H-DC Awards
2004
Vision Award --Committee of 100 on the Federal City
2005 
Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation

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Reviewer: Olivia Cadaval , Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution Author: Nelson F. Kofie Title: Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Reviewer: Joshua Olsen. Author: Nicholas D. Bloom Title: Suburban Alchemy: 1960s New Towns and the Transformation of the American Dream Reviewer: Joshua Olsen. Author: Cathy D. Knepper Title: Greenbelt, Maryland: A Living Legacy of the New Deal Click here for H-DC archived reviews.

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