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14th Street NW, Washington, DC
The evening of the day of Martin Luther King’s assassination saw the largest riots in Washington, DC’s history. Beginning at 14th and U St NW, the rioters quickly spread up and down 14th Street,...
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Meridian Hill Park, Washington, DC
Meridian Hill Park, isolated from the hustle and bustle of 16th St NW, is a gem waiting behind the concrete walls along the Street. Read about the park here. The upper portion is a French garden. Yes,...
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Henderson Castle, Washington, DC
The builder of Meridian Hill Park, Mary Henderson lived in a castle across 16th–well, a Romanesque Revival castle, that is. It was demolished after years as a boarding house and speakeasy, and all...
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Taft Bridge, Rock Creek Valley, Washington, DC
The Taft Bridge, the largest non-reinforced concrete bridge in the world, gracefully spans the Rock Creek Valley taking Connecticut Avenue from the oldest portion of the city to the early 20th Century...
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7th Street Office Building, Washington, DC
I always loved walking by this building with its prominent turret; I never actually saw anything move in there, unfortunately.
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New Steeple, Washington, DC
The steeple had collapsed decades ago, so five years ago, the church had a new steeple fabricated–in one piece. It was brought into DC on a flatbed and hoisted into place. I wish some of St. Louis’s...
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September 11th
On September 11, 2001, I was living in Washington, DC, attending grad school at George Washington University. My apartment was in Foggy Bottom, six blocks from the White House. I hate to admit it, but...
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Cupples Warehouse #7: The Future?
As already seen on the Preservation Research Office’s post, the saving of exterior walls has occurred throughout the country. My experience with the saving of curtain walls, even when the rest of the...
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Return to Holy Corner, Washington, District of Columbia
It’s one of the more unique places in the United States, the corner of 16th Street, Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Columbia Road and Harvard Street Northwest. Three churches, all in their own unique styles,...
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8th Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: You Call This Gentrification?
It’s been almost a decade since I moved from Washington, DC, where I’d been living for six years, back to St. Louis, where I hadn’t lived in a full decade. I’m grateful for the time I spent there, but...
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Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Favorite Photos
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. 1) Highway 40, Closed to Traffic 2)...
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Twenty Years Since 9/11, Revisiting Washington, DC, Part One
As a few of my readers know, I was living in Washington, DC on September 11, 2001, exactly two miles away from the Pentagon when the plane crashed into it. I moved back at Christmastime of 2006, and...
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Twenty Years Since 9/11, Revisiting Washington, DC, Part Two
We crossed over the Memorial Bridge into the Commonwealth of Virginia, and picked up the Metro to head to Alexandria and meet up with an old professor friend of mine. The Metro used to be the pride...
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Twenty Years Since 9/11, Revisiting Washington, DC, Part Three
Finally, on Saturday night, my friend went off to a wedding and I went to Adams Morgan to meet up with some old friends. I took the Metro to the Woodley Park station, which has one of the longest...
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