![Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States : projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac"](https://s3.amazonaws.com/ghostsofdc/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/27124249/ct001333.jpg)
Here is a terrific old map of the plan for the federal city. Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States : projected agreeable to...
We wrote a while ago about the history behind Constitution Avenue. Doing a little more digging, we have come up with a great addendum to that post,...
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Why Is It Named Meridian Hill?
This is a great bit of Washington trivia for everyone to commit to memory ...
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Why Is There No J Street?
This will be a nice twist on our "Three Things...