Curious about "Urban Renewal" experiments in the 1950's and 1960's? Ever wonder why the housing stock in Southwest DC looks a little different? Confused what I.M. Pei was doing designing buildings in Southwest?

Answer your questions and ask some more.

You are invited to a presentation "Southwest DC Development Past and Present: The Bulldozer and the Rose"

Yvonne Carignan, Library Director and Head of Collections for the Historical Society of Washington, DC, will present Garnet W. Jex’s original script & images of 1950s-1960s urban renewal in Southwest DC.

When:  Monday, January 25, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Where:  First District Police Station, 101 M Street, SW
Who:   Southwest Neighborhood Assembly General Meeting