DC Preservation League: Most Endangered Places in Washington for 2007

This building slot was once a building roughly identical to the houses on either side. (700 block of 8th Street NE, west side)

From Paige Wojcik, DC Preservation League:

The DC Preservation League, Washington's citywide organization promoting historic preservation of our built environment and landscape, is accepting nominations for its annual list of Most Endangered Places in Washington for 2007. Nomination forms can be found online and must be postmarked no later then 5pm on Friday, March 2, 2007. The announcement of this list will be made in May 2007.

This list, issued annually since 1996, has included historic resources such as St. Elizabeths Hospital, McMillan Reservoir, Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Library and Washington’s Symbolic Core. The Most Endangered Places in Washington are chosen by the Board of Trustees of the DC Preservation League from nominations submitted by concerned individuals and organizations. These sites are chosen based on the severity of the threat of destruction to the buildings and landscapes in question, whether through demolition, neglect, or inappropriate
alteration. The list can include buildings, parks or other landscaped areas, or even vistas and other aspects of the city's unique planned history. All Most Endangered Places listed are located in the District of Columbia.

Detailed descriptions of each site listed in past years including information about the threats motivating their inclusion on these lists can be found on our website.

The DC Preservation League invites volunteers, civic associations, District government, and other groups to partner with the League in preserving and protecting these endangered places. For more information, contact the DC Preservation League at 202.783.5144 or info@dcpreservation.org.
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On an e-list, Steve Rynecki suggests nominating all unprotected but "historic" neighborhoods as a group. I think it's an excellent idea.

Another idea might be windows--since many are replaced, even under historic preservation guidelines--or historic porches, doors, and stone retaining walls, although these would be encompassed under the idea of calling attention to the unprotected neighborhoods more generally.

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