VANISHED:Washington is a digital catalog dedicated to the comparison of architecture, culture and society in Washington, D.C. that have been destroyed, replaced or miraculously preserved during the great architectural purge of The Federal City from 1930 to the 1990s.
Look what the wrecking ball found
Sources
- Adolf-Cluss.org
- Cinema Treasures
- DC Public Library
- Google Maps
- Greater Greater Washington
- Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
- Old Magazine Articles.com
- Shorpy.com
- The Historical Society of Washington, DC
- The Library of Congress
- The Smithsonian Archives
- The Streets of Washington
- Washington Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
503 14th Street N.W.
circa 1925
Source: Shorpy
If you ever wanted a portrait of Herbert Hoover to Nixon, this is where you could find it.
Today
1118 7th Street N.W.
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| ca. 1920 Photo source: Shorpy, Google Earth We return to the 1100 block of 7th street to view the wide breadth of styles that were so freely employed, yet there is order and discipline among them in the ranks. Note the modulated store fronts and how they appear to be a smaller building unto themselves, sticking out of the lower levels all designed to lure one in.  |
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
15th Street & Ohio N.W.
1910
Source: The Library of Congress
The Treasury Annex neighborhood before the massive WPA project erased everything. Later it would become the War Transportation Department during WWII, under the direction of John E. Jacobsen.
Today
11th & G Street N.W.
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| circa 1920 Source: The Library of Congress CONTEST: Who can name the building in the reflection of the glass? Winner gets honorable mention in "The League of the Undead of The Vanished City." Post your answer in the comments section. |
Today.
11th and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
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| 1925 Source: The Library of Congress Watching results of the big fight outside of the Washington Star Building. |
Today
729 12th Street N.W.
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| ca.1920 Photo sources: Shorpy, Google Street View I have never seen a more haunting photo of faces in windows while researching for this site. It is no error, the monster that occupies 719 12th Street (See previous post below) extends all the way to 729 11th and this is what used to occupy the site. Such a mix of little building types, Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal...now it is a Macy's with clip-on concrete panels. |
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