What a fascinating map of a rather undeveloped Mount Pleasant in 1907. You can also see across 16th St. into what is now better known as Columbia Heights. The neighborhood filled in fast after this, and within a generation Mount Pleasant Street had a commercial strip of its own, including the Raven Grill, pouring drinks there since 1935.
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