Tag: Washington DC
Logan Circle, Washington, DC, Part 1
My favorite neighborhood in Washington, DC was Logan Circle. More on it tomorrow.
The Old Hood, Mount Vernon Square, Washington, DC
Many of you do not realize I lived in one of the most crime ridden areas of Washington, DC back from 2002-3. I realized, only after I had moved in that I was a pawn in my landlord’s gentrification scheme for the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood. I was mere blocks from the infamous Sursum Corda…
Lerner Shops, Facadotomized, But Still There, Washington, DC
This building sat empty, coated in layer upon layer of crusty yellow paint. I often overheard people say it should be torn down as they walked by, and seeing it fully restored on the front is heartening. Now, to be honest, they chopped off the back of the building and combined all the other buildings…
Before There Was Harlem, There Was U Street
Ben’s Chili Bowl anchors the famed center of African-American life in Washington, DC on a stretch of U Street NW from 7th St to 18th St NW. It survived the riots, the construction of Metro down the street, and continues to serve late into the night. Curiously, the owners, who are devout Muslims, don’t eat…
House of the Temple, Washington, DC
The center of most Masons in the United States is housed in an incredible building on 16th St NW, modeled off the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
Anderson Mansion, Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC
The Society of the Cincinnati now have their headquarters in this grand mansion.
Stupid Hedge, Kalorama Heights, Washington, DC
Seven years ago I complained to the District about this hedge blocking the right-of-way for the disabled, and still, nothing has been done.
The Walsh Mansion, Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC
The Walsh Mansion, now the Embassy of Indonesia, is one of the most stunning grand houses in Washington, DC. There is actually a mansion in St. Louis, near the corner of Kingshighway and Lindell, that looks very similar; see it here in my old post.