Save Our Saucer! (And the Rest of the Library Too!)
Recently, the Hyattsville Branch Library was added to the 2014 Endangered Maryland Annual List. The building is a relic of the 1960’s “space race” and is known for its iconic […]
Category Archives: The District
Change Over Time- a 1920’s Painting of Pennsylvania Avenue
Today’s gleaning from the Library of Congress is a painting by the artist Susan Brown Chase, done between 1920 and 1930, of the 2200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Chase […]
Washington DC’s Old Capitol…Prison
Following up on this week’s Libby Prison article, here’s one from the District. This is the Old Capitol Prison at First and A Sts NE, currently the site of […]
Reader Participation Day: Find the Overpass! Anacostia WPA Artwork
Reader participation day! #HistoricHighway This striking image of New-Deal era artwork in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC is part of the Library of Congress’ Carol Highsmith collection, taken sometime […]
Preservation 101: Water is a B****
Like that ex who has your Facebook password, water is a vicious and insidious thing that can destroy a building before anyone notices a leak. This was the view inside one […]
The Strip Club is Falling Down, My Fair Lady
Some days you just feel like quitting your job. On Friday, the roof and several walls of the Cloakroom on K St NW collapsed- leaving the employees of the establishment […]
John Russell Pope, Abraham Lincoln, and the American Pharmacists Association
Most of the buildings on the National Mall are well-known, beloved, and clearly have a purpose there. The Smithsonian museums are wonderful, and the juxtaposition of monumental federal buildings and spaces reserved […]
