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On the Van Ness Metro station’s 40th anniversary, what could have been: “This is a Red Line train to Glenmont. The next stop is… Soapstone.”
by Ann Kessler Sunday, December 5th is the 40th anniversary of the Van Ness, Cleveland Park and Woodley Park-Zoo Metro stations’ opening ceremonies, and Monday, December 6th will mark 40 […]
Lost Forest Hills: The Rose Hill quarry
by Ann Kessler The first people who lived here left their mark here. Archaeologists believe that the first inhabitants of the Washington, DC area arrived around 13,000 years ago. According […]
Grant Road: A historic country lane in Northwest DC’s modern street grid
by Ann Kessler Throughout DC are several streets that run only a few blocks at a time. They don’t fit in the grid of numbered and alphabetical street names, and […]
Only one sign remains of the Civil War defenses in Forest Hills. And it’s a literal sign.
by Ann Kessler There’s only one sign in Forest Hills that gives any indication of the neighborhood’s past role in Civil War history, and that’s at the Peruvian ambassador’s residence […]
They paid $19,000 for their 4-bedroom Forest Hills home. The year? 1942. The buyers? LBJ and his future First Lady.
by Ann Kessler Around this time 80 years ago, Forest Hills got new neighbors: a congressman from Texas and his wife. That congressman would go on to serve in the […]
Elvis was here. So was Marilyn Monroe.
We reshare this 2019 article by resident historian Ann Kessler in memory, and in tribute. We learn from her family that Kessler died on August 19th, after a long and […]
How Cleveland Dennard built a school – and changed Van Ness
The 2022-2023 school year began this week at the University of the District of Columbia, so we thought this was a good time to rerun this 2016 article on the […]
Questions about squirrels and parking on leaves: Some of the web search terms that brought readers to us in 2021
Most of our readers come to us through email notifications when we post new articles (see “Subscribe to our blog” in the sidebar, or on mobile, scroll down), and through […]
In 1930, a Hot Shoppe arrived in the neighborhood and drew the young and rowdy. Its neighbors weren’t pleased.
by Ann Kessler On July 2nd, 1930, a new restaurant opened on Connecticut Avenue at Yuma Street NW. The grand opening was quite the affair, with a brass band playing […]
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