11th and L St. NW in the 1920s

A Tale of Two Cities: Comparing a 1920s Photo of Washington D.C. to Today’s Google Street View

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Here’s a great old photo of Washington back in the 1920s. You’re looking down 11th St. NW from L St.

11th and L St. NW in the 1920s
11th and L St. NW in the 1920s

Source: National Archives

And here is what it looks like today on Google Street View. You can still see the church in the foreground.