Odd omission: Charles E. Smith family missing from Washingtonian list of movers and shakers
The Charles E. Smith family built the giant Crystal City complex near Ronald Reagan National Airport and donated hundreds of
The Solomon Scandals novel, politicians, the media, the Washington area, tech and other surrealism:
The Charles E. Smith family built the giant Crystal City complex near Ronald Reagan National Airport and donated hundreds of
The Schmidoffs’ windmill burned down in 1908 in Lipnick, Russia. An upshot was a real estate empire half a planet
The review of Conversations with Papa Charlie is still set for this week—most likely Thursday or Friday—along with some related
Housekeeping: The review of Conversations with Papa Charlie, the David Bruce Smith book, about his grandfather, Charles E. Smith, may
“The commonest axiom of history is that every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.” So
“Google neighbors”—is there such a thing? Perhaps. The Solomon Scandals Web site uses the words “David Bruce Smith” only once.
Robert H. Smith, philanthropist and Crystal City developer, gets another paean today from the Washington Post—this time an editorial, which
How did the sprawling Crystal City complex, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, get its name? In the 1960s, developer
Update, 2:05 p.m., Dec. 31, 2009: Just-posted commentary on the Washington Post’s less-than-complete obit of Robert Smith. – D.R. Robert