What goes better with football than beer? Well burgers, football and beer of course. Lest you get the wrong impression, The Big Board (421 H St NE) isn’t a sports bar per se, although we did enjoy watching a good part of the Redskins game there on Sunday. But, the large floor-to-ceiling windows (its located [...]
Entries Tagged as 'H Street'
H St Tree Boxes To Get New Look (Again)
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · H Street
During H Street, NE’s sidewalk reconstruction earlier this summer, new tree boxes were installed with large granite stones on the perimeter, filled in by 4-inch cube cobblestones installed at an angle to facilitate drainage. In addition to drainage, I’ve also heard these smaller cobbles referred to as facilitators for B&E and grand theft auto. This [...]
Tags: DDOT·H Street·streetscape
Lost Capitol Hill: The Columbia Street-Railway Company
September 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill
Last week’s H Street festival showed, once again, what a vibrant neighborhood this has once again become. Still missing in the picture are, of course, the light rail cars for which the tracks have been laid. And that’s a pity, because it was street cars that made H street what it was originally. Today, we’ll [...]
H Street Chalk Walk Photo Slideshow
September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · H Street, Near Northeast/Atlas District
Did you make it out to Saturday’s Chalk Walk? A chalky good time was had by all who attended! Did you take pictures? Add them to our Flickr pool with the tag “dcchalkwalk2011″ so we can all see!
Tags: business·chalk·chalkwalk2011·FUN·H Street
H Street Chalk Walk and Brunch Around This Saturday
September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, H Street
On Saturday Sept. 10, H Street Main Street and Capitol Hill’s Chamber of Commerce (CHAMPS) will host the first ever Chalk Walk on H Street NE. H Street Chalk Walk is a day-long event that will allow attendees to watch artists working live, in partnership with H Street businesses, to create sidewalk art with the theme, [...]
The Queen Vic Impresses
July 15th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Capitol Hill, H Street
Guest post by Gabe Stutman The Queen Vic is yet another reason why H Street is NOT going to be the next Adams Morgan. I’ve heard whispers from longtime DC residents such as myself that the rapid, bar-heavy development on H is similar to that of 18th Street years back – that eventually H Street [...]
