How well do you know the Forest Hills neighborhood? We’ll know you’re a true expert if you can tell us where to find this statue and what it represents. Know […]
MPD Lt. Victor Braschnewitz’s DC Roots
Lieutenant Victor Braschnewitz, the now-former commander of our Police Service Area (PSA) within the Metropolitan Police Department, has retired from the force. He lives in our community with his wife […]
Owl’s Nest: A Forest Hills Home Steeped In History
by Margery Elfin Once upon a time more than a century ago, there was a house built on Gates Road that might have come out of a fairy tale. It […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Adam Sieminski
by Emily Lind Baker Of the many Forest Hills neighbors who are professionally distinguished, there are some whose outside activities may be even more fascinating. Adam Sieminski, an energy economist, […]
How Our Playground Was Born
by Ann Kessler (Part 2 of 2; see the first post, about Mrs. Wright’s efforts to build and improve our neighborhood schools here.) Establishing a playground and providing recreational facilities […]
How Our Schools Were Born: Mrs. Leslie B. Wright
by Ann Kessler (Part 1 of 2) Among the early leaders of the Forest Hills neighborhood was a remarkable woman named Mrs. Leslie Boudinot Flenner Wright. She called herself “more […]
Forest Hills on WAMU
The Forest Hills neighborhood was featured in the July 27th edition of WAMU’s newsmagazine, Metro Connection. Each week, the broadcast profiles a couple of neighborhoods in its “Door To Door” […]
Clover Market Remembered
by Brendan Frost On Connecticut Avenue between Nebraska and Fessenden, across the street from Marvelous Market and Politics & Prose, there was a lesser known convenience store called Clover Market. […]
Meet The Elfins: Forest Hills Then And Now
by Dzenita Mehic Saracevic Margery and Mel Elfin moved into their house on 30th Street in Forest Hills on May 23, 1984. The house was their second residence in DC. […]
Forest Hills History: Our Presidential Neighbor
by Margery Elfin It was Harry Truman who said, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Perhaps he got that idea from his neighbors at 4701 Connecticut […]