The view that changes: Little Sisters of the Poor and St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, est. 1873. a.k.a. Abdo's Landmark Lofts/Senate Square

2005

2006

Oct. 5, 2007

Swampoodle?

On the day that Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President, March 4, 1861, the United States Government Printing Office opened its doors on H Street at North Capitol. The area was farmland gradually giving way to roads and buildings. Nearby Tiber Creek overflowed in wet weather, producing swamp and puddles, and gave rise to the neighborhood's nickname, 'Swampoodle.'

The third in a series of articles commemorating GPO's 125th Anniversary, by Daniel R. MacGilvray. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/macgilvray.html#3

Examiner on the Dreyfus Project

http://www.examiner.com/a-968682~H_Street_community__developer__try_for_common_ground.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC

Senate Square & Steuart Development sites

Senate Square and Abdo's Landmark Lofts
looking West from the 400 block of H Street NE


Steuart Development, NE corner of 3rd & H Sts NE.
A future grocery store, mixed retail and condos/apts

Dreyfus development sites 200 H Street NE

An older picture (Dec 2005) of the H Street overpass and the Children's Museum (Abdo's Senate Square and Landmark Lofts). On the right is a small corner of the parking lot where Capitol Place will be developed.

Dreyfus development. Future site of Capitol Place. H street overpass on left, 2nd Street rowhouses to be demolished on right.

The Dreyfus developement sites. SEC buiding on the right and site of third office complex (in foreground) already in progress. In the upper left are the 2nd Street rowhouses to be demolished for future Capitol Place. Logan School in the background.

Rowhouses on 2nd & G Streets NE to be demolished for Dreyfus project

700 block of 2nd Street NE, built circa 1890

200 block (West side) of G Street NE