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Ugh, Traffic Sucks

Posted by: Ghosts of DC on August 20, 2012 in Faces & Places of Yesterday 1 Comment

Think your commute home today will suck? Check this out … Constitution Avenue circa 1937. By the way, do you know why it’s called Constitution Avenue? If not, read this post.

Aerial view of a traffic jam, 14th Street and the Mall, Washington, D.C., Apr. 1937. 30-N-37-1360A. (National Archives)

Aerial view of a traffic jam, 14th Street and the Mall, Washington, D.C., Apr. 1937. 30-N-37-1360A. (National Archives)

Bus Strike Creates Traffic Disaster (ghostsofdc.org)
Why Is It Named Constitution Avenue? (ghostsofdc.org)
Robert Brent: Friend of Thomas Jefferson and Washington City’s First Mayor (ghostsofdc.org)

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Geez, I thought Constitution Avenue was named that because it used to be an open sewer. It therefore was named Constitution instead of constitutional.

Tomh

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