Rhodes Tavern (preservation and Restoration): Hearing and Markup Before the Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 532 ... November 30 and December 16, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - 882 pages |
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15th and F 15th Street Albee Building alley closing alternative amendment approval architect architectural Arts block Capitol Carr Company Carr's CHAIRMAN BROWN Citizens Committee City Council Commission Committee on Landmarks Committee to Save construction corner cost D.C. Code D.C. Law David Childs demolished demolition permit District Government District of Columbia downtown estimates F Street FAUNTROY Federal floor funds Garfinckel's Gibson Grano hearing Heights of Buildings Historic Preservation Historic Rhodes Tavern interest interior Joint Committee Junior League Keith-Albee building letter Mayor's Agent Metropolitan Bank Building million N.W. Washington National Metropolitan Bank National Register negotiations office building Old Ebbitt Grill Owings & Merrill Pennsylvania Avenue plans proposed public alley rehabilitation relocation restoration retained Riggs Save Historic Rhodes save Rhodes Tavern Schedule of Heights setback space special merit streets NW structure Theater tion total Carr project Treasury Building urban design Washington Post Washington Star White House
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