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The Traffic Circle That Never Reached Tilden, Idaho and Reno

A 1907 Baist map shows a proposed circle amid undeveloped plots in North Cleveland Park.

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1907 Baist map of North Cleveland Park
1907 Baist map of North Cleveland Park

This is a very different looking North Cleveland Park and Tenleytown area. Check out the proposed traffic circle that was never built at the intersection of Tilden, Idaho, and Reno. Also, look at all the undeveloped plots of land.

Here’s the same map (roughly) today.

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Topics1920s · Tenleytown

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