Preserving DC Stables

The alleys of DC and the stables were the pulse of the city. To destroy an original stable and replace it with a building of "that looks like a stable" reveals profound ignorance of the value of architectural originality. The stables and the alleys were where the ecology of urban change occurred. Their stories reflect many lives and are living artifacts of 200 years of human experience in Washington. Historic replication is no substitute for historic preservation.

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If you would like to contact the author to discuss the preservation of alley structures please feel comfortable to do so through the e-mail address alleysdc@yahoo.com .
The world of D.C. alley dwellers is small and meaningful change can only come through connecting with each other.

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Historic Preservation Links

  • "Preservation Nation" from NTHP
  • Blagden Alley and Naylor Court Historic Districts
  • City Center Planning
  • DC Cultural Tourism
  • Greater Greater Washington
  • Historic Landmark Preservation Law
  • Index of all Historic Properties in D.C.
  • Jack Evans description of Blagden Alley/Naylor Court
  • Map of Naylor Court and Blagden Alley
  • Phil Mendelson - council member and preservationist
  • Preservation as sustainable development NTHP
  • Renew Shaw
  • Washington's History in Black and White

Blog Archive

  • ►  2009 (25)
    • ►  November (4)
      • EFN Bar Responsive to Cleanup Efforts Behind Stabl...
      • Unstable Trash
      • EFN Lounge Alley Trash
      • Trash Talking in the Alley
    • ►  October (3)
      • The "Restoration/Reclamation" Conversation Continu...
      • Building Bones exposed
      • Building Bones
    • ►  September (2)
      • More Equine Artifacts
      • D.C. Equine Artifacts of the Past
    • ►  August (3)
      • Claremont Academy to Ride Off Into the Sunset
      • New York Stables Closed
      • “The one thing I do not want to be called is First...
    • ►  July (3)
      • Images that Evoke the Past
      • Adams Morgan-Columbia Area If done well, homogene...
      • Unstable Streetscapes
    • ►  April (2)
      • Unstable "Stable"
      • The legacy of alley life percolates out to the str...
    • ►  March (2)
      • Washington on the Move
      • Reaffirmation of Blagden Alley Naylor Court histor...
    • ►  February (5)
      • Blagden Alley and Naylor Court acknowledged for th...
      • Context and Massing in Historic Districts
      • Aids to Historic Preservation Research
      • Blagden Alley and Naylor Court Nominated for DCPL ...
      • 1316 Rear P Street Naylor Court Replacement Stable...
    • ►  January (1)
      • Longtime Naylor Court/Blagden Alley Resident Artis...
  • ▼  2008 (28)
    • ►  December (2)
      • S.O.S. (Save our Stables) Initiative is Launched
      • The Adaptive Lives of Washington DC Stables over 1...
    • ►  November (1)
      • Major Traffic Access to Alley is Blocked
    • ►  October (3)
      • HPRB and BZA process order may be "backwards"
      • A Photographic Link to the Past
      • Georgetown Saves Stable from Destruction
    • ►  September (6)
      • “A Tour of My Losses: A Quarter Century of Preserv...
      • Alley Archeology in DC Behind the Times
      • European living comes to Washington
      • Blagden Alley and Naylor Court Walking Tour
      • Hidden Alleys and Stables in NYC
      • Quote of the day
    • ►  August (5)
      • Former 9th Street DeSoto, Plymouth, Chrysler Deale...
      • Listen to an erudite discussion about architecture...
      • ABC News 7 picks up the story about the demolished...
      • The Last Auto Repair Shop Closes in the Alley
      • The Concept of a "mews"
    • ▼  July (11)
      • Second 1860’s building destroyed in Naylor Court A...
      • Jack Evans agrees to help the community protect hi...
      • An elegant history of Shaw
      • A proposal to protect historic alley buildings fro...
      • An old book (that is free) about Living in the All...
      • Naylor Court from the 1860's
      • How Washington views the history of Blagden Alley ...
      • Developer destroys the oldest stable in Naylor Cou...
      • Horse Barn in NW to be City Archives (1988)
      • Naylor Court and Blagden alleys designated as hist...
      • Stables in DC provide very special doors to unders...

References

  • Neglected Neighbors by Weller 1909 - The John C Winston Company
  • The Mews of London by Rosen 1982 - Webb and Bower
  • The Secret City by Green 1967 - Princeton University Press
  • Alley Life in Washington by Borchert 1982 - University of Illinois Press

About Me

stable preservationist
Washington, DC, United States
I live in an 1899 stable in the middle of an historic landmark alley collection of stables. There is much work to do to raise the awareness of the historic contribution of alley lives in DC from the past as well as the present. This is a living ecology that is recognized by very few. Please share your thoughts with the community on the blog.
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Horse Barn in NW to be City Archives (1988)

http://www.naylorcourt.com/files/Barn%20turns%20into%20the%20Archives%201988.pdf

Posted by stable preservationist at 1:56 PM
Labels: Past History

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