by Ann Kessler December 5, 1981 was an historic day in the Forest Hills neighborhood. It marked the opening of the Van Ness-UDC Metro station as well as the Woodley […]
You’re Invited: On Veterans Day, mark the centennial of “The Great War’s” end
This Veterans Day is the 100th anniversary of the first Armistice Day, the day in 1918 when the Allies and Germany signed the armistice that ended World War I. The […]
DC Public Library’s core DC history collection moving to Van Ness
by Marlene Berlin Some of DC’s history is moving to Van Ness. Part of the DC Public Library’s Washingtoniana Collection will be stored at 4340 Connecticut Avenue, in the space […]
Neighborhood in the News: Intelsat’s totally ’80s HQ, and the totally 1800s vineyard
When UDC was a vineyard: Remnants of farms remain scattered throughout the District, including a spring house that belonged to John Adlum, a contemporary of George Washington and a vintner […]
‘The Battle of Fort Reno’ writer speaks March 15 on Reno Park’s hidden history
“Three African-American activists hurried to the Capitol on the morning of March 28th, 1926. They had heard Congress was considering a bill that would wipe out a community of 370 […]
We reminisce about businesses past, and welcome the new ones
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Not in our neighborhood. Longtime residents can mark time not only by the calendar – but also by the businesses that have come and gone. […]
The Forest Hills freeway and other never-built development plans
If mid-century traffic planners had their way, DC would have been the land of the freeway. One 1950 plan envisioned parts of Connecticut Avenue as an express highway. It also […]
The defector, the Van Ness visionary, the goose attacker and more people of the past
Until Ann Kessler wrote about then-Congressman and Senator Lyndon Johnson’s home on 30th Place, we had no idea his family had lived here. And they truly lived here. The image […]
The first lady of Forest Hills: When Lady Bird Johnson was a Murch mom
by Ann Kessler Around this time 75 years ago, Forest Hills got new neighbors: a congressman and his wife. That congressman would go on to serve in the Senate, then […]
Neighborhood in the news: Protesting for DREAMers; the “patriotic” vintner; reducing food waste
This one’s for the DREAMers: Students from Wilson High and other area schools walked out of class on November 9th and converged on the Capitol to urge Congress to pass […]