Tag: Columbia Heights

You can't walk past the Tivoli Theater in Columbia Heights and not admire it, imagining what the surrounding streets were like in the late...

This is awesome. Maybe you're going to hit up a few open houses today? Well, check this old advertisement out. This part is great, advertising...

I'll leave you with this last photo from 1926. This is a great way to end your Friday. This was taken in the old...

Michelle Obama isn't the only first lady to set foot in Columbia Heights. Grace Coolidge took the drive up 14th St. to attend a...

Before Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, we had Barkley, Morrow, Harrison, W. Whiting and H. Whiting The Whiting brothers, William and Harry, lived with their...

Here's a good one from the Library of Congress archives. It's a drawing of the proposed new Executive Mansion, to be built...

This is a wild advertisement that I came across in The Evening Times (back then they'd publish the paper a couple times each day)....

Evidently, horses racing through the streets of Columbia Heights was a dangerous thing at the turn of the century. This article I came across...

I came across a great advertisement for plots in Columbia Heights. It dates back from July 20th, 1902. A few obvious differences...

I am obsessed with Red Rocks at 11th and Park NW. I have been since day one. In the hopes that I can convince...