The application has come to represent the push and pull between conserving the environment and preserving historic buildings.

It’d be a change in framework for D.C.’s Historic Preservation Review Board.

After the vote, the homeowner told the board, “You know, species are going extinct,” and he wishes he had added, “but at least I have a beautiful roof.”

The 2.5-mile H Street NE streetcar could be pushed back into 2014 due to a pending historic designation application for a site D.C. wants to use for a maintenance and training facility.