Saturday, January 15th is the last day for community comments on the proposed designs for an information hub in the Eastern Market metro plaza. The 30-day comment period opened following a December 14th community meeting hosted by Councilmember Tommy Wells. Though you won’t see it now (its too cold December-February, which is one of the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Eastern Market Metro'
Things We Take for Granted: The Blue/Orange Line
January 12th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Eastern Market, New Hill East
I first arrived in DC and 2001 and soon after my contentious relationship with DC’s transit system was born. So many unappealing things about the whole experience, above ground stops that leave waiting passengers sweltering in the summer and freezing in the winter, and fare card machines that are functional except they won’t take coins [...]
Tags: Eastern Market Metro·Metro
Walking Shtick Tours: a New Way to See the Hill!
October 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
As part of our long standing scheme to avoid honest labor, Robert Pohl and I are proud to announce our latest venture, Walking Shtick Tours, a Capitol Hill based walking tour company that focuses on examining the nuances of life on the Hill through the ages and has a little fun while doing it. We’ll [...]
Fashion on the Hill: Bowties, Berets and Bravado
November 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Eastern Market
There needs to be a new dress code called “First Hilly.” It’s neither dressy casual or brunch chic, nor Sunday mass, Barracks Row funky, office Christmas party or Embassy Row redux. Yet, the Friday night celebration of the first annual Hilly awards given by our local chamber of commerce, CHAMPS, seemed to have elements of all of these. Which [...]
Hilly Awards: On the Street Where You Live
November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill
The first annual Hilly Awards for top-rated Hill businesses – based on a citizens poll – was one of those events that, though carefully planned and orchestrated, come off as an impromptu gathering of everyone you usually meet walking around the neighborhood plus those larger-than-life types you only hear from idle sidewalk chatter. All gleam and glisten [...]
Judge accepts bid to purchase Friendship House
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Eastern Market
The Hill is Home learned today from Ron Joiner, chairman of the Friendship House Association, that historic Friendship House may have a new owner soon. A judge accepted the bid of Sonja Sweek, Hill resident and grandmother, and local Mom on the Hill, to purchase the historic home, Joiner said. Sweek bid $3.2M for the [...]
Capitol Hill Town Square Presentation Available Online
July 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Eastern Market
Want to see what’s in store for the Eastern Market Metro plaza? The full presentation for the Capitol Hill Town Square designs that was announced last week is now available online at CapitolHillTownSquare.org. You can read our breakdown of the designs here, but I highly recommend taking a look at the presentation (PDF), which includes [...]
