AttucksAdams

01/02/2025

Happy New Year! 🎉

I'm starting the new year thinking about land use. 🤔🤔🤔

On Patreon this week, a deep dive into the new, large scale, adaptive reuse project at the old McMillan sand filtration site. Photos, historical context, and a look to the future of this massive rebuild.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/adaptive-reuse-119164864?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

12/17/2024

Tour guide colleagues & friends! Amazing community of historians, story tellers, experience developers, content experts, and all around good humans.

What an incredible gathering of some of the best tour guiding talent out there. These fine people have encouraged me, educated me, laughed and cried with me. Thank you for being my chosen professional and personal community. All of us strive to share the DC we know intimately with fellow locals, transplants, national and international visitors, students and history enthusiasts. Thank you for joining me on this journey. Everyone needs to take tours with one of these amazing humans.

12/12/2024

Birmingham, AL

12/03/2024

Huntsville is more than NASA, butt NASA is a huge part of its identity. Just here a few days while my group completes a Space Camp adventure. Trying to explore as much as possible while here.

1. Space Shuttle Pathfinder at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

2. I'm officially NASA now. No more tours.

3. Saturn 5 rocket.

4. Apollo 16 crew capsule.

5. Guessing Miss Baker did not choose the space life, but at least she's honored.

6. Constitution Hall. The site where Alabama ratified its own and the U.S. Constitution, thereby becoming the 22nd state, c. 1819.

7. Huntsville City Hall.

8. Downtown.

9. Neighborhood of beautiful single family homes directly adjacent to the downtown business district.

10. I love decorative utility hole covers

12/01/2024

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was one of the highlights of Nashville. Incredible history of country music roots, contemporary profiles, cultural impact, HOF plaques, plus a killer gift shop. 🎻🎸🎶👌🏽

11/29/2024

In the past, I have started tours in DC and ended up somewhere else. This is the first time I will meet the group elsewhere and end up in DC! Nashville - Huntsville - Birmingham - Orlando - DC.

Stay tuned for more photos and see what adventures I get into along the way!

11/20/2024

This week on Patreon: lots and lots of photography. Including a massive set exploring the architecture and street scenes at southwest DC's Wharf area. Thank you to all Patrons who support my work!

https://www.patreon.com/attucksadams

11/20/2024

Resistance to displacement comes in a lot of forms. A museum dedicated the craft & culture of go-go might be my new favorite.

Now you can visit DC and see go-go contextualized in three different exhibitions: NMAAHC on the National Mall, MLK Library downtown, and now Anacostia on MLK Blvd.

The highly anticipated Go-Go Museum and Café in D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week.

11/18/2024

It's a major award! 😊 Thank you to the folks at Events DC Walking Town. They thanked all guides from a September series of neighborhood tours with this great trophy. I was not expecting this and it's awesome!

While it didn't come in a box labeled "FRAGILE," it was personally handed over by their gracious staff. Thanks friends. Let's do it again next year!

11/04/2024

Really interesting tours this week with engaged and interested visitors from the Netherlands. We're exploring U.S. elections, the three branches of government, history, and commemoration.

The organizers also secured Dutch news correspondents who are based in the U.S. to give a journalist perspective on our systems. Extra compelling, even for me as the guide!

10/11/2024

Inauguration preparation has begun, believe it or not.😲

Much of Lafayette Park is closed for construction of the parade viewing box.

Pennsylvania Avenue bike lane barriers have been removed to accommodate the parade.

And most importantly, the official Inauguration platform going up on the west front of the Capitol Building.

26 days until the election.🗳️ 102 until Inauguration.🏛️

09/09/2024

Capital to Capital. Accra to DC connection.

🇺🇲🤜🏽🤛🏽🇬🇭

08/13/2024

I knew the basics of the story about the desegregation/integration of Glen Echo Park (just outside of Washington DC).

But I definitely did not know this documentary's worth of the story. Looks to be screened this Friday at the DC Black Film Festival. [https://dcbff.org/]

This is "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round TEASER" by Ilana Trachtman on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

08/13/2024

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08/05/2024

Join The Phillips Collection team! We're hiring a Director of Membership, Public Programs Coordinator, and part-time Museum Assistants. Apply ➡️ https://ow.ly/jziN50SQj5j

🎨 Angela Bulloch, Heavy Metal Stack: Fat Cyan Three, 2018, Powder-coated steel, 118 1/8 in x 55 1/8 in x 39 3/8 in, Made possible with support from Susan and Dixon Butler, Nancy and Charles Clarvit, John and Gina Despres, A. Fenner Milton, Eric Richter, Harvey M. Ross, George Vradenburg and The Vradenburg Foundation, 2018.

07/05/2024

On Patreon this week: lots of photos and my thoughts on the newly renovated Folger Shakespeare Library! One of my favorite recent openings/reopening in DC. Lots to see here. Thanks to all Patrons for your continued support! 🙏🏾

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06/26/2024

On the Looking Blog this week--

We spotlight "I'll Have What She's Having: The Jewish Deli," on display at the the Capital Jewish Museum until August.

Photos and a short review of the Capital Jewish Museum exhibition titled: “I’ll Have What She’s Having: The Jewish Deli.”

05/21/2024

Wow! Our U Street tour was reviewed and featured in Condé Nast Magazine as one of the best things to do in DC!

This is a dream come true & and I'm so grateful for all your continued support. Both links are in the comments below!