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Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase was one of the first planned streetcar suburbs in the Washington area, developed in the 1890s by Senator Francis Newlands as a residential community at the end of the Connecticut Avenue line. These posts trace the neighborhood from its origins as a real estate speculation to its current status as one of DC’s most desirable addresses.

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Washington Post banner headline Rigid Restrictions Protect Residents of Barnaby Woods above a photo of a white colonial house and real estate ads, November 14, 1937Barnaby Woods’ 1937 Promise of ‘Social Restrictions’Oct 16The cream and white two-story frame corner market at 5608 Broad Branch Road NW, with a broad front porch and a hanging Market sign, kids and shoppers gathered outside on a winter afternoon.Broad Branch Market, 5608 Broad Branch Road NW: A Century on the Chevy Chase DC CornerSep 24The Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase DC: 100 Years of MoviesSep 2

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