Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

East of the River exhibit at the Historical Society

While I don't think it's the most amazing exhibit, the exhibit, "East of the River: Continuity and Change," produced a few years ago by the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum and now on display at the Historical Society of Washington til the end of the month, is worth looking at. There are some interesting images, a good explication of the historical themes, and a set of video oral histories on a loop.
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"How Negroes Become Displaced Persons."  From the National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital.  Segregation in Washington (1948).
"How Negroes Become Displaced Persons." From the National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital. Segregation in Washington (1948).

DC Neighborhood place names, from
DC Neighborhood place names.

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