I noticed yesterday a large mural on the side of the 14th Street bookstore Candida’s World of Books is being bricked over for new construction that’s part of the Matrix condo building. A number of large luxury condo buildings are under construction on that stretch of 14th Street.
Reviewing The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington metro
Zachary M. Schrag’s recently published book The Great Society Subway has been on my “to read” list for quite some time now. Since the first time I visited Washington, D.C. I was captivated by the city’s Metro system, which I first began to explore in earnest when I lived in the city without a car […]
Before CVS
This tidbit from the chapter on Seventh Street in my newly-arrived 1937 WPA guide on Washington: Seventh Street in this region, and immediately east and west of the street itself, becomes invaded with dilapidated houses, small shops, pawnbrokers’ officers, and teeming restaurants. The Old Indian Herb Store, at No. 1726, sells every kind of remedy […]
I Want a Library
I just uploaded a set of photos of my neighborhood branch of the D.C. Public Library. The library has been closed since 2004 and no plan exists for its re-construction. It was closed with two other neighborhood plans and slated for demolition and re-construction, but the D.C. Board of Public Library Trustees canceled the construction […]
The DC Idiotarod
Almost forgot to mention, I stopped by the start line of the DC Idiotarod on Saturday. See more of my photos, or all tagged photos on Flickr.
915 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Ever since I moved in basically across the street from this property, I have wondered about it. The high, barred windows and tightly boarded windows and doors give it an institutional and vaguely hostile feel. A little internet snooping turned up little information on the property. DC city government’s online property sale database (which includes […]
Heurich House Makes CNN.com
The nonprofit organization that runs the Heurich House, which I’ve written about a couple times before, has until March 15 to raise almost $230,000 or risk defaulting on the loan they used to purchase the property. CNN.com has picked up an excellent AP story about the house, which now appears as the top link in […]