James Darius Ball, director of Future Cities at the National Building Museum, will give the Capitol Hill Restoration Society’s Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, at the Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. The event is free and open to the public.
Ball’s lecture will deal with future cities and how the power of public imagination and collective vision is shaping the future of urban life. The presentation will spotlight Coming Together, the National Building Museum’s first exhibition of their Future Cities initiative, which examines how American cities are reimagining and reshaping their downtown districts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ball has a background in sustainable development, building science and community engagement. He brings a rich experience and passion to questions of urban identity and opportunity.
The Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture is named for former CHRS president Dick Wolf, a city planner and activist who was a Hill resident who championed the cause of historic preservation. The lecture series features themes of historic preservation and urban planning in Washington, DC.
A reception will follow the presentation. All are welcome. Reservations are not required but are appreciated; please sign up through Eventbrite.
Choosing interior paint colors can feel daunting, particularly in DC row houses where light, or lack thereof, is tricky. At our next free online Preservation Café, color consultant Linda Bassert of Masterworks Design will help you learn how to make that choice.
Whether you’re repainting one room or the whole house, this event is for you. Sign up on Eventbrite to get the link to the event at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, January 14. The talk will be recorded and available later on our YouTube channel.
Linda is an award-winning designer with nearly 20 years of experience and expertise in window treatments as well as interior and exterior paint color. Her most recent award was Excellence in Design: Designer of the Year 2024 in the International Window Coverings Expo’s Grace Awards, the annual Design and Artisan Competition at the International Window Coverings Expo.
Our November Preservation Cafe provided an up-close — and inside! — look at the newly restored 1891 pipe organ at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
Attendees were invited to climb the narrow, twisting staircase to the organ loft to see reinstallation work in progress and examine the beautiful wooden exterior case, inner workings and towering pipes along with the manuals (also known as keyboards) and pedalboard.
