Today, Councilmember Tommy Wells extended his condolences to the friends and family of DC ANC-6D Commissioner Ron McBee, who recently passed away. “My deepest sympathies and condolences go out to the family and friends of Ron McBee. Ron McBee was so much more than a community leader serving on the […]
September Real Estate Update
Sep-13 Sep-12 %Change Sold Dollar Volume $5,384,900 $3,508,900 53.46% Avg Sold Price $336,556 $233,927 43.87% Median Sold Price $295,750 $223,000 32.62% Units Sold 16 15 6.67% Avg Days on Market 23 34 -32.35% Avg List Price for Solds $339,100 $237,913 42.53% Avg SP to OLP Ratio […]
Scenes from the Early Days of Washington’s Pound
–An Unhappy Dog-Owner Eliza Jenkins charged John Wells and two other colored men employed by Poundmaster Einstein as dog-catchers with using profane language toward her. The men pursued dogs in the Division and she had come to the window and told them to let the dogs alone, when they began […]
The District Dog Pound Nominated as a Historic Landmark
The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly recently submitted to the city’s Historic Preservation Review Board a nomination to give protection to the southeastern portion of the Randall Rec Center. Now used for recreation purposes, the red brick building on the corner of South Capitol and I St SW, which sits across the […]