The DC History Center is throwing open its doors this Saturday
, the society’s program manager. It’s important, she said, to highlight the neighbors.
“Also, downtown has gotten a little sleepy,” Hagood said. “Offices are not really back. We wanted to give people a reason to come downtown, rediscover this part of the city, inject some life into the community.” We’ve all been a little sleepy the last couple of years, along with wheezy, sneezy, achy and anxious. Even if we haven’t tested positive for You Know What, we’ve been affected by it. And things haven’t been easy for the DC History Center, which had to shut down for a while pre-virus when mold was found in the building and then had to get used to sharing the renovated building with a high-profile tenant: Apple, which opened a store there in 2019.
“I think people lost track of the Carnegie Library,” Hagood said. “Many have not come inside to look at the beautiful renovations.” So, here’s your chance to see them, and to see a very cool exhibit called “The Big Picture,” which features massive enlargements of panoramic photos of places and people in Washington. You can browse the Kiplinger Research Library and learn about the society’s journal, “Washington History.” Walking tours will be led by Off the Mall Tours andLocal authors will be on hand to discuss their books.
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