Kalorama Triangle : the history of a capital neighborhood /

Kalorama Triangle : the history of a capital neighborhood /

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Author / Creator:	Hansen, Stephen A.
Imprint:	Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.
Description:	155 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Neighborhoods -- Washington (D.C.) -- Case studies. Economic development -- Washington (D.C.) -- History. Social change -- Washington (D.C.) -- History. Economic development. Economic history. Neighborhoods. Social change. Social conditions. Kalorama (Washington, D.C.) -- History. Washington (D.C.) -- History. Kalorama (Washington, D.C.) -- Economic conditions. Kalorama (Washington, D.C.) -- Social conditions. Washington (D.C.) -- Economic conditions. Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions. Washington (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) -- Kalorama Heights. Case studies. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8533690

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ISBN:	9781609494216 1609494210
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	Kalorama is Greek for fine view," and it was the vista that drew wealthy colonists to set their farms and manor homes on the verdant hills above the capital. With the start of the Civil War, the grand hilltop residences were turned over to the army to be used as barracks and hospitals. It was only after the war that the land was developed into city streets that saw everything from the excesses of the Gilded Age to the horrors of the 1922 Knickerbocker Theater Disaster. Historian and longtime resident Stephen A. Hansen charts the evolution of the neighborhood from its earliest history through the twentieth century as residents fought to preserve the historic character of Kalorama Triangle."
Physical Description:	155 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781609494216 1609494210