Some of you may go to Russia House this weekend for drinks with your friends. Some of you may not. But most of you have probably driven by this beautiful building at Connecticut and Florida at...
This is the intersection of 18th, N St. and Connecticut Ave. in 1929 before the Great Depression. Source: Library of Congress And, here's a shot of Florida Ave. and 21st...
One of our original readers, Ben, sent along a link to a great Flickr collection of D.C. postcards. You have to check them out. Below is one of our favorites, showing the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, looking...
If Walls Could Talk / 10.02.2014
If Walls Could Talk: Nanny O’Briens
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 building at 3319 Connecticut Ave. NW. The Greek...
Source: Streets of Washington When the Chevy Chase Ice Palace and Sports Center opened on Nov. 23, 1938, it became an instant sensation. On opening day more than 2,200 people hit...
We're loving spending time studying these old photos. Hopefully you're enjoying them too. This is a photo from 1904 showing Connecticut Avenue, and we're assuming this is somewhere between Dupont Circle and Farragut Square? Maybe some GoDCers...
This is one of the most beautiful and ornate apartment buildings in all of Washington. It still sits at 2101 Connecticut Ave. NW, between Dupont Circle and Woodley...
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...
This Buick Motor Company ad from the October 4, 1913 edition of the Washington Times was too good not to post! The Buick Motor Company was located at 1028 Connecticut Ave, NW. Source: Library...
Three Things... / 30.09.2013
Three Stories About the Dresden
We noticed last week that there were a few searches on our site for The Dresden, that beautiful building at 2126 Connecticut Ave. NW. The building...
This is a terrific old postcard we found in our GoDC buddy John's Flickr photostream. Source: Flickr user StreetsOfWashington If you were look down this...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 12.08.2013
The Connecticut Inn Motel
Here's a cool old postcard we dug up on Flickr. It shows the old Connecticut Inn Motel at 4400 Connecticut Ave. NW in 1973. The building is still there, but upgraded a little bit.
If Walls Could Talk / 04.04.2013
If Walls Could Talk: Mad Hatter
I had the pleasure of speaking to a great class at AU last week. One of the students asked if we had ever done a piece about Mad Hatter on Connecticut Ave. We haven't yet, so...
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...