{"id":45672,"date":"2023-07-13T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foresthillsconnection.com\/?p=45672"},"modified":"2023-07-23T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:40:40","slug":"a-new-dc-archives-home-at-udc-learn-more-at-meetings-tonight-and-on-july-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foresthillsconnection.com\/news\/a-new-dc-archives-home-at-udc-learn-more-at-meetings-tonight-and-on-july-18\/","title":{"rendered":"National Capital Planning Commission throws its support behind a new home for the DC Archives at UDC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Efforts to build a new and permanent home for DC artifacts and government and historical records are gaining steam, and getting more media attention.<\/p>\n

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) voted on July 6th to approve concept designs<\/a> for a $72 million D.C. Archives and Records Center at the University of the District of Columbia, where Building 41 now stands. The Washington Business Journal<\/em> gets into why District planners chose the location<\/a>, occupied by what one NCPC commissioner called “a bad building by any measure.” (Not a WBJ subscriber? If you have a DC Public Library card, you can read the articles for free<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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UDC’s Building 41, from Van Ness Street.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A rendering of the DC Archives as viewed from across Van Ness Street, looking northwest. (from the NCPC staff report<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

The District’s historical records and artifacts are currently scattered across storage facilities, including a warehouse at 1300 Naylor Court NW. WAMU\/DCist reporter Martin Austermuhle was there on July 12th.<\/p>\n

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First ever visit to the D.C. Archives in Naylor Court in Shaw, and it was pretty fascinating to see a repository of so much government history. I was shown a record of runaway slaves held in the D.C. Jail, Fredrick Douglass\u2019s death certificate, and Alexander Graham Bell\u2019s will. pic.twitter.com\/sC3tmJZUGs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n