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Army and Navy Club: 140 Years at 17th and I in DC
The Army and Navy Club has held the corner of 17th and I Streets NW since 1891, in a building that opened in 1912. In 1987 Shalom Baranes gutted everything…
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The 1910 Plan to Take Alexandria Back from Virginia
In 1910, Taft, Hannis Taylor, and Washington’s Board of Trade tried to undo the 1846 Alexandria retrocession. Virginia and a…
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Metro’s 1968 Mockup Station: Before the First Tunnel Was Dug
In 1968, WMATA spent $69,000 on a full-scale mockup of a Metro station to test the design before construction began.…
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