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Kate Chase and the lost Salmon P. Chase House
The Hecht Company tore it down in 1936 to build a parking garage.
Jun 16
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John DeFerrari
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Kate Chase and the lost Salmon P. Chase House
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Italian comfort food at 19th and M Streets NW
Two popular restaurants once competed half a block from each other.
Jun 2
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John DeFerrari
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Italian comfort food at 19th and M Streets NW
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May 2025
A diplomatic retreat on Meridian Hill
Meridian International Center occupies two exquisite mansions designed by John Russell Pope.
May 21
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John DeFerrari
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A diplomatic retreat on Meridian Hill
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Victorian elegance at the Cochran Hotel, opposite Franklin Square
It was one of three hotels that have stood at this intersection.
May 6
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John DeFerrari
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Victorian elegance at the Cochran Hotel, opposite Franklin Square
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April 2025
Appreciating the HUD (Robert C. Weaver) Building and its Modernist legacy
A few Brutalist buildings, notably this one, are iconic
Apr 23
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John DeFerrari
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Appreciating the HUD (Robert C. Weaver) Building and its Modernist legacy
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Garfinckel's, Washington's Best Dressed Department Store
If you were White, Garfinckel's was the place to go for the latest fashions.
Apr 14
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John DeFerrari
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Garfinckel's, Washington's Best Dressed Department Store
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The Bartholdi Fountain, aka the Fountain of Light and Water
..and sometimes ice. It's a place to see and be seen.
Apr 7
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John DeFerrari
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The Bartholdi Fountain, aka the Fountain of Light and Water
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March 2025
A final 1912 homecoming for victims of the USS Maine
Most had been brought back in 1899, but some languished on the sea floor for 14 more years.
Mar 24
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John DeFerrari
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A final 1912 homecoming for victims of the USS Maine
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Two Russian Supper Clubs Thrived in DC During World War II
Exotic floor shows, drinking, and dancing in the days before the Cold War
Mar 17
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John DeFerrari
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Two Russian Supper Clubs Thrived in DC During World War II
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Woodward & Lothrop, the Sentimental Favorite
The story revisited of a landmark Washington, DC department store
Mar 10
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John DeFerrari
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Woodward & Lothrop, the Sentimental Favorite
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Streetcar at a "plow pit" in Georgetown, late 1950s
It's how they switched between underground and overhead power sources
Mar 3
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John DeFerrari
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Streetcar at a "plow pit" in Georgetown, late 1950s
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February 2025
In 1871, Washington celebrated a newly wood-paved Pennsylvania Avenue
"Hoop-de-Dooden-do!" a newspaper headline exclaimed
Feb 24
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John DeFerrari
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In 1871, Washington celebrated a newly wood-paved Pennsylvania Avenue
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