Posts about History
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Then and Now and Future: Park View/Petworth commercial corner
Then: Photographed in March, 1965, the southwest corner of Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire, NW. The store on the corner is the Orchid Dry Cleaners. (Historical Society of Washington, Emil A. Press Slide Collection, Buildings at the intersection of Georgia and New Hampshire Avenues NW, #PR 1086A). Now: This lot has been vacant at least since Metro initiated construction… Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: Loew’s Palace Theater
Opened on November 4, 1918, the Loew’s Palace Theater was Washington’s first movie palace and the site of numerous early premieres. Loew’s was designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb as a 2423 seat single screen theater and was located at 1306 F Street, NW. Keep reading…
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