Perhaps as many as 7,000 people are buried in an abandoned Washington, D.C. cemetery now located under a busy park. The nearly forgotten African American cemetery was re-discovered in 2005 when neighbors discovered human remains in Adams Morgan’s Walter Pierce Park, which includes athletic fields, a dog run, and basketball courts. The cemetery was founded […]
Researching My House’s History
Last summer I decided to research the history of my house in downtown Washington, D.C. The house is located on the 900 block of Q Street Northwest in the historic neighborhood of Shaw. My block is located within the limits of Pierre L’Enfant’s original street plan for the city which ended around present-day U Street. […]
Is it Gentrification if the Lots Are Empty?
Inspired in part by Mr. Kennicott’s article, I decided to take a little tour of the Mount Vernon Triangle area, where a number of large condominium projects are either under construction or planned. See the entire set here.
DC’s Building Boom
To me, the interesting thing about Philip Kennicott’s recent architecural polemic “The Mediocre Mile,” isn’t his architectural criticism but the sheer volume of construction he’s writing about. The Post’s Dana Hedgpeth described the construction in the Mount Vernon Triangle (its southern boundary is Massachusetts Avenue) in this story from April: “120,000 square feet of retail, […]
National Building Museum
I thought this photo I took of the National Building Museum‘s Great Hall came out well.
1100 New York Avenue
I’ve wondered about this building for a while now and only recently got a chance to take some photos. It was built in 1940 as a Greyhound bus station and successfully saved from destruction by the Art Deco Society of Washington, according to their website. The historic structure is now part of the modern office […]
D.C. Long Distance Commuter Buses
Although most people in Washington’s far-flung suburbs may get around by private automobile, they are served by a number of public bus systems operated by a variety of cities and counties in the region. These systems include a number of commuter buses providing regular service to downtown Washington on comfortable coaches from points 30, 40 […]