Key Players & Glossary

1D1: Shorthand designation for the Police Station on Marion Park, standing for the First District (that’s the 1D) First Substation (that’s the second 1).

AIA: American Institute of Architects

ANC: Advisory Neighborhood Commission

CHRS: Capitol Hill Restoration Society

CIA: Civil Infractions Act (not the Central Intelligence Agency in our context)

DCBZA or BZA: District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment

DCDOB or DOB: District of Columbia Department of Buildings

DCHPRB or HPRB: District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board

DCOZ: District of Columbia Office of Zoning

DCPO: District of Columbia Preservation Office

DCRA: Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

DLCP: Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection

FOIA: Freedom of Information Act

Hairpin Fence

HUD: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

Iron, Cast: Iron that has been poured when hot and still liquid into a mold for the final desired shape

Iron, Pig: Iron in its rudimentary processed form, in the form of ingots, called “pigs”

Iron, Wrought: Iron that has been hammered into the final desired shape

Lime-based mortar:

NPS: National Park Service

OANC: Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the umbrella office for all the ANCs

Park:

Parked space:

Portland cement:

Power washing:

Pressed brick:

Repoint:

Sandblasting: Suitable for paint removal on iron, NEVER on bricks or stone

SMD: Single Member District, a subdivision of an ANC

Stripping:

TSP: Tri-sodium phosphate

Tuckpoint:

Ward: One of the 8 geographical regions into which the District of Columbia is divided for electoral, legislative, policy, and governance purposes. Each of the 8 wards is subdivided further into ANCs, and these are subdivided further into SMDs.

Zoning: