tagged with: before/after
May 5, 2008
next Renovator’s Open House set for M Street
The 19th-century Italianate house at 2311 M Street, slated for demolition in 2005, was saved when ACORN found in David Collett a buyer for the house up for the massive task of total renovation and rehabilitation. ACORN’s next Renovator’s Open House will be at this now wonderfully renovated house on May 21st from 5:30 to 7PM.
January 14, 2008
location unknown (2004)(UPDATED)
Can anyone identify the location of this photo? I’m not even sure that this from up here, but the context makes me think that it is.
December 24, 2007
before and after on Clay Street
Before and 18-months-after photos of the somewhat notorious house at 3416 East Clay Street. Read more >
November 2, 2007
Marshall Street before & after
The cache of photos from the Virginia Film Commission from a few weeks ago brought to light a panorama of the then-decrepit 3000 block of East Marshall. Compare then and now…
October 21, 2007
the most extreme makeover
The RTD looks at Gable Painter’s award-winning and TV-bound renovation of 816-818 North 23rd Street in Flipped to the extreme - Union Hill renovation worthy of Learning Channel program was ‘a nightmare’ undertaking. The Learning Channel, which airs the “Flip That House” series, will broadcast a special show called “Flip It Back” detailing the renovation of this house on November 1.
September 15, 2007
816/818 North 23rd Street before & after
Before you see it on the tv, check out our before&after photos of 818/818 North 23rd Street…
January 6, 2007
ACORN in the RTD
The RTD’s ACORN’s work preserves old homes that otherwise might meet wrecking ball is a long look at ACORN’s role in saving the Peay House and houses on Venable Street.
October 29, 2006
before/after photos of houses on M St.
I found a picture of the houses at 2701 and 2703 M Street from just a few years ago. This under-renovation set of houses really has come a long way…
July 12, 2006
2 restorations
It has been great watching the restoration work happen on the houses at 608 North 24th Street and 1111 North 23rd Street over the past months.
April 16, 2006
800 block of North 24th Street before and after
In the past year, 4 new houses have been built in the 800 block of North 24th Street. This is amazing change, but still leaves 2 empty lots and 3 vacant houses.
September 24, 2005
ugly house demolished
The squat cinderblock apartment house at the intersection of 24th and R Streets was demolished today. Yay!
August 14, 2005
1097 North 23rd demolished
The unique building that stood empty for so long on the triangle median at the overlap of Carrington, Pink, and 23rd Streets, at 1097 North 23rd Street, was torn down this morning.
