February was very busy. I gave a presentation on Eloyce Gist to a pretty good crowd at the National Archives at College Park.
A lot of things personally have been piling up and unfortunately I missed a very important deadline with financial consequences. What’s done is done, but there are other things with other deadlines I need to take care of. So I will take a break from the blog this month.
In the meantime. Here’s a picture of some kittens on a patio.
Yeah. We’re having a snow day today and tomorrow.
I went on Google Street View to figure out which block this photo below came from.
The purple townhouse in the middle now has a popup extra floor and a rooftop deck.
Google Street View allows you to look at earlier dates, so I went back to 2011, when 1609 had the outdoor tent and showed several men socializing under it. The neighbors at the purple house were doing the same, under their own tent.
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas (Happy Chanukah) and Happy New Year.
In 2008 the house caught fire and then was vacant for a good long while.
It was fixed up and turned into condos.
In order to prevent spam, which pops up in my notifications from time to time, I had closed comments after 365 days, or 1 year.
This made sense when I was writing on more topical topics. But now that I’ve shifted to writing about the history of the neighborhood, I see that I am missing the opportunity to connect with people. These can be people whose ancestors I write about or others who have an interest in the topic. For good or ill, because, yes, I do throw shade.
So I am extending the comment period to 2.5 years. If that goes well, I’ll expand to 10 years.
There are a lot of things going on with me professionally and personally this Summer so from July to September 2025, there will be one post per week.
Thanks for your patience.
Mari
Par for the course for being mayor of DC.
Please note the house has been renovated and improved since 2013.
