This Old House - Season 27 Episode 24
Washington, DC | The Outside is Shaping Up, Too

Host Kevin OConnor meets local Rick Lee for a tour of the most famous block in the neighborhood, the "U Street Corridor," which includes stops at Bens Chili bowl and the historic Lincoln Theatre. Back at the project house, work begins in the backyard as fencing specialist Phil Brennan and his crew install a neighbor-friendly shadowbox fence and saltbox shed, while landscape contractor Dan Barry preps the planting beds. Inside, master carpenter Norm Abram finds the curved stair coming together and interior trim going up. Countertop fabricator John Huzway makes templates for the new engineered quartz kitchen counters using state of the art computer technology. Norm takes Mi Casas project director, Elin Zurbrigg, to Washingtons premier architectural salvage yard in search of a fireplace mantle to replace the one that was stolen.