Researching Oral Histories – Community Forum
Posted on June 19th, 2021
Bernadette McMahon and Brian Kraft presented “Voices from our past – Researching oral histories of Capitol Hill“ Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
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Posted on June 19th, 2021
Bernadette McMahon and Brian Kraft presented “Voices from our past – Researching oral histories of Capitol Hill“ Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
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Posted on March 23rd, 2021
This event was recorded: Historian Matthew Gilmore, presented “The Botanic Gardens and the Senate Park Commission: Three Decades of Controversy” Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Synopsis follows.
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Posted on December 4th, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, two District Department of Transportation (DDOT) planning officials discussed the planning and environmental process on Capitol Hill, with a focus on the DDOT’s planning and implementation of its transportation corridor revitalization projects on Pennsylvania and Maryland Avenue. Handouts available for those who missed the presentation.
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Posted on February 18th, 2020
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.
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Posted on September 18th, 2019
History buff Matthew Gilmore gave a talk entitled “Making Washington’s “Swampoodle”: Irish Neighborhood in the Tiber Valley, Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 7 pm, at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE.
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Posted on June 15th, 2019
Andrew Trueblood, the new director of DC’s Office of Planning, will be the featured speaker for a Community Forum on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE.
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Posted on March 17th, 2019
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.
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Posted on September 24th, 2018
Architectural historian Pamela Scott, one of the authors of “Creating Capitol Hill, Place, Proprietors, and People” will discuss Capitol Hill’s early development with an emphasis on the roles played by the artisans and architect/builders who resided here on the Hill. Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at 7 p.m. at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
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