Download or read book Hidden Alleyways of Washington DC written by Kim Prothro Williams and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kim Prothro Williams explains the remarkable architectural and social history of Washington, DC's multifaceted alleyways. This richly illustrated book also provides an appealing visual record of the roles and evolution of alleyways in the city. Washington's alleys were never intended to be seen. They were deliberately hidden from public view to conceal the services and people behind the grand design envisioned by the capital's early planners. But more so than in most American cities, alleyways in DC have always been a fundamental part of the life and economy of the city. Many alleyways have contained a parallel world of neighborhoods, manufacturing, and bohemian spaces. DC alleys were created in the original Plan of the City to provide access to the rear of the large lots for stables, carriage houses, and other utility buildings. As the city grew and property values rose, land owners changed the purpose of some alleys by building and renting out alley dwellings. Other alleys began to serve commercial and industrial purposes. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, inhabited alleys were mainly home to the city's poorest people, especially Black residents and recent immigrants. Unsanitary conditions spurred Progressive Era campaigns to demolish alley dwellings, but this began a new and complex era in the history of DC's alleys as reform efforts threatened to displace communities without offering them a place to go. Today, there are far fewer alleyways, as office and apartment blocks were built over many. This century has seen a transformation of many remaining alleyways into vibrant commercial and residential spaces that display stunning nineteenth century architecture. But this latest wave of gentrification has raised questions about how spaces that were once utilitarian or attainable for the poorest residents now cater to the wealthy. Hidden Alleyways of Washington, DC is a fascinating portrait of these important and varied architectural and social spaces in the life of the capital city"--
Download or read book The Urban Alley written by Rebecca Ann Summer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the role that alleys play in urban development. Based in Washington, D.C., it examines the impacts of historical transformations to the cultural, physical, and legal status of alleys from the 1950s to the present. It contends that understanding changes to alleys in the past is essential for critically evaluating the broad impact of alley transformations today. Chapter One focuses on the integral role that alleys played in the 1950s in urban renewal in the Southwest neighborhood, and in historic preservation in the Georgetown neighborhood. In both locations, the presence of alleys as historically racialized and classed spaces influenced federal and private investment for slum clearance, spurring processes of racial displacement. Chapter Two highlights the role of alleys in social, political, and economic reforms of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Emergent Black leaders in Washington, D.C.-from Youth Pride, Inc., the federal War on Rats, and the 1970 sanitation strike-centered their activities in the rat- and garbage-filled spaces of alleys, thereby making their impacts felt both citywide and in the intimate domestic realm of residents. Chapter Three demonstrates how the legal status of alleys as public land sparked intense debate in the 1970s over whether residents or real estate developers could claim these spaces. In neighborhoods like the West End and Dupont Circle, preserving low-rise housing or constructing high-rise buildings depended on the ability of residents and developers to navigate municipal bureaucracy and the intricacies of land-use laws regarding alleys. Chapter Four uses the insights from the historical chapters to make sense of present-day alley initiatives, at a time when Washington, D.C. is younger, whiter, and wealthier than it has ever been. City government, commercial investors, and residents are turning to D.C. alleys to meet a range of goals including affordable housing, green infrastructure, and economic development. As in the past, attention to the small scale of alleys reveals who has the ability to make claims to urban space and how they are leveraging this power to make decisions about the future of city neighborhoods.
Download or read book Alley Life in Washington written by James Borchert and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten today, established Black communities once existed in the alleyways of Washington, D.C., even in neighborhoods as familiar as Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. James Borchert's study delves into the lives and folkways of the largely alley dwellers and how their communities changed from before the Civil War, to the late 1890s era when almost 20,000 people lived in alley houses, to the effects of reform and gentrification in the mid-twentieth century.
Download or read book A Neighborhood Guide to Washington D C s Hidden History written by Jeanne Fogle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historic guide to Washington, D.C.’s neighborhoods, featuring photographs, maps, and beautiful drawings. - Get off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D.C.’s historic neighborhood - Discover the hidden history of the nation’s capital with tales of political intrigue, scandal, romance and tragedy. - Experience the overlooked architectural and cultural treasures in such neighborhoods as Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan and Mount Vernon Square. Owner of A Tour de Force Guided Tours, D.C. historian Jeanne Fogle leads her readers through the hidden sites and history of Washington, D.C.’s neighborhoods. Charming sketches by Edward Fogle and vintage photographs accompany each tour, casting a new light on the city. Visitors and local alike will be surprised and delighted by the discoveries that can be made beyond the monuments.
