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Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center: The church served the Latino community, but also opened its doors to the local punk scene.
Despite its location in the basement of a Presbyterian church tucked between the Mount Pleasant Historic District and Columbia Heights, the Wilson Center became a popular punk venue in the 1980s…
Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Madams Organ: The short-lived venue brought the punk community together in the Adams Morgan neighborhood.
It only existed for around one year, but the original Madam’s Organ was instrumental to the growth and development of DC’s punk movement. It originally opened as an art collective run by students at…
Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Bayou: The Bayou's proximity to two DC universities made it popular with students and locals alike.
One of Northwest Washington’s iconic bars and concert venues, The Bayou has hosted many famous performers over its decades of operation, including U2, Dave Matthews Band, and Billy Joel. DC favorites…
Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: d.c. space: The venue held a wide variety of events for artists and musicians.
Known for its ability to host almost any type of artistic performance, d.c. space took advantage of its chameleon-esque layout to give artists the opportunity to display their talent however they…
Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: 9:30 Club (WUST Building): The renovated club allowed it to compete with new venues in DC.
With The Black Cat opening in 1993 and bands quickly booking shows there instead of the 9:30 Club, owners Seth Hurwitz and Richard Heineke began the search for a new, competitive venue. Throughout…
Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: 9:30 Club (Atlantic Building): The venue's first location was both loved and hated for its environment.
Despite the stench, rats, cramped space, and a support beam situated directly in front of the small stage, the original 9:30 Club (located at 930 F Street NW, hence the name) founded by Jodi DiSanto…
Potomac Palisades Archaeological Site: Archaeologists dated the site to the Late Archaic period.
Discovered in 1981 by Thunderbird Research Corporation as part of an environmental study, the archaeological site holds evidence of prehistoric tool manufacturing. Materials discovered at the site…
First Church of Christ, Scientist: The church served the changing community for several decades.
In 1879, Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Science church, and it quickly spread to DC in 1895. After hosting their religious services in members’ homes and other denominations’ churches, the…
American Red Cross, DC Chapter House: The expansion of the organization made the new chapter house necessary to continue their work.
After World War I and II, the American Red Cross saw major growth within the organization, as they expanded their mission from disaster relief in the United States to war relief programs and…
Buchanan School Plaza (Peter Bug Shoe Academy): The playground gave children more freedom to play how they wanted without risking their safety.
While the Buchanan School Plaza in the Capitol Hill neighborhood has shrunk greatly since its construction, the original playground and park facilities built in 1968 represented major changes in…