A battle over historic preservation and displacement in Mount Pleasant could be resolved with an infusion of city money.
“We are a city known for monuments and memorials—but it’s the humble places like Barry Farm that speak to the stories of Washingtonians who shaped this city.”
The Washington National Cathedral and George Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon, Va. are each getting $100,000 in historic preservation money from American Express.
With one day left for the public to vote, two of 24 landmarks vying for a historic preservation grant are well ahead of the rest of the field.
Twenty-four landmarks in the District, Maryland, and Virginia are competing for online votes in hopes of landing up to $1 million in grant money to fix themselves up.
With The Washington Post Company possibly leaving its headquarters at 1150 15th Street NW for a new home, the D.C. Preservation League is reportedly considering requesting the building be given historical landmark status.
Last month, Amtrak unveiled an ambitious plan to modernize and expand Union Station into a high-speed rail hub. But a coalition of historic preservation groups wants to make sure the station is preserved as a Beaux-Arts masterpiece.
A rehabilitation project in Georgetown runs into a bit of an obstacle: replacing streetcar tracks that are over 100 years old.
Photo by jason.mundy. While D.C. is busy protesting the arrival of four Wal-Marts within the District lines by showing up at a developer’s home, Virginia residents are taking it a step further by challenging a proposed store in court. The proposed store, near the Wilderness Battlefield, is drawing ire from local residents and area preservationists who believe the store will undercut the historic value of battlefield. In 1864, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S….
I am always interested in the history of buildings, so I will be writing (hopefully every weekend) a feature about the history of different buildings with in the D.C. area. Up this weekend is the Metropolitan AME Church, located on M Street between 15th and 16th streets downtown.The church hosted Frederick Douglass’s and Rosa Park’s funeral, had President Taft, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bishop Desmond Tutu as speakers, and held pre-inaugural prayer services for President Clinton.
