tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post5202956775729835566..comments2015-01-18T18:00:22.633-05:00Comments on The District Curmudgeon: Vanished/The Ruined Capitol doesn't live up to promiseIMGophhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-91913007553260282002013-06-14T15:45:55.301-04:002013-06-14T15:45:55.301-04:00He was quick to acknowledge the first couple mista...He was quick to acknowledge the first couple mistakes I noted, but I suppose he got tired of being corrected, so he blocked me. Oh well, some people have thin skin.IMGophhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-78880983638393484272013-06-14T12:45:49.338-04:002013-06-14T12:45:49.338-04:00Although I am an avid visitor to Ruined Capitol/Va...Although I am an avid visitor to Ruined Capitol/Vanished Washington, I too wish it were a little more precise in its facts. (For instance he's awfully quick to claim buildings shown in old photos are Colonial - very unlikely in the City of Washington - or of early Federal heritage, pre-War of 1812, in neighborhoods where that is also unlikely.) However I will say that the few times I've offered a correction in the comments, he's been pretty quick to acknowledge it. My bigger issue with the site is more editorial: every lost building is lamented in a way that makes me wonder how he expected a city to grow and develop without some turnover of its built environment. It's hard to imagine how DC could have become a city of 600+K (or 900+K in the past) people if every 1 1/2 story frame building on F St or K St had been retained. It's interesting to see where we've been, but I can't get agitated much past "oh what a shame" for most of what he shows. I just can't get as worked up for every single structure as he seems to want me to. For all that - I wish he'd post more often!DC20009noreply@blogger.com