tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post1847674651902922199..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Looking Back, and Forward: 15th and VKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-46418933564450202592011-11-28T16:21:43.015-05:002011-11-28T16:21:43.015-05:00Some details I noticed in the historic photo:
- 1...Some details I noticed in the historic photo:<br /><br />- 15th Street was once 2-way<br />- The gas station at 15th/U has been there a long time!<br />- St. Augustine's at 15th/V once had steeples! Anybody know what happened to them?<br />- The row houses next to Portner Flats were also sadly demolished and replaced for crappy '70's apartments (ironically named Portner Place)<br /><br /><br />Cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-84709676287664388172011-11-28T12:57:24.649-05:002011-11-28T12:57:24.649-05:00Truly a loss! Does anyone know what they are plann...Truly a loss! Does anyone know what they are planning to do to the Campbell Building? It looks like they are working on the front entrance, but is there anything else on the boards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-25010134678449981882011-11-24T06:35:39.007-05:002011-11-24T06:35:39.007-05:00You definatley could see details like that again i...You definatley could see details like that again if the architectural community would abandone ideologically based architectural education and instead taught it for the craft it is. Intellectual concepts have replaced the sensual delights of architectural education, therefore we have a bunch of neurotic architects who decorate through words rather than study composition, scale, and ciaro scuro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-72343162329810531532011-11-23T14:53:09.604-05:002011-11-23T14:53:09.604-05:00There were many periods of loss of fabric for the ...There were many periods of loss of fabric for the area, the riots are best known, however urban renewal and metro construction had their own impacts that are still being felt as the community continues to rebuild from those losses. <br /><br />I am truly saddened when I see the pictures of what was, this exposure is one I had not seen before. I have two other pictures of the Dunbar, one from the north looking across V, from the perspective of the current modern photo. The other is a close-up of the entrance of 15th & U, that is shown in the picture in the article. Just beautiful detail the likes of which won't be seen again.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-19979584180406174592011-11-23T12:11:10.151-05:002011-11-23T12:11:10.151-05:00What a shame that we lost a beautiful historic bui...What a shame that we lost a beautiful historic building. Thanks for posting this bit of history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-87776810861136879542011-11-23T12:04:37.000-05:002011-11-23T12:04:37.000-05:00There was also the Whitelaw Hotel serving the Afri...There was also the Whitelaw Hotel serving the African American community: http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/whitelaw-hotel-african-american-heritage-trail<br /><br />and http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=41952Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-23858891659397136992011-11-23T04:50:58.727-05:002011-11-23T04:50:58.727-05:00why? Becasue modernist architects of that era whe...why? Becasue modernist architects of that era where taught to look down on victorian architecture, so there wheren't any architects willing to defend our heritage. Wouldn't you rather live in the future rather than in the nostalgic past? BTW, I can also tell you what the future should look like!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-46384958046778808082011-11-22T18:13:21.483-05:002011-11-22T18:13:21.483-05:00Why? Why would they tear it down? So much histor...Why? Why would they tear it down? So much history and beauty lost. Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com