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Discussion published by Bruce Yarnall on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Old Georgetown Board - Preliminary List of Submissions for July 6, 2017

Greetings: The preliminary list of submissions in the Georgetown Historic District received that may be considered at the next meeting of the Old Georgetown Board, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on July 6, 2017 may be found at the following web page: http://planning.dc.gov/node/1127097   The draft agenda will be posted on Monday afternoon, July  3 before the meeting on the Commission of Fine Arts website,   http://tinyurl.com/jlb2mqu  .

Discussion published by Matthew Gilmore on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

DC Archaeology upcoming events June/July 2017

  • Wed., June 21, 7pm at the Hill Center, 921 Penna. Ave., SE  Talk on the archaeology of the Shotgun House: ”Coopers, Peddlers, and Bricklayers: The Archaeology of Working Class Immigrants in Capitol Hill”  by Ruth  Trocolli, Chardé Reid, John Hyche, Julianna Jackson, and Charlie LeeDecker. Hosted by the Capitol Hill Restoration Society.
Discussion published by Bruce Yarnall on Monday, June 19, 2017

HPRB Agenda and Consent Calendar - June 22 and June 29, 2017

Greetings:  The Agenda and Staff Reports for the June 22 and June 29 HPRB Meeting are posted on the website at: https://planning.dc.gov/node/1247936

 

Please Note:   Two staff reports for June 29 cases will post to the website by June 23. They are:

 

Historic Landmark – Carnegie Library (Central Public Library), 801 K Street NW, HPA 17-415

 

Discussion published by Matthew Gilmore on Thursday, June 15, 2017

OBIT: Keith Melder, May 26, 2017

Deceased Name: Melder, Keith Eugene
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) - June 5, 2017
Edition: Web EditionSection: Death Notices
Melder, Keith Eugene, 85, of Issaquah, May, 26.

Copyright: (c) Copyright 2017 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (http://seattlep-i.com). All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

http://www.capitolhillhistory.org/interviews/2003/melder_keith.html 

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