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Bigwig Digs
Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Bigwig Digs, from most recent to least.
Bigwig Digs: A President, An Heir and A Rock God
UrbanTurf Staff | February 20th 2013
This week on Bigwig Digs, we add three men of generations past: an early U.S. President, an heir to the Mellon fortune and a rock god known as The... read »
Bigwig Digs: JFK, Tom Daschle and John Foster Dulles
UrbanTurf Staff | February 4th 2013
For this week's additions to Bigwig Digs, we add a trio of DC politicians from the long-lost past and not-so-distant past, all of whom lived at some... read »
New Bigwigs: Colin Powell, Donald Hornig & Hubert Humphrey
UrbanTurf Staff | January 28th 2013
This week on Bigwig Digs, we add three men whose historical legacies differ vastly but who’ve all left a clear mark on the world of politics,... read »
Bigwig Digs: Inaugural Edition
UrbanTurf Staff | January 21st 2013 | 1 Comment
In honor of today's festivities, after the jump are the three most recent additions to Bigwig Digs, all of them presidential. ... read »
The Spy, The Assassin & The Lobbyist
UrbanTurf Staff | December 10th 2012
We decided to look at the underbelly of Washington in this week's additions to Bigwig Digs. Where else but DC and its suburbs can you find the... read »
Bigwig Digs: The Chris’s
UrbanTurf Staff | November 26th 2012
This week's Bigwig Digs additions are two journalists who are associated with opposite ends of the political spectrum but share the same first name. ... read »
The DC Homes Where Jackie Kennedy and Charlie Rose Lived
UrbanTurf Staff | November 19th 2012
This week's additions to Bigwig Digs include one of the most glamorous first ladies in American history as well as a journalist whose claim to fame... read »
New Bigwigs: Tom Brokaw, Goldie Hawn & Riddick Bowe
UrbanTurf Staff | November 13th 2012 | 1 Comment
In this week's additions to Bigwig Digs, we have the Maryland residences of a boxer and a movie star, and a home in Woodley Park once inhabited by a... read »
Where the Presidents Lived in DC (Besides 1600 Pennsylvania)
UrbanTurf Staff | November 6th 2012
It is finally Election Day, and the only way that we could see fit to commemorate the day (aside from voting) is giving UT readers a rundown of where... read »
Law & Order, Miss Manners, and a 3-Term President
UrbanTurf Staff | November 5th 2012
This week's additions to Bigwig Digs include a familiar face for Law & Order fans; the only US president to serve three terms; and a woman whose pen... read »
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- DC's Political Odd Couple's Corner Store Turned Home in Old Town
- First-Timer Primer: Taxes and Profit from Selling a Home
- Carver-Langston: Calm on the Northeast Front
- Movie Theater, Marketplace, Dog Run: The Design Options for a Downtown DC Alley
- Call Your Mother and Tell Her Georgetown May Get a New Bagel Spot
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Northern Virginia
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods across Northern Virginia
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Ballston
Looking to Give People A Reason to Stay Past 6pm
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Clarendon
Happily Straddling the Line Between City and Suburb
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Columbia Pike
Arlington’s Neglected Stepchild is Getting a Makeover
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Crystal City
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
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Lyon Village
Developing An Air of Exclusivity?
