This event was recorded: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at 6:30 pm, Maygene Daniels an architectural archivist, will present a virtual Preservation Cafe, “Exploring House History in the Time of COVID.”

The Post reported December 27, 2020 on the problems with the FRA plan for Union Station, citing many of the same issues that CHRS raised in our comments on the draft environmental impact statement that we filed in September 2020. See below.

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.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 6:30 pm, the Southeast Library Modernization design team will present concept designs and gather community feedback.

This event was recorded: Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 6:30 pm. Kim Prothro Williams, Author and Architectural Historian, will be the featured speaker.   

Public Realm Design Manual: A Summary of District of Columbia Regulations
and Specifications for the Design of Public Space Elements 

DDOT Public_Realm_Design_Manual_2011

On November 11, 2020, CHRS sent a letter of opposition to an application to erect an accessory building on public parking at 205 12th St. NE. Full text of letter re: 205 15th St. NE, #358240

Our free, 3-D, #StayAtHome House Tour has gone virtual! We can’t safely present an in-person tour due to the pandemic. But we’ve never skipped a year since the tradition began 63 years ago and we’re not going to start now.  Nine houses are included, each a delight.