[Mintwood-place] New Archeological Evidence of the Playing Field Cover-Up at Kalorama Park!

[A]

I apologize.  My response was intended to be light-hearted, and I was
not aware Ann had medical issues over the past year.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:25 AM, A <washington20009 at gmail.com> wrote:
> At the least, it can certainly be said that the speed of your response
> highlights its true importance.
>
> On Mar 28, 2012 11:08 AM, "ahhjlh at verizon.net" <ahhjlh at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Mary and John--this is an important house site in terms of the development
>> of the area as well as an underground railroad site, and its form should be
>> protected with at least posted picture stands and boundary markers.  Ann
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: John Cloud <john.cloud666 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "maryjbelcher at comcast.net" <maryjbelcher at comcast.net>
>> Cc: "Jim at grahamwone.com" <Jim at grahamwone.com>; "dcgreenstyler at gmail.com"
>> <dcgreenstyler at gmail.com>; "sandrareischel at yahoo.com"
>> <sandrareischel at yahoo.com>; Jesus (DPR)Aguirre <jesus.aguirre at dc.gov>;
>> "mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org" <mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org>;
>> "lloydmetroinc at aol.com" <lloydmetroinc at aol.com>; Ruth (OP)Trocolli
>> <Ruth.Trocolli at dc.gov>; John P. (DDOT)Thomas <john.pthomas at dc.gov>;
>> "bcr at archetypestudio.net" <bcr at archetypestudio.net>; Mark (MPD)Jackson
>> <mark.jackson at dc.gov>; Robert (COUNCIL)Hawkins <RHawkins at DCCOUNCIL.US>;
>> Bridget (DPR)Stesney <Bridget.Stesney at dc.gov>; Derek (DPR)Schultz
>> <derek.schultz at dc.gov>; "intowner at intowner.com" <intowner at intowner.com>;
>> Benjamin (COUNCIL)Young <BYoung at DCCOUNCIL.US>; "dcvirginia at hotmail.com"
>> <dcvirginia at hotmail.com>; "tedguthrie3 at gmail.com" <tedguthrie3 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 11:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Mintwood-place] New Archeological Evidence of the Playing
>> Field Cover-Up at Kalorama Park!
>>
>> Mary:
>>
>> I had never seen any of the excavation photos before. The brick fragment I
>> found and photographed in situ looks very similar in color to the vertical
>> stack of bricks in your photos 2 and 4.  And there appears to be a part of
>> an iron pipe protruding near them.  I would suggest you contact the
>> appropriate historic preservation people about this matter ASAP--the
>> tendency of DPR and the contractors is to throw a layer of brown dirt over
>> everything and pretent nothing ever happened.
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "maryjbelcher at comcast.net" <maryjbelcher at comcast.net>
>> To: John Cloud <john.cloud666 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Jim at grahamwone.com; Ruth (OP)Trocolli <Ruth.Trocolli at dc.gov>;
>> bcr at archetypestudio.net; dcgreenstyler at gmail.com; intowner at intowner.com;
>> sandrareischel at yahoo.com; John P. (DDOT)Thomas <john.pthomas at dc.gov>;
>> mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org; lloydmetroinc at aol.com; Derek
>> (DPR)Schultz <derek.schultz at dc.gov>; Robert (COUNCIL)Hawkins
>> <RHawkins at DCCOUNCIL.US>; Benjamin (COUNCIL)Young <BYoung at DCCOUNCIL.US>;
>> dcvirginia at hotmail.com; tedguthrie3 at gmail.com; Mark (MPD)Jackson
>> <mark.jackson at dc.gov>; Bridget (DPR)Stesney <Bridget.Stesney at dc.gov>; Jesus
>> (DPR)Aguirre <jesus.aguirre at dc.gov>; denisjames at verizon.net; Olivier Kamanda
>> <kamanda at gmail.com>; wreynolds at dccouncil.us; Eddie Becker
>> <eddie_becker at yahoo.com>; Cynthia Pols <polscm at aol.com>; Adam Eidinger
>> <enrages at verizon.net>; Chris Version II.O <chrisotten2 at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 10:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: New Archeological Evidence of the Playing Field Cover-Up at
>> Kalorama Park!
>>
>> Hi John and all:
>>
>> Yes.  When I looked last night (May 31, 2011) at the newly installed
>> terracing, it appeared that the lumber has been inserted well into the
>> archaeological area.  But without markers at the site, I have only my memory
>> of the location to rely on.  Attached are my photos of the archaeological
>> site uncovered from the summer of 2009.
>>
>> (PS:  It was 150 years ago this spring that 20-year-old Hortense
>> Prout tried to escape enslavement on John Little's farm at Kalorama Park.
>> Her escape attempt is honored by the designation of Kalorama Park as a
>> National Underground Railroad site.  The brick walls uncovered by the
>> earlier messed-up soil-erosion project might have been part of the house
>> where she, her parents, sisters and brother lived.  Again, my two cents are
>> that the walls should be carefully uncovered again and protected with a
>> clear covering to make this important history tangible to the public.)
