Brookland once had a bowling alley with 28 lanes. The Brookland Recreation Center may not have survived, but at least the Art Deco building did.
Author: Robert Malesky
Bringing Water to Brookland, Pt. 2 As I mentioned in my last post on the…
It wasn’t as if Brookland didn’t have enough water. The land upon which Brookland developed…
Little 7-year-old Isabel Wall, blonde and blue-eyed, bounced along beside her mother as they walked…
If you’re interested in the local history of this area, you probably know some of…
In July of 1861, the loss at the first battle of Bull Run and the…
The DC Public Library contains some fabulous online materials for those interested in Washington history.…
I’ve written before about Brookland’s good fortune in attracting Howard University faculty to the neighborhood.…
It’s an unpretentious house on Quincy Street that might easily be overlooked if not for…
Bygone Brookland 