Katie KirkpatrickJan 24, 20213 min readThe Blue castle in Navy YardNavy Yard is one of those neighborhoods in DC that is essentially 90% unrecognizable from even just ten years ago. The modern multi-story...
Katie KirkpatrickJan 10, 20214 min readWhen the Capital was PunkOh the 80s, a decade that defined a generation who spent it separating themselves from its Baby Boomer parents; a decade that saw the...
Katie KirkpatrickJan 3, 20217 min readTo Market, to Market If you’ve been to any major city in Europe you may have come across the old central markets, many that are still in use today. Typically...
Katie KirkpatrickDec 26, 20203 min readDC's Early Drag Queen Scene These days it's not too hard to find a drag show in the District. There is Perry's in Adams Morgan, one of the most well known drag...
Katie KirkpatrickDec 7, 20204 min readThe Canal that Flows Beneath the City Something I love about DC is that no matter how long I live here, there always seems to be something new to discover. Sometimes it's the...
Katie KirkpatrickNov 14, 20203 min readT and 7th - Where DC's Black Community Took a Stand At the intersection of 7th and T Street NW currently stands a school, a bank, a CVS and a Chinese restaurant. In the summer of 1919,...