Posts tagged Repost
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How the Metropolitan Branch and Brunswick Line shaped the region’s suburbs
Much of DC beyond the original L’Enfant city and Georgetown consists of “streetcar suburbs,” namely late-19th and early-20th Century communities that grew up around streetcar lines. Here is a look into the Metropolitan Branch and the Brunswick Line. Keep reading…
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Dulles Airport could have been located in Burke, but neighbors successfully stopped it
Three generations of residents in the region have grown up associating Dulles Airport with its Chantilly location. However, Dulles could have been located in Burke, were it not for a grassroots effort that convinced President Eisenhower to choose another site. Keep reading…
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A network of streetcar tunnels around the White House would have been built with this 1912 plan
Ghosts of DC keeps finding fascinating old plans for downtown. This one, from 1912, proposed a network of tunnels for the streetcars, and an underground terminal at 15th Street and New York Avenue. Keep reading…