Capper

The name Capper exists, though it is not very common.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

Inspired by construction machinery and the earth-moving inventions of Robert Gilmour LeTournea, James Capper has designed his own metal jaws, which he'll be using to scour the ground with the aid of an excavator vehicle.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

"I remember when I was young that it was the only place to get things for your house that looked at all modern," said Alice Capper, who was buying bedroom furniture for her daughter.

A new era for Habitat … 'How can we trade with three shops?' 2011

"I remember when I was young that it was the only place to get things for your house that looked at all modern," said Alice Capper, who was buying bedroom furniture for her daughter.

A new era for Habitat … 'How can we trade with three shops?' 2011

In Capper/Carrollsburg, as in many other HOPE VI developments, social and market-rate units are side by side.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

In the 1940s and 1950s, Arthur Capper and Carrollsburg Dwellings, a seven-hundred-unit public housing project, was built across the street from the Washington Navy Yard.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

Surprise: Another extension on Capper/Carrollsburg redevelopment (Housing Complex)

DeMorning DeBonis: July 2, 2010 2010

Capper/Carrollsburg is a HOPE VI project, a federal housing assistance program to cities that was begun in 1992.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

Capper/Carrollsburg is a HOPE VI project, a federal housing assistance program to cities that was begun in 1992.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

The lesson of Capper/Carrollsburg is an implicit critique of earlier public housing policies.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010