Historic Glass Block Renovations: Knapp’s Centre Owner: The Eyde Company Architect: Quinn Evans Architects General Contractor: Granger Construction Mason: Schiffer Mason Contractors, Inc. Knapp’s Centre: The History So many of the buildings we drive past have a history explaining why they were built and what they came to be.  Knapp’s Centre is one of those…

Historic Glass Block Renovations: Hecht Warehouse Architect: Antunovich Associates General Contractor: McCullough Construction, LLC. Owner: Douglas Development Hecht Warehouse: The History Hecht’s was one of Washington D.C.’s oldest and most successful large-scale, locally-owned retail store.  The department store itself was located on the corner of 7th Street in an “American Gothic” building.  Hecht’s offered an…