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Kalorama Triangle: The History of a Capital Neighborhood |
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Kalorama is Greek for “fine view,” and it was this vista that drew the early properietors to set their farms and manor homes on the verdant hill above Dupont Circle. With the start of the Civil War, several of the grand hilltop residences were turned over to the Army to be used as barracks and hospitals. It was only after the war that the land was developed into city streets that saw everything from the excesses of the Gilded Age to the horrors of the 1922 Knickerbocker Theater disaster. Historic preservationist, architectural historian and longtime resident, Stephen Hansen, charts the evolution of the neighborhood from its earliest history in the 17th century through to the twentieth century when residents fought to protect the neighborhood from destructive urban renewal projects.
“Hansen brings together an impressive amount of Available at many local D.C. book stores, from History Press, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and other online book dealers. |
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