This two-story rowhouse seems like an ordinary dwelling in the contemporary U Street corridor. But looking at its history, it serves as a cultural landmark of the neighborhood. The importance of its history comes from the person who used to live there. This house was the residence of Lillian Evans Tibbs. Performing under the stage name […]
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African American Civil War Museum
The African American Civil War Museum, located on the U Street corridor, is one of the most culturally rich places in that neighborhood. It embraces and showcasees the story of the United States colored troops. A largely unknown story where colored americans fought for the union in the American civil war and many lost their […]
Lincoln Theatre
In many neighborhoods there is usually only one concert or musical hall that every event happens in. That occurs because most neighborhood leaders understand that only one is needed in order to accomodate the musical hunger of some, but not all, residents of the neighborhood. If you ever come to U Street, the idea of […]
Howard Theatre
Even though howard theathre used to be a place where jazz, classical, and gospel music used to be played, the gentrification promoted the assimilation of younger people and therefore it currently boasts a largely hip-hop theme. Dont get me wrong, it is still very representive of the culture that was built in U street in […]
Digital Archives: Interior & Cultural
This is a physical video of the outside of Howard Hospital. Usually, when I go to my site I am not met with any problems but this time a crisis was occurring and was not permitted to take further pictures. Before, I was able take a couple more picture of the interior of the hospital. This visit I noticed […]
The Washington Post Needed to Upgrade
Looking at the images of the new headquarters of the Washington Post, I can’t help but wonder if the newly installed interactive technology enough to make up for the atmosphere of the old, yet monumental, headquarters? In some way it is understandable to renovate the floor plan of the headquarters into a more technologically advanced […]
Bens Chilli Bowl
U street’s population was largely dominated by african americans in the mid-20th century to the late 1990s. Many people believe that the population was decreased due to the spontateous decision of education, middle class white people to move into the neighborhood. The article this picture is in argues that was not the reason and that […]
Witnessing a diner Built Interior
Hunter Hoskins Jeremy Kramer Interior Built Environment What once was the old Hospitality High School located on the north west now sits alone, abandoned, locked. With only a paper sign affixed to its surface, serving as a small indicator of what is to come and what was for this historic building. “Planning meeting 1/16/2017”. My […]
Socio Economic Injustice Exposed: Lafayette Square Park
Introduction Subjects like Biology, Physics, Astronomy, and Chemistry, fascinate us. We spend a majority of our lives in academia learning about these topics, trying to uncover all of the underlying truths, hoping to someday finally understand the world we live in. However, there are other subjects we completely disregard. Architecture and infrastructure, […]
Visiting my site
Ana Lezama and I went to visit our sites together the week before Thanksgiving Break, when we found out that our sites are very close together. At noon, we got to Ana’s site, Lafayette Square Park. After taking a couple of pictures of the site, we posed in front of the White House and ended […]