THE STORE WILL BE CLOSED APRIL 8-JUNE 3, 2025!
Shop now for streetscapes, neighborhood maps, and holiday cards before I take a break April 8 through June 3, 2025. AT LEFT, NEW WORK: ELIZABETH CATLETT'S GIRLHOOD HOME ON LAMONT STREET, NW, WITH THE HOWARD MARCHING BAND.
WHAT DOES WASHINGTON LOOK LIKE?
It looks like the tiny brick rowhouses on the city's oldest streets, the turreted skyline of Adams Morgan, the monuments. It looks like Chinatown, Georgetown, Northeast, Southeast, Eastern Market, Dupont Circle. See what Washington looks like to me.
A NEW U STREET MAP
I created one of my first neighborhood maps in 1997 for an exhibit about U Street at the Sumner School. This updated version shows the historic Black sites--Mary Ann Shadd Cary's house, the Howard Theatre, Ben's Chili Bowl, the African American Civil War monument--that make U Street a special cultural touchstone.