Wonderland Ballroom stands in place of one of the nation’s oldest black gay bars, and other neighborhood history.

Think you know D.C.’s neighborhoods? Test yourself.

The Cleveland Park listserv is the biggest of its kind in the city, and it just turned 13. We asked co-creator and moderator Bill Adler what he loves and hates about his lively listserv.

The rent is too damn high in parts of the D.C. region, especially in Georgetown, where it really damn high.

As cooler temperatures and changing leaves come to D.C., neighborhoods across town gather for a quintessential local tradition: street fairs and festivals.

A decade-old idea to change D.C.’s residential on-street parking system is again being discussed, but will the D.C. Council get around to passing it this time?

The childless adult is ascendant, and they’ve got money to spend, are looking for places to live and want to have a good time. But what are the best neighborhoods across the nation for those free of infant responsibilities?

If you live in Georgetown or Courthouse, congratulations—you’re in one of the region’s most walkable neighborhoods, which means that property values are higher, your neighbors are probably well-educated and you pay less for transit than many residents of less-walkable suburban developments.

One of our favorite new Tumblrs, Petworthies, noticed that searching for Petworth on Google Maps directs users to a singular address: a “humble example of the Wardman-style row home” located at 4161 9th Street NW. This got us to thinking: where, exactly, does Google Maps peg the location of every other neighborhood in the city?

A neighborhood’s name is part of its identity. Adoption of it, or aversion to it, can say a lot about where a place is going — and where it came from. Today, we’ll look at the genesis of “Adams Morgan.”