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The Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 27, 2014January 11, 2021

Up to this point, I’ve talked about Brookland’s northern boundary, Bunker Hill Road; the eastern boundary, Queen’s Chapel Road;…

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Meet Me on the Corner of Lansing and Argyle

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 2, 2014January 2, 2021

The Post Office must have hated this in the early days of Brookland. Changing street…

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Robert Brent’s Road

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 19, 2014January 5, 2021

The first two roads I wrote about, Bunker Hill Road to the north and Queen’s Chapel Road to the…

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Just Where was Queen’s Chapel?

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 6, 2014January 29, 2021

When I moved to DC decades ago and first drove out Michigan Avenue I noticed…

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The Old (very old) Bunker Hill Road

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on June 27, 2014January 11, 2021

When Brookland was first laid out in the late 19th century, the planners used some…

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The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants

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