Spring 2000

Annual Meeting Attracts the Mayor and a Large Crowd

The D.C. Preservation League held another crowd-pleasing annual meeting this year. Three hundred people from the preservation community turned out on a hot June evening for the event held in the True Reformer Building on U Street. Honored speakers included Councilman Jim Graham and Mayor Anthony Williams. Mayor Williams spoke of his commitment to historic preservation to the receptive crowd. His speech was followed by the announcement of the 1999 Washingtonās Most Endangered List. The DCPL Board president then summarized the organizationās many activities over the past year and vowed to work on turning around the Leagueās lack of success in raising sufficient operating funds.

Local architects displayed their preservation projects during the reception and furniture was raffled off. Restaurants in the vicinity of the building donated food. Scheduled to end by 8:00 p.m., the reception remained lively well into the later hours of the evening. The True Reformer Building is in the midst of being renovated and was graciously made available to the League by J.J. Development, Inc. It was made comfortable by a generous donation of cooling units from PEPCO.