Washington Business Journal: Will Planet Word speak to you? Literally, yes.
Planet Word, the new language museum taking over D.C.’s historic Franklin School, will feature a talking tree.
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DCist: D.C. Council Gets (Some) Answers About Why City Didn’t Intervene Sooner In Damage Of Franklin…
After an oversight hearing earlier this month where more or less nothing was learned, the D.C. Council on Wednesday had another meeting trying to ascertain how and why developers of a new museum destroyed so much historically protected…
Mendelson renews push to split up DCRA amid criticism over slow action on demolition at Franklin…
Critics of the District’s building code enforcement pointed earlier this month to unauthorized demolition at a museum project downtown as evidence of a need for change. Last Tuesday, in an effort to improve the performance of the…
Curbed DC: Developer resumes work on Franklin School project after agreeing to reinstall historic…
In 2018, workers removed legally protected materials from the building, which is being turned into a museum
DCist: A Developer Badly Damaged This Historic Site. It’s Still Unclear Why The City Didn’t Step In…
There are only 18 buildings in the entire District of Columbia with as much historical preservation protection as the Franklin School, a stately and beautiful building on K Street NW erected in 1869 as the District’s first high school. Both…
Curbed DC: D.C. forces work to halt on historic Franklin School redevelopment after alleged damage
The District has issued a stop-work order on the $50 million redevelopment of the Franklin School, a publicly owned historic building downtown that developers are transforming into the city’s first-ever language arts museum, after officials…
Washington Post: Construction has damaged interior of historic Franklin School, preservationists say
In a city of monuments, the Franklin School is one of just 18 buildings with both its interior and exterior designated for historical protection — the highest level the city can bestow. It’s also a National Historic Landmark, a distinction…
Ramona Edelin: City still places charter school students second
District of Columbia residents whose work or leisure takes them downtown are familiar with the imposing red-brick facade of the Franklin School, a historic 1869 building that sits across Franklin Square. It was designed by Adolf Cluss, a…