Town and Country: 1913
1 10 2008Back in 1913 the “country” was a whole lot closer than it is today. This is the intersection of Woodland Drive at 32nd Street NW from June 1913. Throughout that summer the entire area of Massachusetts Avenue Heights had sidewalks and lamp posts added as more people started to move out to the “country” to escape the growing downtown area.
Oh how times have changed, check out an aerial photo of the intersection as it looks today after the jump…
[Photos: National Photo Co via Shorpy]
Shorpy is the greatest! Old time pictures are so fun!
I loved thise old glass street signs in DC that used to be attached to the wrought iron street lights. The street light globes helped to illuminate the backlit street signs!
McMansions galore now!
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