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Celebrating African American History Month with Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Archibald A. Alexander


Archibald A. Alexander – Noted Design and Construction Engineer
Best known for designing Washington, DC s Tidal Basin Bridge and Whitehurst Freeway; first black graduate of the University of Iowa s College of Engineering; served as territorial governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Growing up in Iowa during the late 1880s, Archibald Archie Alexander remembers being warned that engineering was not something he could expect to succeed in as a black man. But he pushed forward anyway, later graduating in 1912 with a bachelor s degree in engineering from the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa), becoming the first African American in the school s history to do so. Such perseverance would be a hallmark of Archie s life and career. ....

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DC to close lanes on 2 roads for bridge, tunnel inspections on June 22

DC to close lanes on 2 roads for bridge, tunnel inspections on June 22
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The Insane Highway Plan That Would Have Bulldozed DC's Most Charming Neighborhoods


October 21, 2015
Rendering of the Three Sisters Bridge, which would have linked with interstates and erased three well-known areas of DC. Photograph courtesy of DDOT.
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One day this summer, Matt Andrea was eating a tuna
tartine at Café Saint-Ex at 14th and T. Across the street, a Room & Board store was selling sleek furniture to occupants of the new condominiums marching up 14th Street. In what used to be a crime-ridden corridor, eateries up and down the block offered the culinary bounty of modern-day Washington: artisanal burgers, regional Thai cuisine, an array of craft beers.
Unbeknownst to the diners and the shoppers and the moms pushing strollers along the teeming sidewalks, Andrea, a retired banker, is an author of the scene. There’s a pretty good argument that none of the budding urbanism that has turned the neighborhood into a place where people spend a million dollars on a rowhouse would exist if not for people like Matt Andrea. ....

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