Corner store at 4th and M Streets SW, northwest corner, looking up 4th Street toward L, 1100 block

A Look Back at Life in Southwest Washington in the 1950s

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Here’s a shot of typical life in Southwest Washington back in the 1950s. You’re looking at a corner store at 4th and M St. SW.

Corner store at 4th and M Streets SW, northwest corner, looking up 4th Street toward L, 1100 block
Corner store at 4th and M Streets SW, northwest corner, looking up 4th Street toward L, 1100 block

Source: Dig DC

The same corner today looks a little different.

5 thoughts on “A Look Back at Life in Southwest Washington in the 1950s”

  1. Your default Google Street view is looking East down M St, but the original photo is looking North along 4th St. Very sad overall, I love the trees and general feel of the 1950s picture. 1960s urban design & the Waterside Mall really did not help the character here…

  2. I can’t help but feel that what they did to SW was criminal. Much of the housing stock was worn hard and such but that was the case for a lot of house on the Hill as well. IMHO, what they replaced it with never has lived up to what I think they were hoping – though it may be moving in that direction 50 years later.

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