Lost Washington, D. C.

Lost Washington, D. C.
Author: John DeFerrari
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614233209

The author of the popular blog “The Streets of Washington” shares new vignettes and reader favorites exploring the colorful history of America’s capitol. In Lost Washington, D.C., John DeFerrari investigates the bygone institutions and local haunts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Washington may seem eternal and unchanging with its grand avenues and stately monuments, but longtime locals and earlier generations knew a very different place. Discover the Washington of lavish window displays at Woodies, supper at the grand Raleigh Hotel and a Friday night game at Griffith Stadium. From the raucous age of burlesque at the Gayety Theater and the once bustling Center Market to the mystery of Suter's Tavern and the disappearance of the Key mansion in Georgetown, DeFerrari recalls the lost city of yesteryear.

Lost Washington, D.C.

Lost Washington, D.C.
Author: Paul K. Williams
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-10-11
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1862059934

Lost Washington, D.C. looks at the cherished places in the city that time, progress and fashion have swept aside. The Lost series from Pavilion Books looks back in loving detail at many of the things that have helped create a city’s unique identity that have since disappeared; the streetcars, the shops, the parks, the churches, the amusement parks, the communities, even the annual parades. It looks at the landmark buildings that failed to be preserved, the hotels that could not be adapted and fell to the wrecking ball and the novelty buildings such as the General Noble Redwood Treehouse which stood on the Mall from 1894 to 1932. Lost buiildings include the Washington Arsenal and Washinton Penitentiary where the Lincoln conspirators were hanged. The distinctive Center Market building which was razed along with Arcade, Liberty and Dutch Markets. Many theaters have gone; Victorian (Albaugh's Opera House) and Art Deco (Translux), but the grandiose Fox entrance remains to front a modern office block. Other sites include: Hoover Aiport, the Matthew Brady and L.C. Handy studios, the Ebbit House Hotel, commerce on the Chesapeake and Ohio Cabal, Baltimore and Portomac Railroad Station, faux castles such as Henderson's and Stewart's, the Corcoran School of Art and many Victorian vistas of Washingtom from the top of the Capitol and Washington Monument.

Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C.

Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C.
Author: Kim Prothro Williams
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2018
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1625858302

Washington has a rural history of agrarian landscapes and country estates. John Adlum, the Father of American Viticulture, experimented with American grape cultivation at The Vineyard, just north of today's Cleveland Park. Slave laborers rolled hogsheads - wooden casks filled with tobacco - down present-day Wisconsin Avenue from farms to the port at Georgetown. The growing merchant class built suburban villas on the edges of the District and became the city's first commuters. In 1791, the area was selected as the capital of a new nation, and change from rural to urban was both dramatic and progressive. Author Kim Prothro Williams reveals the rural remnants of Washington, D.C.'s past.

Larry Loves Washington, DC!

Larry Loves Washington, DC!
Author: John Skewes
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-02-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1632170485

The bestselling Larry Gets Lost series heads to the nation's capital in this board book featuring vibrant retro illustrations of this great American city and the perpetually lost pup, Larry. Just like the locals and visitors, Larry the pup loves the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and many of the other sites and sounds of Washington, DC. Based on the popular children's picture book Larry Gets Lost in Washington, DC, families who love the city will want this charming board book for their little readers.

Larry Gets Lost in Washington, DC

Larry Gets Lost in Washington, DC
Author: John Skewes
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1570618992

Join Larry the pup as he explores the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, and all the best sights in Washington DC. When Larry gets separated from the family by the scent of a yummy treat, he searches DC for his owner Pete. Along the way, Larry discovers the city’s greatest landmarks and learns about the city’s—and the nation’s—history. Larry makes friends along the way, but will he find Pete and be reunited with the family? Will he come snout-to-snout with the beloved First Dog? Filled with charming retro illustrations, Larry Gets Lost in Washington, DC, is an educational and fun tour of our nation’s capital.

Lost Symbols?

Lost Symbols?
Author: David Ovason
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 658
Release: 2011-02-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1446403815

The secrets, the myths and the facts behind Washington, D.C.'s design and its Masonic significance. In this groundbreaking, original work, David Ovason reveals the intimate connections between the mysterious zodiacal symbols and the stellar lore of Washington, D.C. and the secret plan for the city. There are over fifty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., all witness to an extraordinary stellar mystery. Why did generations of architects and artists put their lives and energies on the line, when designing this City of the Stars? What was their shared secret language? What or who drove them to create a city overflowing with such esoteric symbolism? What is the meaning behind the secret symbolism of Washington, D.C.'s layout? And what does it mean for America's future?

Lost Farms and Estates of Washington,

Lost Farms and Estates of Washington,
Author: Kim Prothro Williams
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781540229038

Washington has a rural history of agrarian landscapes and country estates. John Adlum, the Father of American Viticulture, experimented with American grape cultivation at The Vineyard, just north of today's Cleveland Park. Slave laborers rolled hogsheads--wooden casks filled with tobacco--down present-day Wisconsin Avenue from farms to the port at Georgetown. The growing merchant class built suburban villas on the edges of the District and became the city's first commuters. In 1791, the area was selected as the capital of a new nation, and change from rural to urban was both dramatic and progressive. Author Kim Prothro Williams reveals the rural remnants of Washington, D.C.'s past.

Lost in the City

Lost in the City
Author: Edward P. Jones
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061748714

Fourteen poignant stories depicting African American life in Washington, D.C., by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Known World. The nation’s capital that serves as the setting for the stories in Edward P. Jones’s prize-winning collection, Lost in the City, lies far from the city of historic monuments and national politicians. Jones takes the reader beyond that world into the lives of African American men and women who work against the constant threat of loss to maintain a sense of hope. From “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons” to the well-to-do career woman awakened in the night by a phone call that will take her on a journey back to the past, the characters in these stories forge bonds of community as they struggle against the limits of their city to stave off the loss of family, friends, memories, and, ultimately, themselves. Critically acclaimed upon publication, Lost in the City introduced Jones as an undeniable talent, a writer whose unaffected style is not only evocative and forceful but also filled with insight and poignancy.

Fly

Fly
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Total Pages: 296
Release: 1912
Genre: Aeronautics
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