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Expanding our Reach: Ghosts of DC Looks at Hillcrest Heights

We're expanding our reach at Ghosts of DC! Check out this real estate advertisement from Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, just outside the District border on Southern Ave. Se. Send us your suggestions for other neighborhoods and communities to explore!
September 1935. A closeup of the Washington, D.C., row house seen here over the weekend. "Front of old brick structure in section near Union Station. Land is low here and water collects in front and backyard after a rain and remains for many days. Entrances to privies are usually under water. Interior of homes similar in shabbiness to exterior." 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration.
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Several readers have suggested Ghosts of DC start focusing on a broader range of neighborhoods and communities and we agree. So continue sending those emails and suggestions to give us more ideas.

Below is an old real estate advertisement we came across in the Washington Post from 1961.

Hillcrest Heights real estate advertisement - September 23rd, 1961
Hillcrest Heights real estate advertisement – September 23rd, 1961

This is from Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, just outside the District border on Southern Ave. Se.

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