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Washington DC’s tunnels – a followup (and the 2018 Q&A)

Recently the urbanist 99% Invisible podcast interviewed Elliot Carter about his website on the tunnels of Washington, D.C. LISTEN here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-13/  (about 15 minutes) In 2018 we’d done this Q&A with … Continue reading

January 20, 2022 · Leave a comment

What Once Was–DC History Column — Matthew B. Gilmore

What Once Was — Matthew B. Gilmore (archival links below) Washington DC, Center of Manufacturing . . . PUBLISHED: JULY 18TH, 2015 Washington’s Lime Kilns: Creating the stuff of building PUBLISHED: AUGUST … Continue reading

November 27, 2020 · Leave a comment

Pneumatic tubes: technological innovation and politics in Shepherd-era Washington DC

Excerpts.. . For complete column CLICK: Pneumatic tubes: technological innovation and politics in Shepherd-era Washington DC By Matthew B. Gilmore* Deep in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution is a … Continue reading

January 6, 2020 · Leave a comment

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