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How Chinese Is Chinatown DC?

heydayjoe — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:11:39 +0000

What’s in a place name anyway? If you’ve ever been to Germantown, Md., you’ve probably noticed that it’s not all beer halls, lederhosen and St. Pauli girls. But when you Continue Reading →

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Veterans Day — Celebrating Those Who Served

heydayjoe — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:38:12 +0000

Major hostilities of World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the time at which the Armistice with Germany was Continue Reading →

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When Banks Were Good: The Oldest S&L in America

heydayjoe — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:56:20 +0000

Long before their predatory practices were scandalously defended by presidential hopeful and secret gremlin Sen. John McCain, the savings and loan association was a godsend to families who needed a Continue Reading →

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DC as Canvas: International Graduate University Sculpture

heydayjoe — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:23:08 +0000

The placement of this Brutalist sculpture next to an elementary school looks as if it may have been intended to enhance the learning environs by bringing some whimsy to the Continue Reading →

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DC’s Oldest Apartment Building Hangs On — Barely

heydayjoe — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:59:32 +0000

In the late-nineteenth century, DC residents weren’t too keen on living in apartment buildings. Washingtonians at the time associated “apartments” with New York City’s festering, crime-ridden tenements – filthy, overcrowded Continue Reading →

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Black Israelites DC: Hating and Berating at Gallery Place

heydayjoe — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:25:34 +0000

If you’ve ever walked by the corner of 7th and H streets in Chinatown on a Friday afternoon, you probably heard the amplified tub-thumpings of the Black Israelites of DC Continue Reading →

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DC as Canvas: Bohemian Caverns Mural – Miles Misses Shirley

heydayjoe — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:25:10 +0000

The Bohemian Caverns mural is half the mural it used to be. Created by artist Alonso Tamayo in 2000, the original artwork spanned the entire north side of the famous Continue Reading →

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Today Washington DC Became Capital of the United States

heydayjoe — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:58:25 +0000

On June 11, 1800, DC became capital of the United States, leaving the country’s former capital of the previous decade, Philadelphia, to the fate of Pennsylvanians. While Washington, DC, was Continue Reading →

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Union Station Roman Legionnaires: Behind the Shields

heydayjoe — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:47:06 +0000

More than 90,000 visitors pass through Union Station daily and, thanks to a group of foresighted railroad officials now long dead, most of those visitors will never have to see Continue Reading →

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United House of Prayer Has Sweet Daddy of a Parade

heydayjoe — Thu, 29 May 2014 15:38:21 +0000

Not to be confused with IHOP, UHOP is a big deal in DC. Bigger than all-day pancake breakfast. Big enough to have its own parade. IHOP doesn’t get its own Continue Reading →

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