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Looking Up F St. in the 1880s

1880s

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This is a great view up F St. in the 1880s, dug up in the Library of Congress archives.

7th and 9th St., N.W., Wash., D.C.

READ: Arlington GoDCers, Can You Identify This Home?

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

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