every day, and you certainly wouldn't see something like this in the 1980s. In the...

This is an interesting story from the 1980s. Mayor for life, and general embarrassment to the city of Washington, Marion Barry, proposed in 1985...

Congratulations to our latest "If Walls Could Talk" poll winner, Nanny O'Briens. We're going to do a little digging into the history of your...

The most amusing part of this is that on the day they raised the drinking age, the council gave themselves a raise. Well done.Not...

Now this is not something you'll read everyday ... or ever really. Except in 1981. We came across this article in The Baltimore Sun from...