UrbanTurf: An Application for Historic Designation of Bloomingdale’s Sylvan Theatre
The DC Preservation League has applied to seek historic landmark designation for the American Theater, a single-story building in Bloomingdale.
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D.C. Policy Center: The rise and demise of racially restrictive covenants in Bloomingdale
In February 1944 Clara Mays, an African American federal government employee, purchased a three-story rowhouse in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, just north of Florida Avenue, close to Howard University.
UrbanTurf: Residential Development Proposed for Site of Bloomingdale Church
In 2017, UrbanTurf reported on the sale of the former Medhane Alem Eritrean Church at 150 S Street NW (map). Now, following the edifice being razed under potentially illegal circumstances, plans for the future of the site are coming into…
Art expert reflects on his work in DC at the nation’s first private gallery owned by…
As an art student at Howard University in 1949, David Driskell spent his evenings working as a taxicab driver to make extra income. But it was his daytime job that sparked his lifelong career as a scholar, painter and authority on…
UrbanTurf: HPRB Approval Sought for 90-Unit Development at Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street
Last June, the Zoning Commission voted for a one-year extension of approval for a development on the vacant lot at the corner of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street NW (map). Now, as the clock begins winding down, the development team…
DCist: ‘It Has Shocked All Of Us’: Bloomingdale Residents Respond To Neighborhood Nazi
In a District neighborhood with “Black Lives Matter” and “Immigrants Are Welcome Here” signs displayed proudly on many of its front lawns, the revelation that two avowed Neo-Nazis lived among them has Bloomingdale neighbors reeling.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Alleged white nationalists in liberal D.C. show hatred can be found…
As we’ve learned in Charlottesville, Pittsburgh and Orlando, hate is not about geography.
Huff Post: D.C.’s Neo-Nazi Brothers Were Hiding In Plain Sight
A neighbor in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood warned a cop about extremists Jeffrey and Edward Clark. It wasn’t enough.
Washington Post: D.C. man arrested on gun charge after relatives alert police to his alleged white…
A D.C. man who described himself as a white nationalist to law enforcement officers and became a social-media follower of the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has been arrested on a gun charge after his worried relatives…
Nick Sementelli in Greater Greater Washington: Historic districts are a poor substitute for good…
DC is growing, and as this spring’s passionate debate about the DC Comprehensive Plan revealed, managing this growth is one of the most important and contentious city planning discussions of our time. However, decisions about historic…