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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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  • BROOKLAND ROADS

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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  • PORTRAITS

The Birdman of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 13, 2014January 2, 2021

Robert Ridgway was a man of contradictions. He loved the rural countryside, yet lived most…

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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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  • BROOKLAND ROADS

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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  • BROOKLAND ROADS

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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  • LOCAL LORE

The Opening of the Michigan Avenue Viaduct

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 13, 2014January 2, 2021

Anyone who has ever walked across a set of railroad tracks and felt the rumbling…

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Great 1906 Train Wreck

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 1, 2014January 4, 2021

December 30, 1906. Brawner Hetfield, a young CUA student, was just hanging out. Most of…

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  • BROOKLAND ROADS

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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