Lost Washington, D.c.
by Deferrari, John; Goode, James M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-10-20
Publisher(s): History Pr
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Summary
Washington seems the eternal and unchanging Federal City, with its grand avenues and stately monuments. Yet the city that locals once knew-lavish window displays at Woodies, supper at the grand Raleigh Hotel and a Friday night game at Griffith Stadium-is gone. Author John DeFerrari investigates the bygone institutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with an engaging collection of new vignettes and reader favorites from his blog, the Streets of Washington. From the raucous age of burlesque at the Gayety Theater and the once bustling Center Market to the mystery of Suter's Tavern and the disappearance of the Key mansion in Georgetown, DeFerrari recalls the lost Washington, D.C., of yesteryear. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 9 |
| Preface | p. 11 |
| Glimpses of Capitol Hill | p. 13 |
| George Washington's Townhouses | p. 13 |
| Providence Hospital, Washington's Oldest | p. 19 |
| Everyday Life on Pennsylvania Avenue | p. 25 |
| The Chaotic Exuberance of Center Market | p. 26 |
| Alfred Mullett and the Central National Bank Building | p. 31 |
| The Luxurious Raleigh Hotel | p. 35 |
| Frank Munsey and the Washington Times | p. 39 |
| Fast Food at Childs Restaurants | p. 43 |
| Bassin's Restaurant: Washington's First Sidewalk Cafe | p. 49 |
| Downtown's Booming Businesses | p. 55 |
| "Polite" Vaudeville and Other High Drama on 15th Street | p. 55 |
| The Gayety Theatre: Burlesque on 9th Street | p. 61 |
| Woodward & Lothrop: The Sentimental Favorite | p. 67 |
| The Greyhound Bus Terminal: Crossroads of the City | p. 74 |
| Georgetown | p. 79 |
| Where Was Suter's Tavern? | p. 79 |
| Key Mansion: The Misplaced House | p. 84 |
| Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan | p. 91 |
| The Lost Church of the Covenant | p. 92 |
| Harry Crandall's Knickerbocker Theater | p. 97 |
| Historic Shaw | p. 105 |
| Bread for the City: Shaw's Historic Bakeries | p. 105 |
| Baseball at the Eccentric Griffith Stadium | p. 111 |
| Upper Northwest | p. 119 |
| Harry Wardman's Original Wardman Park Hotel | p. 120 |
| The Chevy Chase Ice Palace | p. 125 |
| Upper Northeast | p. 129 |
| The Brentwood Estate and Camp Meigs | p. 129 |
| Takoma Park, Terra Cotta and the Trains | p. 134 |
| Notes | p. 143 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 149 |
| Index | p. 155 |
| About the Author | p. 160 |
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