Download or read book Black Broadway in Washington DC written by Briana A. Thomas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was known as Black Broadway. From the early 1900s into the 1950s, African Americans plagued by Jim Crow laws in other parts of town were free to own businesses here and built what was often described as a "city within a city." Local author and journalist Briana A. Thomas narrates U Street's rich and unique history, from the early triumph of emancipation to the days of civil rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell and music giant Duke Ellington, through the recent struggle of gentrifiction" --
Download or read book No Access Washington DC written by Beth Kanter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Access Washington, DC tells a story of the nation’s capital through places in, near, under, over, or around the city—a collection of spaces that most people don’t see, can’t see, rarely see, don’t know how to see, or haven’t seen. Come journey beneath DC’s most iconic buildings like the massive undercroft below the Lincoln Memorial and discover hidden-in-plain-sight wonders such as the mini Washington Monument or a neighborhood home that is a thriving habitat for plastic dinosaurs. Journey deep into historic archives, embassies, theaters, and studios. Imagine ringing the bells at the National Cathedral. NoAccess Washington, DC is a tribute to a side of the city not shown on postcards, but that is gaze-worthy all the same. What a fun way to “explore” the capital.
Download or read book Spy Sites of Washington DC written by H. Keith Melton and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Post Bestseller Washington, DC, stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scoresof dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities—a constellation ofclandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces more than two centuries of secret history from the Mount Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the “Queen of Cuba.” In 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. Maps and more than three hundred photos allow readers to follow in the winding footsteps of moles and sleuths, trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold, and understand the tradecraft traitors and spies alike used in the do-or-die chess games that have changed the course of history. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is the comprehensive guidebook to the shadow history of our nation’s capital.
Download or read book Old Washington D C in Early Photographs 1846 1932 written by Robert Reed and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 224 rare photos: Lincoln's inauguration, Ford's Theater in 1865, Frederick Douglass, Women's Suffrage Parade, Georgetown in 1893, more. Stunning views by Brady, Bishop, Peale, others. Pre-Civil War to modern era.
Download or read book Directory of Alleys Washington written by Monday Evening Club (Washington, D.C). Housing Committee and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost Farms and Estates of Washington D C written by Kim Prothro Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington has a rural history of agrarian landscapes and country estates. John Adlum, the Father of American Viticulture, experimented with American grape cultivation at The Vineyard, just north of today's Cleveland Park. Slave laborers rolled hogsheads - wooden casks filled with tobacco - down present-day Wisconsin Avenue from farms to the port at Georgetown. The growing merchant class built suburban villas on the edges of the District and became the city's first commuters. In 1791, the area was selected as the capital of a new nation, and change from rural to urban was both dramatic and progressive. Author Kim Prothro Williams reveals the rural remnants of Washington, D.C.'s past.
Download or read book The Standard of Living in 1860 written by Edgar Winfield Martin and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the ACSA Annual Meeting written by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alley ways in Washington written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Potomac Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Embedding Care written by Yoshiko Sato and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Criminal Event written by Vincent Sacco and published by Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada. This book was released on 1994 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Foggy Bottom Gang written by Leo Warring and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the town of lawmaking, three brothers thrived in lawbreaking Before Prohibition, Leo, Emmitt, and Charles "Rags" Warring worked as laborers in their father's barrel shop. When the (illegal) booze started flowing, all three quickly got caught up in the wild and sometimes violent underworld of Washington, D.C. Their exploits-including a lucrative numbers racket, gangland shootings, and high-profile courtroom trials-created sensational headlines and thrust them into an unwanted spotlight. However, their continual efforts to stay one step ahead of local police, the Federal Government, and the U.S. Congress took a toll on their personal lives. The Foggy Bottom Gang is a true crime gangster tale about an overlooked chapter in the history of America's capital city. "Leo Warring's account of his family's escapades in the world of bookmaking and bootlegging is an amazing compilation. If I didn't know better, I would have thought that the author was present for these court hearings or exchanges at bars and after-hours clubs. For a fun read, a page-turner, an insight into the 'victimless crimes' of the D.C. underworld, you need to read this book." -William Brown, President of the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia (1999-2018)
