Sources for “The Wharf and the Municipal Fish Market: The District Turns Back to the Water”
Presented on May 8, 2025
Books and reports
- Eig, Emily. “Historic Preservation Review Board Application for Historic Landmark or Historic District Designation: Lunch Room Building and Oyster Shucking Shed, 110 Maine Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024.” July 29, 2015. Report prepared by EHT Traceries for the D.C. Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.
- Wennersten, John R. The Historic Waterfront of Washington, D.C..
- Wennersten, John R. Anacostia: The Death & Life of an American River. Baltimore, Md.: Chesapeake Book Co., 2008.
- Wetzel, Hayden M. Two Studies on the History of Southwest Washington, D.C.: Buzzard Point, and Urban Renewal Parks. Washington, D.C.: 2021.
Publications
- Abou Samra, Rita. People use the built environment how they need it, not always how it’s intended, Greater Greater Washington, Dec. 14, 2018.
- Davidson, Justin. A Built-From-Scratch Neighborhood in Washington That Doesn’t Feel Prefab, New York Magazine, Jan. 14, 2019.
- Meyer, Eugene L. A Decaying Waterfront in Washington Returns to Life, New York Times, Sept. 19, 2017.
- O’Connell, Jonathan. Southwest Waterfront, already Washington’s biggest new development, will double in size, Washington Post, May 17, 2017.
Websites
- American Institute of Architects. Design Excellence Awards — The Wharf
- American Society of Landscape Architects. 2024 ASLA Professional Awards – The Wharf’s 7th Street Park and Recreation Pier
- DC Preservation League page
- Lee and Associates, The Wharf Waterfront Park
- MKSK Studios, District Wharf Promenade
- MKSK Studios, District Wharf Fish Market
- Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd., The Wharf’s 7th Street Park and Recreation Pier
- Collection of Old Time D.C.
- Library of Congress
- Perkins Eastman, The Wharf: A Case Study
- Wolf Josey Landscape Architects, The District Wharf: Phase II
- Wikipedia, The Wharf
Government agency procedural records and datasets
- Straughan Environmental, David Ramos, and D.C. Department of Energy and Environment: The District’s Historic Streams, 2021
- U.S. Commission of Fine Arts review documents for the buildings and public spaces at the Wharf — notably, Public Space Elements and the Fish cleaning building