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. Like many in Washington, they were transplants, moving to DC from New York when Mel was offered a position as Newsweek’s bureau chief. They had […]
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 Avenue. A plaque at the Forest Hills apartment building commemorates President Truman’s time as a resident there while he was a senator from Missouri, and […]