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 […]
Neighborhood in the News: Another ambassador moving in; Rent on the rise; The real birthplace of the U.S. atomic age
After living in hotels and other temporary homes in Washington for the past two years, Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog is getting a new and permanent official residence. And it’s in […]
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 […]
Peirce Barn heading for first renovation in 50 years; Rock Creek Conservancy gets an unusual donation
Some news about Rock Creek Park attractions. The mill at Peirce Mill has been the focus of ongoing restoration efforts since Friends of Peirce Mill formed in the 1990s. Now, […]
Forest Hills Park has a 90-year history of parent advocacy, DIYs, and many do-overs
Forest Hills Park and Playground have taken many forms over the years. And it exists today because of the efforts of neighborhood parents and grandparents going back almost 90 years. […]
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 […]
Neighborhood in the News: Black basketball’s founding father; bowling and polar bears in Van Ness; waterpark what-if
Honoring a DC sports and civil rights pioneer: If UDC has anything to say about it, more people will know E.B. Henderson’s name. And we should. Well over a century […]
Chevy Chase’s American City Diner: A brief history, what’s next, and one family’s fond memories
by Marlene Berlin In 1988, Jeffrey Gildenhorn opened a 1940s-style diner at Connecticut Avenue and Morrison Street. For 30 years, the retro American City Diner served up regular diner fare: […]
The defector, the no-good teenagers, the goose attacker and more people of the neighborhood’s past
Our neighborhood’s history has more than its fair share of notable residents, including two U.S. presidents, a Cold War defector, and a college president who broke racial barriers. And there […]
The Forest Hills freeway and other never-built development plans
If mid-century traffic planners had their way, Northwest DC would have been the land of the freeway. In a 1946 book, an influential architect predicted that upper Connecticut Avenue would […]