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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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The Face of the Voice of the DC Metro

heydayjoe — Wed, 07 May 2014 11:30:01 +0000

The most frequently heard voice in our nation’s capital isn’t the enunciated clip of Barack Obama or the smoker’s rasp of House Speaker John Boehner. It’s the sultry intonations of Continue Reading →

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T. Rex Finds New Home in DC – Rent-Free!

heydayjoe — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:24:26 +0000

You know that colossal T. rex skeleton that towers over you as you enter the dinosaur hall in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History? It’s a fake – but Continue Reading →

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