Historic Chevy Chase DC
Tracing the Burial Sites of Early Blacks in Chevy Chase DC to Georgetown We invite you to take a deep dive into local history by watching a recording of a Feb. 7, 2024, webinar hosted by HCCDC featuring two guest historians, Mark Auslander of Mount Holyoke College and Lisa Fager of Black Georgetown Foundation. The …
A recording of the April 7 Zoom program about the draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan (CCSAP) titled “What’s In It? How Can We Improve It?” is now available. Sponsored by Historic Chevy Chase DC with Ward3Vision, the 60-minute talk brought together urban planning experts to help us add value to the plan during the …
A recording of the latest virtual webinar program sponsored by Historic Chevy Chase DC on development options and the Small Area Plan is now available. This 75-minute Zoom program, recorded on Oct. 6, features a technological peek at how Chevy Chase DC along Connecticut Avenue might look if density and affordable housing increase to meet …
The third and final Zoom discussion on HCCDC’s “Planning Our Future” series, held on June 9, is now available on YouTube. The discussion about the affordable housing crisis facing Washington DC — and in particular Ward 3 — featured experts on all sides of the issue examining proffered solutions to the affording housing needs in …
Third Program in "Planning Our Future" Series Airs June 9
Recording with Sarah Shoenfeld Now Available
If you missed our live Virtual "Walking" History Tour of Chevy Chase DC on Zoom on Nov. 17 you are in luck! We have now posted it for your enjoyment.
Joined in Ideology, and Now in a Park Several dozen neighbors joined the latest installment of HCCDC’s “Race Matters Locally” series on Oct. 15 to explore the connection between George Pointer and the Marquis de Lafayette. These two names will be joined by a hyphen when the Lafayette Park and Recreation Center on Broad Branch …
Sept. 24 Zoom Recording Now Available
Watch the Video Here! Technology Glitch Prevented Many From Tuning In Live We are pleased to post the recording of the in-demand Zoom webinar held Sept. 16 that explores the little-known history of racial displacement that occurred in Chevy Chase nearly 100 years ago to the descendants of enslaved man George Pointer. It was the …
Report on Webinar Featuring Georgetown Professor Includes List of Further Reading
Listen to the recording of an insightful conversation held online with professors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove, co-authors of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital (2017). The June 16 event, co-sponsored by HCCDC and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., focused on the history of police brutality …
At least 78 viewers logged into our first Zoom conference on May 12 entitled, “The History of Your House,” by HCCDC President Carl Lankowski. Carl, who bought his house on McKinley Street with his wife Pam in 2010, used his own house’s story to talk about what a house history entails, the types of things …
Historic Chevy Chase DC maintains a program of inviting speakers once or twice a year to address topics relevant to the neighborhood. These are open to the public and usually held in the Chevy Chase Community Center lounge or auditorium. In addition, we hold a popular Historic Walking Tour each September, led by HCCDC longtime …
