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Baltimore Orioles, infamous bootleggers, novelists of the Jazz Age
and famous musicians have all wandered and lived among the stately
Victorian homes and vibrant 'painted ladies' of Charles Village.
From its beginning as a series of country villas for the wealthy
elite of Baltimore to escape the crush of downtown, the
neighborhood has become a diverse and vibrant cultural hub of the
city. Local authors Gregory J. Alexander and Paul K. Williams chart
the evolution of this famous Baltimore community and its
institutions while telling fascinating tales of some of its most
colorful residents.
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Capitol Hill (Paperback)
Paul K. Williams, Gregory J Alexander
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Capitol Hill celebrates one of the largest historic districts in
the nation and a neighborhood rich in history that shaped a nation
and the world. Beginning as a port area on the high plateau near
the deep water of the Anacostia River, Capitol Hill was largely
shaped by the early residential development near the Navy Yard.
Later home to middle-class workers in the 19th century, Capitol
Hill is now one of Washington's most elite neighborhoods. While the
name of the current neighborhood is derived from its proximity to
the United States Capitol, it is actually not located on a hill.
Situated on the highest point of land between the Anacostia and
Potomac Rivers, Capitol Hill began as a small cluster of homes
located at First and Second Streets along New Jersey Avenue,
Southeast around 1800. The neighborhood was also home to hospitals
and boarding houses during the Civil War. The area now known as the
Capitol Hill Historic District was primarily built up in the 1880s
and 1890s for speculative housing on a more modest scale, but now
the district is considered elite with more senators and members of
Congress residing there than in any other neighborhood. This volume
contains more than 200 images of these prominent homes and
noteworthy points of national interest, including Union Station,
the Navy Yard, Eastern Market, and the B&O Railroad Company.
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Southwest DC (Hardcover)
Paul K. Williams, Gregory J Alexander, Southwest Neighborhood Assembly
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R679
Discovery Miles 6 790
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Capitol Hill (Hardcover)
Paul K. Williams, Gregory J Alexander
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Discovery Miles 6 910
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