Tag: Brookland

Here is an advertisement in The Evening Star for real estate in West Woodridge, off of Rhode Island Ave. NE. It was printed on May 6th,...

Here is a terrific old advertisement for real estate in Brookland. This was printed in The Washington Post on Sunday, May 2nd, 1926.

How cool is this? If you live in Brookland, you're going to love it. Click on it for a larger version and...

Are you a long-time resident of Brookland? If so, you might remember the time when Metro just arrived. Or, like the article below, was...

3726 10th Street NE. That's two blocks from me. I walk past that address everyday to the Brookland Metro.  Happened to dig up an...

Like the map we posted last night, here's the neighboring one, also from 1907. It shows a much more rural and undeveloped part of...

Articles like this really illustrate how different and quaint life was in 19th century Washington. This is from the Washington Post, published on January...

This is a great old map of the area surrounding Brookland in 1903.

I checked my email the other day to find this email from a GoDCer. Emails like this are exactly why I started this blog....

Here's an advertisement I found in the Washington Post. It's from the mid 1920s and row houses were being sold throughout Brookland. Check out...