• Facebook
  • Twitter
Search

Bygone Brookland

Menu
Skip to content
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About

Tag: featured

  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

The Demolition of the Taylor Street Bridge

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 7, 2022May 12, 2023

In 1967, the city began to demolish the Taylor Street Bridge to make way for the North Central Freeway. It was part of a Congressional plan for new highways through the city. Protests erupted and would challenge powerful forces for control of the city’s future.

Read More
  • PORTRAITS

The Journey of Jehiel Brooks, Pt. 2

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on October 6, 2022May 18, 2023

Events during the tenure of Jehiel Brooks as Indian Agent on Red River, 1830-1834. He dealt with illicit trading, interlopers, and alcoholism, while trying to convince the Caddo to sell their land to the U.S.

Read More
  • HISTORIC PLACES

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.

Read More
  • HISTORIC PLACES

Building the Filter

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 24, 2021May 24, 2023

With a new reservoir in place, it was time to build a filtration plant to clean the water. It would be the largest ever constructed.

Read More
  • LOCAL LORE

Bill Jones, the Avenger

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on June 9, 2017October 15, 2022

The story of Bill Jones, “The Avenger,” who took a shot at the man who killed President Garfield.

Read More
  • LOCAL LORE

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 6, 2017November 19, 2022

It was once called “Metropolis View,” but was renamed Edgewood by the Chief Justice of the United States and his beautiful daughter. A story of wealth and scandal.

Read More
  • PORTRAITS

Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill and the fight to stay in their Brookland home

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on April 15, 2015October 15, 2022

Two extraordinary women of color lived at 1256 Kearny Street during the 1920s and 30s. This is their story.

Read More
  • PORTRAITS

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2015October 15, 2022

Arthur Kinnan was an early Brookland resident and a major player in the neighborhood. His daughter Marjorie was raised here, and would grow to become an acclaimed writer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Read More

Featured Posts

The Demolition of the Taylor Street Bridge

Creating McMillan Park

Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill and the fight to stay in their Brookland home

Building the Filter

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Bill Jones, the Avenger

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

The Journey of Jehiel Brooks, Pt. 2

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

Blog at WordPress.com.
×
  • Follow Following
    • Bygone Brookland
    • Join 68 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Bygone Brookland
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar