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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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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: From Crack to Canvas to Condo

heydayjoe — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:37:39 +0000

Before it became home to one of the greatest collections of street art in Washington, DC, Hanover Place NW in Truxton Circle was a narrow, dead-end street where you could 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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Summer Whites & Summer Nights: Navy Band Concert

heydayjoe — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:08:57 +0000

Springfield rifles, disco, precision drills, bayonets, the presenting of the flag and “Jersey Boys” — how’s that for a hot date on a hot summer night? The Navy band concert 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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Folklife Festival 2014 Features “America’s No. 1 Enemy” and “Obama’s Birthplace”

heydayjoe — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:58:29 +0000

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is the annual event in which America feigns interest in cultural traditions that are not her own, typically from countries we consider to be our pals. Continue Reading →

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Temperance Fountain: Nobody Knows How Dry It Was

heydayjoe — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:03:54 +0000

Dr. Henry Cogswell often wondered why anyone would choose an alcoholic beverage over a nice cool drink of water. In his mind, the solution was simple: Build water fountains across Continue Reading →

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Wish We Here — DC Postcards #9

heydayjoe — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:03:13 +0000

Happy Summer Solstice 2014, the longest day of the year! Here’s our latest altered DC postcard, encouraging you to tour DC’s Space Needle, follow the National Arboretum trail to the Continue Reading →

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