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Rosslyn
Hitting Its Growth Spurt
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Shirlington
An Urban Village Hitting Its Stride
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Del Ray
Virginia’s Small Town Near the Big City
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Eisenhower Avenue
The Vibrancy Might Take a Few Years
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Huntington
The Quiet Neighborhood By the Beltway
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Old Town
Mayberry By The Potomac
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Parkfairfax
132 Commerical-Free Acres
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Downtown Falls Church
Staying the Same in the Midst of Change
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Tysons Corner
Radical Change Could Be On The Way
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Maryland
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods in suburban Maryland
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Annapolis
Small-Town Living in the State Capital
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Bethesda
Bedroom Community Gets Buzzing Cache
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Cabin John
In With The New While Maintaining the Old
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Chevy Chase
Affluence, Green Lawns and Pricey Homes
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Downtown Silver Spring
Experiencing a Resurgence After a Bumpy History
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Potomac
A Suburb on Steroids
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Rockville Town Square
Despite the Dynamism, Still Somewhat Generic
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Takoma Park
More Than a Little Bit Quirky
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Wheaton
A Foodie Magnet on the Verge of Change
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Capitol Heights
Kudzu, Front Porches and Crime
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Hyattsville
Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
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Mount Rainier
Artists, Affordable Homes and A Silo Full of Corn
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National Harbor
A Development Rises Next to the Potomac
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Riverdale Park
A Town Looking For Its Identity
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Northwest DC
30+ neighborhood profiles for the city's biggest quadrant
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16th Street Heights
DC's Sleeper Neighborhood
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Bloomingdale
Where (Almost) Everyone Knows Your Name
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AU Park
One of DC’s Last Frontiers Before the Suburbs
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Brightwood
DC’s Northern Neighborhood on the Cusp
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Burleith
DC’s 535 House Neighborhood
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Cathedral Heights
Do You Know Where That Is?
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Chevy Chase DC
Not to Be Confused With the Other Chevy Chase
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Cleveland Park
Coming Back After A Rough Year
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Columbia Heights
DC’s Most Diverse Neighborhood, But For How Long?
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Crestwood
An Island of Serenity East of the Park
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Dupont Circle
The Best of DC (For a Price)
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Foggy Bottom & West End
Where the Institutional Meets the International
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Forest Hills
Ambassadors and Adventurous Architecture
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Foxhall Village
350 Homes Just West of Georgetown
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Friendship Heights
A Shopping Mecca With a Few Places to Live
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Georgetown
History, Hoyas and H&M
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Glover Park
One of DC’s Preppier and More Family-Friendly Neighborhoods
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Kalorama
A Posh View From Embassy Row
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LeDroit Park
A Quiet Enclave in the Middle of the City
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Logan Circle
Trendy Now, But Not By Accident
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Mount Pleasant
Sought-After Homes Surround Main Street in Transition
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Mount Vernon Triangle
From Seedy to Sought-After
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Palisades
The Long, Skinny Neighborhood at the City’s Northwest Edge
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Park View
It’s Not Petworth
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Penn Quarter/Chinatown
DC’s Go-Go-Go Neighborhood
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Petworth
Getting a Vibrancy of Its Own
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Shaw
The Duke’s Former Stomping Ground
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Shepherd Park
DC’s Garden of Diversity
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Spring Valley
A Suburb With a DC Zip Code
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Takoma
Not To Be Confused With Takoma Park
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Tenleytown
Not Quite Like Its Neighbors
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U Street Corridor
The Difference a Decade Makes
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Woodley Park
Deceptively Residential
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Adams Morgan
No Longer DC’s Hippest Neighborhood, But Still Loved by Residents
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Southwest DC
The little quadrant that could
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Southwest Waterfront
A Neighborhood Where A Change Is Gonna Come
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Northeast DC
Profiles of 10 neighborhoods in NE
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Brookland
New Development Could Shake Up Pastoral Peace
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Deanwood
A Little Bit of Country Just Inside the District’s Borders
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Eckington
Not to Be Confused With Bloomingdale
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Fort Totten
Five Years Could Make a Big Difference
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H Street
A Place To Party, and To Settle Down
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Langdon
The Northeast Neighborhood That Few Know About
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Michigan Park
A Newsletter-On-Your-Doorstep Community
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NoMa
Evolving from a Brand to a Neighborhood
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Rosedale
Ripe for Investment Right About Now
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Trinidad
The Difference 5 Years Makes
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Woodridge
Big Houses, A Dusty Commercial Strip and Potential
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Southeast DC
6 neighborhoods from Capitol Hill to East of the River
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Capitol Riverfront
Still Growing
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Hill East
Capitol Hill’s Lesser Known Neighbor
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Congress Heights
Gradually Rising
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Hillcrest
Notable for Its Neighborliness
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Historic Anacostia
Future Promise Breeds Cautious Optimism
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Eastern Market
A More European Way of Living
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Off the Beaten Turf
Overlooked parks, shops, cafes, and miscellany throughout DC
Unique Spaces
Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro
