It's a while off, but mark your calendars now because you don't miss this free, and interesting chance to learn more about our neighborhood:
Learn about the Development History of the Near Northeast
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
(Ebenezers Coffeehouse – 201 F Street, N.E. (lower level) accessible
CHRS is sponsoring a presentation by EHT Traceries, the architectural history firm that has been documenting the history of the buildings outside the boundaries of the Capitol Hill Historic District over the past few years.
This presentation will describe the development history of the neighborhood adjacent to the H Street commercial Corridor (roughly, from 2nd to 15th Street, from H to F Street, N.E.). You will hear about Swampoodle, as well as the transportation and government industries that helped give rise to the near northeast’s development. Learn the distinctions among Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival building styles, as explained by knowledgeable architectural historians, and enjoy the beautiful images of the handsome building stock with a better understanding of the architectural details.
This particular phase of the greater Capitol Hill survey was funded by the Louis Dreyfus Property Group, as mitigation for the demolition of 12 historic buildings to make way for their new mixed-use development on Square 752 (approximately bounded by H and G Streets, and 2nd and 3rd Streets, N.E.).
This event is free and open to the public as part of the CHRS “Beyond the Boundaries” program, which seeks to promote the appreciation of neighborhood history and support historic preservation efforts outside the boundaries of the Capitol Hill Historic District. You can get details about all of our events on our website, www.chrs.org.
3 comments:
How does funds going to an entrenched special interest group mitigate anything? Those funds could have been used to repair homes of people who really can not afford to keep their homes in good functional condition. Instead the money is being used to extend the control of this capital hill group that has done nothing positive for H street.
i may actually attend this for one reason: to find out the name of the little stone walls we see all over dc. you know, the low ones that surround front yards and have this wiggly white mortar in between the variety of shapes and sizes of the rocks that comprise the wall. *no one* seems to know what they're called.
I doubt that you will get any information about the gneiss stone retaining walls, with toothpaste caulk, at this forum. Judith Capen with the Hillrag might be able to help you.
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