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  • 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.

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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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  • LOCAL LORE

Bringing Water to Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2020August 27, 2021

It wasn’t as if Brookland didn’t have enough water. The land upon which Brookland developed…

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 6, 2017August 28, 2021

It Was Once Called Metropolis View That chunk of land to the west of Colonel…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

How the Monroe Street Bridge Changed the Face of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 14, 2016January 12, 2021

The Monroe Street bridge is about to undergo a complete and long-needed rehabilitation. The original…

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  • PORTRAITS

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2015January 6, 2021

It was Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ second published novel, The Yearling, that made her internationally famous and…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 12, 2014January 6, 2021

In November of 1945, Ada Reeves bought a charming little bungalow at 1303 Kearny St.…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

O’Leary Column Prompts Telling Response from Sterling Brown

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 2, 2014January 5, 2021

Race issues have been a dominant part of Washington city life ever since the Great…

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Featured Posts

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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