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Exploring Hillcrest Heights in 1959: A Real Estate Advertisement from T.N. Lerner (AKA Ted Lerner)

Explore Hillcrest Heights in 1959 with a vintage real estate advertisement from none other than Ted Lerner. Check out the Google Map to see how the neighborhood has changed over the past 60 years. #HillcrestHeights #1950s #TedLerner
May 1865. "Another artillery unit passing on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury." Wet plate glass negative by Mathew Brady.
Construction of the third office building for the U.S. Senate in 1979.
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A number of GoDCers have been asking for more east of the river stuff (including our GoDCer friend Ayanna) … so here’s another cool advertisement from Hillcrest Heights that we found in the Washington Post. This one is from July 25th, 1959. I suspect some of you will recognize the style of this home, much like most home built in the 1950s.

DiMaio Brothers Hillcrest real estate advertisement - July 25th, 1959
DiMaio Brothers Hillcrest real estate advertisement – July 25th, 1959

Also, are you looking at that price? $14,975? Oh, one more thing. Notice the sales agent, T.N. Lerner? Does that ring a bell? Yep, that’s because it’s Theodore N. Lerner (aka, Ted Lerner). You know, the dude that owns the Washington Nationals.

Interested in the neighborhood today. Check out the Google Map.

[googlemaps https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.834033,-76.951847&spn=0.008006,0.009001&t=m&z=16&output=embed]

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