Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
D.C. from years past.
Flophouses and signs advertising “TOPLESS GO GO” might give residents and tourists pause in Downtown D.C. today, but in the middle of 1900s they were, well, common. The District has changed so much in the last decade, it’s easy to forget how the landscape has altered in the last century. Luckily there are images and people to remind us. The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. has curated a photography exhibit exploring several decades of architectural and social change in the heart of the Nation’s Capital. We talk with the curator and one of the photographers about the project.
Guests
- Anne McDonough Library & Collections Director, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.; curator, District II
- Chris Earnshaw Photographer
Photos: District II
712-716 Mt. Vernon Place, NW, photographed July 20, 1963.
919-901 New York Ave. NW, photographed July 5, 1963.
620 H Street NW, photographed July 6, 1963.
1115 9th Street NW, photographed January 4, 1966.
Greater New Hope Baptist Church at 818 8th Street NW, photographed around 1965.
To promote the sale of his book, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, Warhol embarked on a major, multi-city tour which included a stop at the flagship Woodward & Lothrop department store in Washington, D.C.
The business located near what is now Metro Center clearly advertised its liquidation sale in relation to the coming of Metrorail (not the sandwich shop).
Demolition of the Occidental Hotel at 1411 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in 1979
Demolition of the Normandie Hotel Annex, 15th and Eye Streets, N.W. on November 15, 1973.
D.C. from years past.
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