2023年2月6日 · This is the legacy Streets of Washington blog page. The blog has moved to https://streetsofwashington.substack.com/ All new posts will appear there. The author, John …

2012年2月6日 · Before the magnificent Francis Scott Key Bridge was completed in 1923, a far homelier structure linked Georgetown to Rosslyn. Known as the Potomac Aqueduct or Aqueduct Bridge, it was born of Alexandria's aspirations to rival Georgetown as a commercial hub.A remarkable engineering achievement, the bridge served as a vital Potomac crossing for 80 years.

2010年11月14日 · This is the legacy Streets of Washington blog page. The blog has moved to https://streetsofwashington.substack.com/ All new posts will appear there. The author, John DeFerrari , is a native Washingtonian with a lifelong passion for local history.

2013年8月6日 · The bridge also served as a key source of much of Georgetown's water. Parts of Georgetown were too high to be fed water from the main aqueduct solely by gravity, so Meigs built a special high reservoir at Wisconsin and R Streets, where the Georgetown branch of the DC Public Library and its renowned Peabody Room are now located. A great pumping engine …

2011年12月5日 · They used to be everywhere. Peoples Drug Stores were for much of the twentieth century one of those staples of everyday life in Washington, squatting on street corners in almost every neighborhood. The name seemed to have special resonance in the nation's capital, as if it were a commercial incarnation of democracy itself (or perhaps an arm of the …

2014年6月2日 · Streets of Washington June 3, 2014 at 6:43 AM Don Hawkins writes to tell us a little more about what happened when the project ended: The George Washington Memorial Hall did not entirely disappear in 1937.

2021年11月22日 · Chinese restaurants branched out from Chinatown to open as casual neighborhood eateries across the city. Most were not segregated. During World War II, the most successful Chinese restaurants in the city were several large nightclubs—including the Casino Royal and Lotus restaurants on 14th Street and Treasure Island on K Street—that offered a …

2018年3月13日 · Construction of the mansions was soon underway. In April 1857, The Evening Star observed: "The improvements in the neighborhood of Judge Douglas's are being commenced in good earnest. The contract for building the houses (two) of the Hon. H. M. Rice and Hon. J.C. Breckinridge have been conditionally awarded to Mssrs.

2010年10月11日 · Streets of Washington October 12, 2010 at 6:58 PM That's a great question, and I don't know the answer. Given that the hospital was a completely private undertaking—no public funds or associated requirements—one has to wonder whether all paying customers were treated equally.

2013年12月29日 · Ciro’s was also one of the first restaurants in Washington to serve pizza. A Washington Post article in 1941 was particularly enthusiastic: “Pizza Neapolitan, served in Ciro’s Famous Village, looks like the most beautiful pie you ever saw. But it’s made of creamy yellow cheese, baked fresh tomatoes, and the proper Italian sauces.”