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Celebrating our First Birthday with a Look at the Transformation of Washington’s Waterfront

Celebrate our first birthday by taking a look at how much the Washington waterfront has changed since 1909. See the ambitious development projects that are transforming the area and the map of the waterfront from 1909.
front page of the Washington Times - May 14th, 1912
Bird's-eye view of Pennsylvania Avenue west from 18th Street, Washington, D.C., showing the Department of Commerce
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To celebrate our first birthday, here is the map of Washington’s waterfront as it stood in 1909. The transformation of this area is going to be massive when the ambitious development projects are completed.

1909 map of D.C. waterfront in southwest
1909 map of D.C. waterfront in southwest
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