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“Kidwell Meadows — riverfront views!,” contemporary advertisements might have read had John Kidwell’s bold real estate gambit succeeded. His attempt failed but the federal government’s long legal efforts to quash it led to the creation of Potomac Park.
Greetings: The DC Historic Preservation Office recently received and filed for hearing two historic landmark nominations:
Case 16-21 Glade Apartments – 1370-1372 Fort Stevens Drive NW - ANC 4A
- nominated by Athena, LLC/Manna, Inc., owner
Case 16-20 Perna Brothers Chesapeake Street Houses – 4112, 4114, 4116, 4118 Chesapeake Street NW - ANC 3E
- nominated by Tenleytown Historical Society
Event: Hurlbut-Walker Memorial Research Forum
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:30pm
