Tag: 1980s

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

Maya Lin was just 21 years old in 1981 when she won the contest to design the Vietnam Memorial. She was still an undergraduate...

Rayful Edmond III is an American former drug lord in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s. Edmond is largely credited with introducing crack cocaine into the Washington, D.C.

Thanks to GoDCer Mike, who sent this in to us. Now, whenever you walk by this spot, you get a waft of greasy Five...

This is an interesting image of a letter that we dug up at the National Archives. Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the...

Oh, these were the good old days. Hail to the Redskins! RGIII, we need you!

If you have an iPhone, iPad or any other Apple product, chances are, you've set foot in an Apple Store ... and if you...

I had the pleasure of speaking to a great class at AU last week. One of the students asked if we had ever done...

Whitlow's on Wilson wasn't always in Arlington. For a really long time, starting around the end of World War II, it was...

Ghost Dog went on another walk this past weekend to seek out three more stories for the GoDC community. This time, she passed through...

The Washington Mormon Temple in Kensington is full of mystery and intrigue, like the "Surrender Dorothy" graffiti. Read three unusual stories about its past.

Some of your D.C. old-timers will remember this commercial. So Awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2PLuuFEiw An interesting bit of trivia that you probably don't know. The dude that penned...

Something big happened at the Watergate in 1972 and it led to a very defensive President Nixon giving this painful press conference. This is...

Earlier this week, Ghosts of DC received a generous invite to tour the 9:30 Club. To some GoDCers, it might come as a shock...

It has been ridiculously hot out ... and we're having crazy thunderstorms at night to boot. Well, if you think this is bad, try...

In 1982, the United States Post Office launched a new system dubbed E-COM (Electronic Computer-Originated Mail) as an attempt to adopt the nascent technology...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wssrUMh2ZhE Ahh, I miss the 80s. Don't you? Related articles 1987 DC20 Sunday Matinee Theatre Opening (ghostsofdc.org) WUSA Sign-On 1988 (ghostsofdc.org) If Walls Could Talk: Chateau Bonaparte on K Street (ghostsofdc.org)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZNX3mJBiVg If you couldn't tell, today I'm feeling a little nostalgic about 1980s' television. If you lived in the area back in the 80s, you'll...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMagwwcVz6s If you're younger than about 25, you probably don't know this, but not all television stations were 24 hours a day. Back in 1988,...

Early GoDC reader and now occasional contributor, Jason, wrote a great post about the sad decline of the last local franchise to hold the...

If you lived in or visited Washington in the 1970s or 80s you probably remember how nasty this city was. I remember my father...