Posts tagged Petworth
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Breakfast links: Choice of spots
Off the bus, nowhere to go; Spots for trails?; Hit and runs and intentional hits; Mayoral candidates want our vote; We’re bohemian, and have Thai; Too many cars; And…. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: York Auto Supply to Metro station
Long before work began in earnest in the 1990s for the Metro station at 3701 Georgia Avenue, the northeast corner of New Hampshire and Georgia Avenues became associated with transportation when the York Auto Supply Company opened in 1920. Keep reading…
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Next stop, Georgia Ave-Petworth-Park View?
While having a Metro station at the intersection of Georgia and New Hampshire Avenues is a boon to the area, one of the unfortunate oversights of the station is that its name honors Petworth while ignoring the neighborhood of Park View. Technically, the station is in Ward 4’s Petworth, though barely. South of Rock Creek Church Road and east of Georgia Avenue is not Petworth… Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Eagle Gate, U.S. Soldiers’ Home
Even though the Eagle Gate — located at Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur — is clearly recognizable today, there is no mistaking that its has undergone some changes over the years. Eagle Gate ca. 1920, from postcard in author’s collection. Eagle Gate today. The most noticeable may be the absence of the iron archway and electric light that once illuminated… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Ending the year, beginning construction
MARC explains why not; Top ten for transit; Killed in Columbia Heights, injured in Rockville; Great Streets construction; Free speech on the Metrobus; Metro and the federal government, together forever; Tax abatements for Donatelli. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: 704 Quincy Street, NW
Left: Built ca. 1907, this photo shows 702 and 704 Quincy Street, NW ca. 1920. Right: Other than being brightly painted, the row of four including 704 is still in fairly good shape. As you can see below, each house has been painted to make it separate from the others. The only major change viewable from the street is that the corner house has been popped up and converted into multiple… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vox populi
Make no little plans for Summer Streets; Buses are confusing, what else is new?; Is NextBus data proprietary?; In search of an official modernist champion, you mean; Rails and trails; And…. Keep reading…