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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

The Demolition of the Taylor Street Bridge

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 7, 2022December 22, 2022

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.

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  • LOCAL LORE

A Short History of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2022April 1, 2022

A short, photo-rich history of the Brookland neighborhood in Washington DC.

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  • LOCAL LORE

Bringing Water to Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2020October 15, 2022

The story of the Washington Aqueduct that brought water into the city, and the ill-fated Lydecker tunnel.

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

Walking the Color Line in 1909

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on May 21, 2020October 14, 2022

Little Isabel Wall was kicked out of the Brookland School in 1909. Whether she was white or black was a question that roiled the neighborhood.

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Enslaved Families Who Worked This Land

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 12, 2020October 14, 2022

Slavery was legal in Washington DC until 1862, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. Through it, we can learn a great deal about those people held in bondage in what would become Brookland.

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

The Shrine Story

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 6, 2014October 15, 2022

The history of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The cornerstone was laid in 1920.

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