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The 2024 Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture, was held Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at the Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE. The Trust for the National Mall gave a presentation about the history of the Mall, the current challenges of its aging infrastructure and the restoration needs and plans for the future in honor of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026.

On September 29, 2023, the Society presented the 2023 Dick Wolf Lecture with speaker  John Rennie Short, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore County. Event Photos

This lecture, originally scheduled for Friday, March 27, 2020, will not take place as planned. Information on rescheduling will be posted as it becomes available.

On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7 pm, John Hillegass, winner of the 2019 Dick Wolf Prize, presented a lecture on the decision to dismantle the Washington DC streetcar system in favor of buses. 

The 2018 Dick Wolf Lecture “New Discoveries at the Shotgun House Archaeology Project” was presented at Hill Center on Friday, March 23, 2018. 

Kelsey Robertson, winner of the 2017 Dick Wolf Prize, presented Historic Districts & Climate Change: examining the vulnerability of the District’s historic districts to sea level rise, Friday, March 24, 2017, 7 p.m., at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Presentation Slides Event photos

How to retain affordable housing and its contribution to maintaining character of place

On March 18, 2016 an overflow crowd attended the Hill Center to hear Brook Hill, this year’s winner of the Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture. Event Photos

Do we need more objective criteria for evaluating demolition permits for historic properties?  That question was addressed in a variety of ways by William B. King at the inaugural Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture on  March 27, 2015 at HillCenter. Event Photos