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Eastern High School: This Capitol Hill high school was designed in a Collegiate Gothic style and has been a major landmark along East Capitol Street for a century.
Eastern High School, located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on the 1700 block of East Capitol Street NE, was constructed between 1921 and 1923 and designed by Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford in…
Chain Bridge Road and University Terrace Modern Mecca: Mid-Century Neighborhoods Tour
Beginning in the 1940s, Chain Bridge Road and University Terrace in the Palisades became a hot bed of Modern residential design. The difficult terrain with its steep inclines, expansive views and…
Mid-Century Eastland Gardens: Mid-Century Neighborhoods Tour
For the first quarter century of its life as a residential neighborhood, Eastland Gardens was defined by its Revival-style dwellings. In the early to mid-1950s, Black architects and builders moved…
Timberwood of Washington: Mid-Century Neighborhoods Tour
Timberwood of Washington is a small enclave of ten, detached three-story wooden A-frame townhomes distinguished for their rustic quality and Mid-Century character.
Public Art Tour: Transformer Gallery
Transformer is a Washington, DC based 501(c)3 artist-centered, non-profit visual arts organization. Founded in June 2002 by artists & arts organizers, Transformer’s mission is to connect, elevate,…
Public Art Tour: Washington Project for the Arts
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is a platform for collaborative and experimental artist-organized projects, dialogue, and advocacy. Artists curate and organize all of the programming—as an…
Public Art Tour: Together Mural
The Together Mural reclaims the U.S. Capitol Building as a symbol for democracy, equity, and unity. It is a celebration of peaceful protest and illustrates the resilience of the human spirt. Ivory…
Public Art Tour: Let's Paint the Street
Let’s Paint the Streets is a collaborative project of the Logan Circle Community Association and Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2F to beautify 14th Street NW from Thomas Circle to U Street…
Public Art Tour: The Torch
This is the story of torchbearers who illuminate the way. In this mural, Harriet Tubman holds the torch for (R-L) President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Prince, Muhammed Ali, Go-Go…
Public Art Tour: District Denizens
The curb extension art at the intersection of 15th Street & Swann Street NW features wildlife native to DC. All animals featured here are increasingly vulnerable to climate change, pollution, and…