ICYMI, here are some images from last weekend’s 150th Anniversary of Eastern Market Celebration. Tommy Wells, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs, recalled the fire which damaged the Market on April 30, 2007 – shortly after he was elected Ward 6 Councilmember – and the reconstruction of the Market thereafter. He said he had been awakened by MPD First District Commander Diane Grooms telling him that Eastern Market was on fire and that it was pretty serious. He recounted going to the market and watching as the flames engulfed the roof and the subsequent support of the community and the city which worked together to support the vendors and rebuild the Market.
This one is one of the members of a cycling group called The Wheelmen demonstrating the tricky mount of a penny-farthing bicycle – so named because of the image of a much larger British penny next to the much smaller farthing. It was popular in the 19th Century but became obsolete in the 1880’s with the development of modern bicycles.
Inside the North Hall, world-renowned silhouette artist, Lauren Muney, founder of Silhouettes by Hand, demonstrates her artistry with a pair of scissors and a piece of paper.
One of the tours of the market – this one by Capitol Hill author and historian Robert Pohl (center) – ended up in the rarely publically accessible Market Master’s Office high on the east side of the market.
The Market Master’s office affords a view not only of 7th Street outside the market…
…but also an overview of the Market’s interior.
Here’s Triple Candies’ November exhibit in the space in front of the former Li’l Pub at 655 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Triple Candie is a research-oriented curatorial agency run by art historian co-founders Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett. Their purpose is to create alternative exhibition methods making that the object of critical focus rather than what is displayed (which for the most part does not include original artworks).
The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted November 19
Monday, November 22
ANC6A Transportation & Public Space Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
Agenda: Not available at press time
ANC6D Transportation Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here https://www.anc6d.org/anc6d-transportation-committee/
Agenda: Not available at press time.
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