>>
>> -- Mary Belcher
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Cloud" <john.cloud666 at yahoo.com>
>> To: maryjbelcher at comcast.net, "Chris Version II.O" <chrisotten2 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Jim at grahamwone.com, "Ruth (OP)Trocolli" <Ruth.Trocolli at dc.gov>,
>> bcr at archetypestudio.net, dcgreenstyler at gmail.com, intowner at intowner.com,
>> sandrareischel at yahoo.com, "John P. (DDOT)Thomas" <john.pthomas at dc.gov>,
>> mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org, lloydmetroinc at aol.com, "Derek
>> (DPR)Schultz" <derek.schultz at dc.gov>, "Robert (COUNCIL)Hawkins"
>> <RHawkins at DCCOUNCIL.US>, "Benjamin (COUNCIL)Young" <BYoung at DCCOUNCIL.US>,
>> dcvirginia at hotmail.com, tedguthrie3 at gmail.com, "Mark (MPD)Jackson"
>> <mark.jackson at dc.gov>, "Bridget (DPR)Stesney" <Bridget.Stesney at dc.gov>,
>> "Jesus (DPR)Aguirre" <jesus.aguirre at dc.gov>, denisjames at verizon.net,
>> "Olivier Kamanda" <kamanda at gmail.com>, wreynolds at dccouncil.us, "Eddie
>> Becker" <eddie_becker at yahoo.com>, "Cynthia Pols" <polscm at aol.com>, "John
>> cloud666" <John.cloud666 at yahoo.com>, "Adam Eidinger" <enrages at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 10:11:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: New Archeological Evidence of the Playing Field Cover-Up at
>> Kalorama Park!
>>
>> Mary, et al:
>>
>>       My investigations yesterday morning were limited to photographs at a
>> distance through the chain fence.  Yesterday late afternoon, I returned to
>> the Kalorama Park "playing field" terrace excavations and examined them
>> closely.  I believe you are correct, Mary-- the excavations have revealed
>> historic archeological artifacts dating back historically at the lower and
>> northern end, and modern and disgusting at the upper and southern end.
>>
>> Lower levels, historic finds:
>>
>> Photograph A shows the general context of the terraces.  They run the
>> entire length of the basketball court, have a vertical range of 6-8 feet,
>> and run longitudinally from previously undisturbed subsoil adjacent to the
>> basketball court knee wall, to areas well within the playing field work
>> area, where the previous contractor deposited 4-5 feet of compacted
>> construction debris as "soil".
>>
>> Photograph B shows a closeup of the the brick fragment photographed at a
>> distance before.  I now believe it lies below the playing field area and is
>> an archeological artifact.
>>
>> Photographs C, D, and E show an iron pipe in the soil matrix, a piece of
>> it broken off in the excavation, and a closeup of the piece.
>>
>> Photographs F, G, and H show a piece of glazed clay, possibly from the lip
>> of a drainage tile piece or a pot, as found in the excavation in situ, and
>> in closeup after cleaning the piece.  I have retained this piece for
>> appropriate authorities.
>>
>> Upper levels, disgusting finds:
>>
>> The highest terrace cuts on the southern end cut down into the supposedly
>> "undisturbed soil" of all the DPR diagrams and specs, which is in fact the
>> 4-5 feet of construction debris and compacted illegal spoils from Mitchell
>> park, etc. deposited by the previous contractor.
>>
>> Photograph I shows a massive piece of sidewalk from Mitchell Park.
>>
>> Photographs J and K show closeups of what I had identified, at a distance,
>> as asphalt fragments.  They are, instead, a layer of disgusting plastic bags
>> and plastic erosion fencing material which were compacted into the playing
>> field.  Note that they lie more than a foot below the level of the "playing
>> field" surface as defined and planted in grass by the contractor last
>> year.DPR calls all this "undisturbed soil" and proposes to put the
>> geo-fabric matrix over these disgusting plastic bags and the rest of the
>> construction debris!
>>
>> Councilman Graham, ANC-1C Commissioners, staff of the District Council
>> Committee on Parks, Libraries and Recreation, Historic Preservation officers
>> and Kalorama Citizens: please bring a halt to this illegal desecration of a
>> historic archeological site which has been overlaid with an equally illegal
>> mass of construction debris and illegal spoils including A COMPACTED LAYER
>> OF DISGUSTING PLASTIC BAGS! This massive fraudulent contract has gone on far
>> too long, wasted too much money, and done too much damage.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "maryjbelcher at comcast.net" <maryjbelcher at comcast.net>
>> To: Chris Version II.O <chrisotten2 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Jim at grahamwone.com; Ruth (OP)Trocolli <Ruth.Trocolli at dc.gov>;
>> bcr at archetypestudio.net; dcgreenstyler at gmail.com; intowner at intowner.com;
>> sandrareischel at yahoo.com; John P. (DDOT)Thomas <john.pthomas at dc.gov>;
>> mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org; lloydmetroinc at aol.com; Derek
>> (DPR)Schultz <derek.schultz at dc.gov>; Robert (COUNCIL)Hawkins
>> <RHawkins at DCCOUNCIL.US>; Benjamin (COUNCIL)Young <BYoung at DCCOUNCIL.US>;
>> dcvirginia at hotmail.com; tedguthrie3 at gmail.com; Mark (MPD)Jackson
>> <mark.jackson at dc.gov>; Bridget (DPR)Stesney <Bridget.Stesney at dc.gov>; John
>> Cloud <john.cloud666 at yahoo.com>; Jesus (DPR)Aguirre <jesus.aguirre at dc.gov>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mintwood-place] Dramatic New Evidence of the Playing Field
>> Cover-Up at Kalorama Park!
>>
>> Hi John, Chris & All:
>>
>> Just a reminder:  I don't know where the brick fragments came from, but
>> they resemble the brick wall that was determined to be an archaeological
>> resource at the northern end of the basketball court.  I informed Jesus and
>> Ruth last week that they were getting very close to it. -- Mary Belcher
>>
>>
>>
>>
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