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Matthew B. Gilmore

HT: Ice Cold: The Business of Ice–LOC blog post

https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2024/04/business-of-ice/?loclr=eaiab April 30, 2024 Posted by: Ellen Terrell —a cool LOC blog post

April 30, 2024 · Leave a comment

Irish Washington, D.C. history 2024

Irish Washington, D.C.  (it wasn’t just Swampoodle) sources on the history originally here: https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/bibliography-irish-washington-dc/ Swampoodle history blog post-Feb 4th, 2018:  Making Washington’s “Swampoodle”: Irish Neighborhood in the Tiber Valley Swampoodle history blog post resources: What … Continue reading

March 18, 2024 · Leave a comment

News: DCist.com retired by WAMU

News: DCist.com retired by WAMU Venerable Washington DC website DCist.com has been retired by its owner WAMU. The Dcist.com URL redirects to WAMU. From Washingtonian “DCist was originally owned by the … Continue reading

February 26, 2024 · Leave a comment

Alison K. Hoagland – Interview with a Washington DC History Author – “The Row House in Washington, DC: A History”

Alison K. Hoagland. The Row House in Washington, DC: A History. Charlottesville:University of Virginia Press, 2023. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5375/ 1. Tell us about the book. The Row House in Washington, DC: A History … Continue reading

February 4, 2024 · Leave a comment

(Repeat) Washington Welcomes the Automobile: 120-year Romance — Part II, Adoption and Regulations

originally PUBLISHED: JULY 24TH, 2019 By Matthew B. Gilmore* Complete column here: http://intowner.com/2019/07/24/washington-welcomes-the-automobile-120-year-romance-part-ii-adoption-and-regulations/ In 1900 there were approximately 11,000 horses in Washington, and 40 horse-shoers, and 66 commercial stables. This required … Continue reading

January 28, 2024 · Leave a comment

(Repeat) What Once Was – Washington Welcomes the Automobile: 120-year Romance — Part I, Anticipation and Local Innovation

originally PUBLISHED: MAY 21ST, 2019 Click this to find our archive of What Once Was articles. By Matthew B. Gilmore* “… Not calculated to frighten the horses. . . .” … Continue reading

January 28, 2024 · Leave a comment

Online Planning Library: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) will commemorate its 100-year anniversary in 2024.

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) will commemorate its 100-year anniversary in 2024. Already started is https://centennial.ncpc.gov/library.html Online Planning Library NCPC shares a planning legacy with the District of Columbia Office … Continue reading

January 19, 2024 · Leave a comment

(Repeat) What Once Was “Good order, good taste, and with due regard to public interests involved”: the origins of the Shipstead-Luce Act

What Once Was “Good order, good taste, and with due regard to public interests involved”: the origins of the Shipstead-Luce Act  By Matthew B. Gilmore* originally PUBLISHED: JULY 20TH, 2017 … Continue reading

January 19, 2024 · Leave a comment

(Repeat) The City of Our Hopes and Desires: Zoning Comes to Washington DC (in 1920)

 By Matthew B. Gilmore For complete article click: http://intowner.com/2016/10/26/the-city-of-our-hopes-and-desires-zoning-comes-to-washington-dc/ (originally PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 26TH, 2016)  It had a curious beginning. The tale begins with a bit of a mystery: The August 21, … Continue reading

January 18, 2024 · Leave a comment

(Repeat) Past Planning for the Future: DC’s 1950 Comprehensive Plan … or, Planning Atomic-Age Washington

originally PUBLISHED: APRIL 10TH, 2017 Click this to find our archive of What Once Was articles. https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/what-once-was/ By Matthew B. Gilmore* [original TheIntowner Editor’s note: A complete revision of the … Continue reading

January 17, 2024 · Leave a comment

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