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Work Zone: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:31pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1920. "Street scenes, 14th & New York Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
From the opposite direction
Submitted by 20002ist on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 9:28pm.
I, too, work a block away. ctank77 has nailed the site description, so I'll simply add a photo showing the 1923 view from the white skyscraper south toward the Bond Building. (Higher-resolution versions of this image are at the LOC). The Willard Hotel is visible at left.
More change than just road repair methods
Submitted by ctank77 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:01am.
The cameraman is pointed north in the middle of 14th St just south of New York Ave. The only buildings that remain are the Bond Building (1901) on the far left and 801 14th St NW (1914), which is the 12 story building in the distance on the right that was one of Washington's first classic old skyscrapers. I work about a block from this intersection and frequent a Potbelly Sandwich Works located in the Bond Building on this corner and the "skyscraper" has a beautiful green, gold, and white terra cotta facade. And of course there's a Cosi on the ground floor now. In 1979 a developer applied for a permit to demolish the now protected Bond Building but the D.C. Superior Court blocked the demolition in 1980. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Here's the scene today...
Look busy, fellows
Submitted by Sgt McG on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:51pm.
That dag blang photographer is back.
My, we've come a long way
Submitted by Maniak Productions on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 3:27pm.
How can you fix a road without orange and white barrels?
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