| Cleveland Park Contributor(s): Williams, Paul K. (Author), Higgins, Kelton C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738515213 ISBN-13: 9780738515212 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 975.3 |
| LCCN: 2003103771 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.54" W x 9.46" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once a single 998-acre farm, Cleveland Park can trace its origins to 1740, when large country estates, such as Rosedale, Twin Oaks, Tregaron, and Red Tops, were located here. Alexander Graham Bell and President Grover Cleveland, the neighborhood's namesake, owned such estates, a few of which remain to this day. Although a mere 60 houses dotted the landscape in 1903, the building boom of the 1920s created numerous houses and commercial buildings along Connecticut Avenue. Today, the neighborhood is a modern urban residential neighborhood with many fine examples of American architecture and urban planning concepts. Cleveland Park documents the cultural, social, environmental, and architectural evolution of the neighborhood, offering photographs from the opening night of the famous art deco Uptown Theater and of the first strip mall in America, the Park and Shop. Combined with interior and exterior images from some of the celebrated apartment houses that remain and those of the now-demolished Bureau of Standards complex, this volume is certain to both delight and surprise the reader. |
Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Paul K.: - Cleveland Park is the seventh Arcadia title in Washington, D.C. for author Paul K. Williams, the proprietor of Kelsey and Associates, an architectural preservation firm. It is the first Arcadia title for Washington native Kelton C. Higgins, a graduate of Long Island University, an experienced traveler, and an expert local researcher. |