Faces & Places of Yesterday / 21.01.2016
Meridian Hill Park in 1910s
Meridian Hill Park construction began in the 1910s. Below are two great old photos of the park in the early days. Source: Library of Congress Meridian Hill...
We posted a cool old property map of Columbia Heights the other day. Today, we're showing you something that we dug up showing an alternate view of what Meridian Hill could have looked like, starting back...
Meridian Hill Park was largely the vision of Mary Foote Henderson. So, we have her to thank for the great park sitting at the crest of 16th and Euclid with a sweeping view of the city....
Why Is It Named...? / 01.02.2013
Why Is It Named Meridian Hill?
This is a great bit of Washington trivia for everyone to commit to memory ...
From GoDCers / 09.01.2013
Four New Sites for the White House
Last week we posted a detailed topographical map of Rock Creek Park from 1866. There were some great comments on it, including GoDCer Elizabeth's observation that the map was entitled "Location for a Public Park & Site...