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“Man-Punishing” Fire at the Brookland Bowling Alley

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 22, 2021November 24, 2021

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.

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Creating McMillan Park

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 5, 2021October 19, 2021

Turning an industrial site into a public park in the early 1900s.

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

Building the Filter

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 24, 2021November 2, 2021

Bringing Water to Brookland, Pt. 2 As I mentioned in my last post on the…

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Before Arlington Cemetery

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 10, 2014January 5, 2021

There will be a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery…

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A Home for the Blues

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 16, 2014January 12, 2021

The first time I drove out Bunker Hill Road toward Maryland, I passed a fairly…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

More Angles on the Shrine

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 13, 2014January 4, 2021

After my post on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last week, I was contacted…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

The Shrine Story

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 6, 2014January 3, 2021

It is not even in Brookland, yet for some it has become a symbol of…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

The Colonel’s House

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 8, 2014January 13, 2021

It struck me the other day just how lucky we Brooklanders are that Brooks Mansion still…

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Creating McMillan Park

Bringing Water to Brookland

O’Leary Column Prompts Telling Response from Sterling Brown

The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants

How the Monroe Street Bridge Changed the Face of Brookland

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

Building the Filter

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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