The Birth of a Capital
In 1921, the American Civic Association set out to transform Washington, DC into a model of technocratic planning. Its successful acquisition of power shapes the Nation's Capital to this day.
@kimpbender.bsky.social
CEO at @heurichhouse | Pres at @dcarchivesfdn | DC not Washington | reviving old things
@streetsofdc.bsky.social
Unique vintage images from postcards, stereoviews and other ephemera as well as in-depth stories about historic people and places in the Washington, D.C. area.
@jgbollard.bsky.social
I am writing a book about the ways the founders of American urban planning experimented on the neighborhoods of Washington, DC before World War II.