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 almost renamed Washington Avenue, in honor of the west coast state. An article...
This isn't a full "If Walls Could Talk" post since we couldn't find a ton of information on 3715 & 3713 Macomb St. NW. But, since I was having pizza there (again) with my wife and...
This cool old article from The Washington Post was published on November 3rd, 1889. At the time, Grover Cleveland live north of the city in a lovely old estate called Oak Hill. Eventually, the neighborhood that grew...
We're guessing a good number of you know the answer to this. There's also a good group of you who don't know, are quite curious, but haven't gotten around to Wikipedia-ing this yet. Well, let's save you...
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 the details. Source: Library...
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 a post on a local...
You may or may not be aware of this, but in the early days, Cleveland Park was referred to as Cleveland Heights (i.e., Columbia Heights, and Adams Morgan formerly known as Washington Heights). Below is a cool...
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 Congress Chevy...
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 stolen during the last two weeks from vacant houses at 3641, 3643,...
Check out this great old advertisement from 1927. It shows a row of homes on the northwest corner of 38th and Veazey Streets. And, check out the Google Street View of the same houses today. Pretty...
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? The intrepid young Washingtonian, noted for her adventures in Chevy Chase? We wrote...
If you live in Cleveland Park, or have ever seen a movie at the Uptown, you will recognize the photo below. This is the Park and Shop at Connecticut Ave. and Ordway St. It was built in...