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CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Aug 20\, 2026\, 37 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=
 63498\n\nJoin us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local 
 authors\, with the first featuring Bob Dover\, author of Bridges of Washi
 ngton\, D.C. A History and Guide. Explore the history of our nation's cap
 ital through this history of its bridges. In the late 1700s\, the first b
 ridges\, now completely gone\, connected the new Federal City to the outs
 ide world. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, more and b
 igger crossings arose to support industry\, allow the expansion of suburb
 s\, commemorate cultural and civic leaders\, and enhance the aesthetics o
 f the District's waterfronts and parks. Although the city abandoned civic
 -minded\, commemorative\, and monumental constructions for utilitarian hi
 ghway monoliths in the mid-twentieth century\, a recent renaissance has s
 een a welcome shift to walkability and beauty instead of brute utility. U
 sing the city's bridges as an index of the times\, author and D.C. native
  Bob Dover tracks the growth\, decay\, and rebirth of the District from t
 he 1750s to today. \n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\nFee
 s: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volunteers.\nTags: Book Di
 scussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
 \n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.
 gov/Events.aspx\n
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SUMMARY:Lecture: "Bridges of Washington\, D.C."
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 ies of lectures featuring local authors\, with the first featuring Bob Do
 ver\, author of Bridges of Washington\, D.C. A History and Guide. Explore
  the history of our nation&#39\;s capital through this history of its bri
 dges. In the late 1700s\, the first bridges\, now completely gone\, conne
 cted the new Federal City to the outside world. Throughout the nineteenth
  and twentieth centuries\, more and bigger crossings arose to support ind
 ustry\, allow the expansion of suburbs\, commemorate cultural and civic l
 eaders\, and enhance the aesthetics of the District?s waterfronts and par
 ks. Although the city abandoned civic-minded\, commemorative\, and monume
 ntal constructions for utilitarian highway monoliths in the mid-twentieth
  century\, a recent renaissance has seen a welcome shift to walkability a
 nd beauty instead of brute utility. Using the city?s bridges as an index 
 of the times\, author and D.C. native Bob Dover tracks the growth\, decay
 \, and rebirth of the District from the 1750s to today. \n<br />\n<br />L
 ocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n<br />Fees: $15/$12 for His
 toric Alexandria Members and volunteers.\n<br />Tags: Book Discussion Gro
 up\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<
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