From the Western High School Alumni Association: Western High School was established in 1890. First classes were held in Curtis School at Potomac and O Streets in Georgetown, with two teachers and 50 students. In October 1897, the school moved to…
Wayne Robinson was born February 29, 1956 in Landstuhl, Germany to William and Ruth Robinson, On May 17 2015, God summoned Wayne to come home. He was preceded in death by his brother, Michael .
As a young man Wayne grew up at 209 K street S.E. …
The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy.
The Yard currently serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for…
Currently utilized has office space by the DC Public School System, Van Ness Elementary is currently being considered to reopen as an elementary school in the coming years. Van Ness was of the many elementary schools that was in the Arthur Capper…
According to the Washington Blade: Denver-based businessman Marty Chernoff, founder and owner of Tracks, has been credited with bringing to D.C. a gay nightclub that offered features that no other…
Marshall Hall was an amusement park at Marshall Hall, Maryland, next to the Potomac River, more or less across from Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George Washington. The site of a small amusement park dating from the 1890s, a modern amusement…
"THE NAVY YARD RESHENA KNEW," from Neighborhood Nomads, August 15, 2012:So often our neighborhoods are the settings for wonderful stories. They are places where we come to appreciate simple things like the comforts of home and the traditions of…
Friendship House (also known as The Maples, Maple Square, or Duncanson House) is a Georgian townhouse, located at 619 D Street, (630 South Carolina Avenue), Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.The Friendship House…
The Cost of Leaving Left in the rubble of the Arthur Capper exodus: bags of clothes, rusting grills, children's toys, and a cautionary tale.
By Jason Cherkis • May 20, 2005
There is no sign anywhere that Ola Dixon lived here. Her town home, 908…