Tag: Connecticut Ave. NW

Some of you may go to Russia House this weekend for drinks with your friends. Some of you may not. But most of you...

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...

One of our original readers, Ben, sent along a link to a great Flickr collection of D.C. postcards. You have to check...

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...

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...

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 one of the most beautiful and ornate apartment buildings in all of Washington. It still sits at 2101 Connecticut Ave. NW, between...

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...

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...

We noticed last week that there were a few searches on our site for The Dresden, that beautiful building at 2126 Connecticut Ave. NW....

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 road...

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....

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

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 D.C.'s original statue of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, installed in 1884. Here you see it - clearly sitting at the center...

This is a great advertisement from the early 1920s. The Connecticut Avenue Association was promoting retail up and down Connecticut Ave., near Dupont Circle,...

Here's a tragic story for a Friday. On Tuesday, June 16th, 1925, a family was driving down Connecticut Avenue towards the city and in...

What is the history of Farragut Square in Washington, DC? Read three great stories from its past.

I'm really excited about doing this one and I'm sure there are a few of you out there that are really going to enjoy...

The Washington Hilton was a happenin' place to see live music apparently, with Hendrix also playing there in '68. Thanksgiving was the following Thursday,...

Wow, this one is gold. Jimi Hendrix played the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Ave. NW -- the same one where Hinkley shot Reagan in...