Are there any plans to develop that corner which is now all boarded up? It has been sitting vacant for years and is such an eye sore. There were signs all over it about some sort of property auction about a year ago, but haven’t seen any signs of development. Seems like such an ideal location.

Along the lines of ontarioroader’s question, does anyone have any tips for finding historical photos of places in DC? I think I heard somehwere that you can get copies of photos at either the Library of Congress or the National Archives, does anyone know more about that?

I use to Digitize Pictures for smithsonian and they sale pictures (pricey). The American History museum have a good sized photo collection.

I think the process is you make an appointment and goto the Library and search, then they send the request in for digital or printed copies. i did this from 98-04 so im not sure how much have changed since then. The guy who use to be in charge of the office (Office of Imagin and Photographic Services) is John Jones.

I told POP I was going to send him some of the ones I have from 1865 to the mid to late 1950′s. I just need to scan them when i have free time.

DC_Chica:
There are a LOT of good places for historic photos of DC. Here are a few links:
The Historical Society: http://www.historydc.org/
The Washingtoniana Room at DCPL:http://www.dclibrary.org/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1264&q=566688
Library of Congress:http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/
National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/index.html

In addtion, almost every church, synagogue, community association, etc., has an archive. Always worth asking.

Go to the DC Historical Society library (in the old Carnegie Library building by the convention center). They have a ton of old pictures, among other great resources. However, you need to come armed with an address or specific area of research — you can’t just flip through the collection. They charge fees to have pictures reproduced so it can get expensive quickly.