(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
Past Planning for the Future: DC’s 1950 Comprehensive Plan …
… or, Planning Atomic-Age Washington PUBLISHED: APRIL 10TH, 2017 Click this to find our archive of What Once Was articles. Tip: Click any image in the article to view that … Continue reading
Georgetown Becomes Colonial — Reborn at 200: Georgetown’s 1951 Bicentenary Celebration
Georgetown Becomes Colonial — Reborn at 200: Georgetown’s 1951 Bicentenary Celebration PUBLISHED: MARCH 14TH, 2017 http://intowner.com/2017/03/14/georgetown-becomes-colonial-reborn-at-200-georgetowns-1951-bicentenary-celebration/ By Matthew B. Gilmore* For three days in 1951, between April 12th and 14th, … Continue reading
The City of Our Hopes and Desires: Zoning Comes to Washington DC
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/ It had a curious beginning. The tale begins with a bit of a mystery: The August 21, 1916 Evening Star reported that … Continue reading
New Zoning for the District of Columbia – September 6, 2016
New Zoning for the District of Columbia Comparison maps/new and old overlaid (PDFs): Ward 1 Zoning [pdf] Ward 2 zoning [pdf] Ward 3 zoning [pdf] Ward 4 zoning [pdf] Ward 5 zoning [pdf] Ward 6 … Continue reading
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