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Historic Chevy Chase DC: A Chronicle and Assessment of a Citizens Initiative

June 27, 2020

HCCDC President Carl Lankowski’s look back over 30 years of modern local history starts with a quote from one of the organization’s founders. “Historic Chevy Chase DC was founded as a way to document the historic significance of the Chevy Chase DC neighborhood, a community comprised of a variety of architectural styles, neighborhoods, and cultures, bringing together both the east and west sides of Connecticut Avenue as a community of historical interest.” — William West Hopper

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Watch “A History of Your House” from HCCDC

May 12, 2020

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 …

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Keeping Eyes on Our Community

May 2, 2020

Editor’s Note: This Page Is Under Construction!! Here is a list of issues on our radar that are of interest to Chevy Chase DC: Friends of Chevy Chase Circle traffic and lighting improvements Future use of the Episcopal Center for Children at 5901 Utah Ave. NW A Call-Box Restoration project idea proposed in early 2020 …

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Lafayette Students Launch Letter-Writing Campaign

April 30, 2020

April 2020 About 250 fourth and fifth graders at Lafayette Elementary School sat listening patiently to a story that many of them couldn’t fathom. They learned that just outside their door, a small community of Black landowners had been evicted from their property nearly 100 years ago to make way for the very school under …

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Vera Rubin Gets Her Telescope!

April 28, 2020

Former Chevy Chase resident, the late Vera Rubin, passed over for a Nobel Price in physics for her contributions in identifying dark matter, finally gets an observatory named in her honor.

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Washington Post Honors Mae Scanlan

April 27, 2020

A photographer and poet who was dubbed “one of the wittiest poets ever born.”

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GGWash Article Uncovers Remains of Old Road Once Traversing Chevy Chase DC

February 24, 2020

A fascinating story about an old road called Milk Creek Ford Road that once traversed what is today Chevy Chase DC is the subject of an article by Eric Fidler in Greater Greater Washington, an online all-volunteer organization, on Jan. 8, 2015. Read the article here.

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Researching a Washington, DC House: A Resource Guide

January 11, 2020

By Carolyn Long Here are some resources you will find useful to research your house or your neighborhood if you live in Washington, DC. BUILDING PERMITS The most detailed information on building permits comes from Brian Kraft’s 2009 “Building Permits Database,” but it is not available online and is somewhat difficult to use. An easier …

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“Battle of 38th Street” Led to Effort to Create Historic District

September 25, 2019

Presentation to D.C. Preservation League: Lessons Learned

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Interactive Kit-House Map Identifies Nearly 100 in Chevy Chase DC

May 31, 2018

Local Realtor and kit house expert Catarina Bannier has created an interactive map identifying catalogue houses in Chevy Chase DC. The houses, most of which were built between 1915 and 1932, are well-preserved today, she states, because they were exceptionally well constructed with quality materials. Chevy Chase DC is remarkable in both the density and …

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Survey of Remnants of Rural DC

December 28, 2013

Rural Remnants of Washington County: An Architectural Survey of Washington’s Historical Farms and Estates is a 46-page illustrated history and guide of the District’s rural development.

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