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Overbeck Lecture: Donald Ritchie on Emily Edson Briggs of The Maples
On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m., U.S. Senate historian emeritus Donald Ritchie will present an Overbeck History Lecture on Briggs’s life and times. In the late nineteenth century, visitors at The Maples, the grand old home on South Carolina Avenue, SE, that...
Village Voices – Retail Marketing
On December 8, 2015, Frank Guzzetta, the former chief of Marshall Field’s, will talk about retail marketing, just in time to inform you about holiday shopping. Guzzetta, worked for Woodward and Lothrop (Woodies), Hecht’s, Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, and other major...
Village Voices – Greece
November 3, 2015, 7-8 pm, Northeast Branch Library, presented by Capitol Hill Village. Have you ever said, “It’s all Greek to me”? Did you watch last summer as refugees swarmed onto the Greek island of Lesbos—and wonder if there is any connection between Lesbos and...
Energy Code Fundamentals – Preservation Cafe
David Epley, Green Building and Sustainability Manager for DC’s Green Building Program (GBP) delivered the October 2015 Preservation Café. Created in 2013, the GBP operates within the structure of Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ (DCRA’s) permitting and...
Virginia Avenue Tunnel Grant
The DC Preservation League (DCPL) is now accepting matching grant applications for historic preservation projects within the Area of Potential Effect for the Virginia Avenue Tunnel Reconstruction Project (click here to view flier and map). Applications are due...
DDOT Virginia Avenue SE Streetscape Restoration Review Meeting
September 28, 2015, 6:30 p.m., DDOT, ANC 6B and ANC 6D will host a public meeting to review proposed plans for the restoration of the Virginia Avenue, SE, streetscape following the completion of the CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel project. The meeting will be held in the...
DDOT State Rail Plan – Open House
September 28, 2015, 5:30 p.m., DDOT will host an open house public meeting to kick off the development of a District of Columbia State Rail Plan (SRP) at the Friendship Public Charter School-Chamberlain Campus, 1345 Potomac Avenue, SE. The open house format will allow...
Painted Brick: Pros & Cons – Preservation Cafe
The September 16, 2015 Preservation Cafe featured local architectural conservator and Capitol Hill resident, Justine Posluszny Bello, speaking on the issues associated with painting historic brick rowhouses. Ms. Bello premised the talk on the idea that the questions...
CHRS Walking Tour – North Lincoln Park (east)
On September 27, 2015, CHRS presented a reprise of a 2007 tour of North Lincoln Park covering the 200 block of 14th Place NE, 1400 block of C Street NE, 200 block of 14th Street NE, Ames Place NE, 100 block 15th Street NE , and 1500 block of A Street NE. Topics...
Value of Preservation – Membership Meeting
"A Great Neighborhood and an Historic One - What is the Relationship?" John Sandor, President of the DC Preservation League, will be the featured speaker at a Membership Meeting, Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 7th St....