Tag: Cleveland Park

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...

This isn't a full "If Walls Could Talk" post since we couldn't find a ton of information on 3715 & 3713 Macomb...

At the time, Grover Cleveland lived north of the city in a lovely old estate called Oak Hill. Eventually, the neighborhood that grew up around his home was named for him: "Cleveland Park".

What is today Cleveland Park was an area for well-off Washingtonians to build their summer cottages. It was far enough away from swampy hot downtown and elevated to provide some breezy relief.

Here's a cool old advertisement for Connecticut Avenue Highlands, now known as Cleveland Park. Click on the ad for a larger version to read...

Hearst Elementary School up in North Cleveland Park, behind Sidwell Friends, is a cute little school for about 200 students. We've wanted to do...

You may or may not be aware of this, but in the early days, Cleveland Park was referred to as Cleveland Heights...

Here's an old ad from the roaring 20s.

Sigh. How does looking at this advertisement make you feel? This was printed on Leap Day, February 29th, 1948. Source: Washington Post

GoDCer Charlie requested this the other day via Facebook and we wanted to oblige. It's a map of Connecticut Avenue from 1919 Source: Library of...

Here's a slightly humorous, and probably not uncommon today, article from the Washington Post, printed on May 13th, 1927. Plumbing fixtures, valued at $1,150, were...

Check out this great old advertisement from 1927. It shows a row of homes on the northwest corner of 38th and Veazey Streets. And,...

I love when this stuff happens. GoDCer Steve did a little Googling and came up with this amazing piece of Internet gold. Remember Marjorie Morris?...

If you live in Cleveland Park, or have ever seen a movie at the Uptown, you will recognize the photo below. This is the...

This is a great tale to share with your friends, especially if you work on the Hill. I credit GoDCer and frequent suggester of excellent stories,...

It's been a while since our last "Three Things..." post, so we queried the Twitterverse for GoDC suggestions on our next one. DrCapsFan, an...

That's right, the Senator from Mississippi and chairman of the Armed Services Committee was shot both in the chest and the leg, after he...

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...

We are a great nation and Americans in the 1880s were proud of their rapidly growing and dominant country. But how can you truly...