The signs denoting the Emerald Street Historic District (ESHD) were installed in February.  Congratulations to the ESHD neighbors! photo

Response to “When Historic Preservation Hurts Cities”, Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times, January 26, 2020, by Beth Purcell, President, Capitol Hill Restoration Society followed by a response from Nicholas A. Redding, Executive Director, Preservation Maryland:

On May 3, 2018, the Historic Preservation Review Board approved the Kingman Park Historic District (Historic Designation Case 16-19).  

Residents of Emerald Street, NE (13th/14th/E/F streets)  sought a historic district to protect their street. ANC 6A sponsored the application, which CHRS supported.

DDOT is proposing to install blue-white LEDs in streetlights, which many believe to be harsh or even harmful, and has already begun installing these LEDs.  CHRS Testimony before City Council 5/4/2017

Written by Beth Purcell, this report is a starting point for residents researching their own one-block streets. 

Residents of Emerald Street NE (between 13th/14/E/F streets) have been working to make their street a historic district.  ANC 6A sponsored the historic district nomination.  The DC Historic Preservation Office has accepted the Emerald Street Historic District nomination for filing and assigned it Case No.17-05. (Emerald Street HD nomination)

Kingman Park Civic Association is seeking a historic district designation for Kingman Park Read Application