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1890s

The 1890s were gilded years for Washington, with grand new buildings rising across the capital and the city’s population surging. The Library of Congress opened in 1897, the streetcar network expanded rapidly, and the rowhouses and apartment buildings that define Northwest DC filled in block by block.

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A D.C. streetcar crosses the Foundry Branch trestle with Georgetown University spires behind, 1948Foundry Branch Trestle: DC’s Last Streetcar BridgeOct 20EpisodeIvy-covered Administration Building of the National Training School for Girls, 1937The Reform School for Girls That Stood Where Sibley Hospital Is NowJul 27May 8, 1889 photograph of the Korean Legation at 1500 13th Street with staff in gat and the taegeukgi flag flyingKorea’s Logan Circle Legation: Sold for $5, Bought BackMay 18

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