Comments on: DC Mythbusting: Built on a Swamp?

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Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:09:33 +0000

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By: Keep Living in the Past » We Love DC

Keep Living in the Past » We Love DC — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:31:49 +0000

[...] is how DC has physically changed since it was planned. We talked a little bit about this when I busted the myth that DC was built on a swamp, but here’s an even cooler way to see it: historical map overlays in Google [...]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:14:16 +0000

Shannon:
check out:
http://www.h-net.org/~dclist/discthr.html
for our discussion of the swamp myth on H-DC–
and here’s an updated link to Felix Gillette’s City Paper article:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=27762

By: Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag

Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:47 +0000

Thanks, Shannon, I’m going to share that flood report link now. It shocks me how many local homes are built on creek/stream beds and the current homeowners are totally oblivious. They wonder why their badement floods each time it rains. Well, check the local topography and old maps — bet you are sitting on a creek that was damned up or covered over, where do they think all the water will go then?

By: shannon

shannon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:58:53 +0000

Kathy, here's the report on all that flooding, which believe it or not does not mention the creek as a cause of the flooding. But you're absolutely right, the Tiber Creek is still underneath it all!

By: Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag

Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:20:09 +0000

It STILL has that creek – it runs under the Mall and is one of the reasons certain govt building basements flooded a few years back. Did they ever clean up that mess under the IRS? Ifthey uncovered the creek, I think it’d be a nice addition to the topography of the Mall and museums.

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:20:27 +0000

Thanks for the reference to the Post Magazine article, which I had missed. I didn’t realize DC once had a Tiber Creek.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:16:04 +0000

Also check out Scott Berg’s book, Grand Avenues!