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2012 Flashback: High-Rise Life

January 3, 2013 by Niki

Forest Hills high-risers are a vital and diverse community, consisting of 17 apartment buildings, 10 condominiums and 3 cooperatives. And we even have one low-rise garden apartment community in our midst. Barbara Cline writes our High-Rise Life column, and while she has found a number of interesting stories to tell, she thinks she has only […]

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2012 Flashback: Neighbors Worth Knowing, Part II

December 27, 2012 by Niki

Our neighbors spent the past year doing wonderful things, and they’ve shared their experiences with us. Paul Pearlstein is a “river rat” in his spare time. He shares his love of rowing with people on the Anacostia. Susan Crudgington is part of an organization that brings young Afghan women to the U.S. for education. Some […]

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FHCA Welcomes You!

April 14, 2012 by Niki

Situated as we are, it’s easy for Forest Hills to be defined by what we’re not—Cleveland Park or Chevy Chase. Those of us who live here, however, know that Forest Hills has its own personality, its own history, its own characteristics, and plenty of its own characters. For many decades, it has also had its […]

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News on the Avenue: Old Friends Leave, New Friends Arrive

April 13, 2012 by Niki

On our stretch of Connecticut Avenue, change is not a stranger. But the rate of change seems to have accelerated in recent months. Since late 2011: Walgreen’s has opened. Jake’s American Grille has opened its basement Boiler Room bar/arcade. WAMU has announced it’s buying 4401 Connecticut and moving in by this time next year. IntelSat […]

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Coming Soon… UDC’s New Student Center

April 12, 2012 by Niki

By Adam Tope ANC 3F Commissioner and Neighbor Over the next year, the commercial heart of Forest Hills, Van Ness and N. Cleveland Park will be going through a significant transformation as the University of the District of Columbia begins construction of its new $40 million student center. view the plans The student center will […]

Filed Under: News, UDC

Forest Hills From A Dog’s-Eye View

April 12, 2012 by Niki

By Emmy Elfin Full disclosure: This is the only neighborhood in which I have lived. However, I have walked the streets of Georgetown (don’t appreciate the cobblestones) and Cleveland Park (too many humans bustling about) and numerous other DC destinations, some more scenic, some less friendly. Forest Hills, as any canine will tell you, has […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Our Furry Kids, Style

Meet Your Neighbors: Alice M. Rivlin

April 12, 2012 by Niki

This is the first of an ongoing series of interviews with prominent Forest Hills residents. Because they’re well-known professionally, our interviews are more focused on getting to know them as our neighbors. By Carolyn Jacobson Alice Rivlin, who has lived in Forest Hills since 1962, has had a long career in government service.  She currently […]

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High-Rise Life: Caught Up in the Laundry Room Spin Cycle

April 8, 2012 by Niki

By Barbara Cline Have you ever gotten up at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning to do a load of laundry because you know you will have to compete with 100 other people for those eight machines? You quietly dash onto the elevator and ride downstairs to check if any machines […]

Filed Under: High-Rise Life, Home Front

New Morning Farm Market

April 8, 2012 by Niki

Editor’s note: A short walk or drive to the New Morning Farm Market is a weekend tradition for many families in this neighborhood, but lately we’ve had to find other ways to fill our Saturday mornings. The long-running farmers market is on hiatus until June. New Morning Farm’s founder is depriving us for a good […]

Filed Under: Food, Things To Do

Backyard Nature Guide: Spring Critters

April 8, 2012 by Niki

By Marjorie Rachlin One sunny day in early March, I heard what I had been waiting for: a high sweet trill,  repeated every few minutes. When I walked over and looked in my neighbor’s goldfish pond, I found several American toads submerged along the edge, big eyes peering nearsightedly out of the water. Two of them were […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Local Wildlife

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