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Category Archives: The District

Save Our Saucer! (And the Rest of the Library Too!)

August 15, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

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 […]

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History and the Bulldozer, Posts, The District

Change Over Time- a 1920’s Painting of Pennsylvania Avenue

June 12, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

  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 […]

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Photos, The District

Washington DC’s Old Capitol…Prison

May 23, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

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 […]

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Reader Participation Day: Find the Overpass! Anacostia WPA Artwork

May 12, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

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 […]

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Photos, The District

Preservation 101: Water is a B****

May 7, 2014by gray_o'd 1 Comment

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 […]

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Posts, Preservation 101, The District

The Strip Club is Falling Down, My Fair Lady

May 5, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

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 […]

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John Russell Pope, Abraham Lincoln, and the American Pharmacists Association

April 25, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

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 […]

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