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Blagden Alley: 1923

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 11:28am.
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"City rowhouses, 1923." A jumble of humble abodes. The latest installment in our survey of backstreet Washington, D.C., this glass plate is another angle on the alley last seen here. Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size. UPDATE: Shorpy member Mark H. has identified the location as Blagden Alley. The view is looking north toward the Henrietta Apartments on N Street; somewhere at left is the recent home of Back Alley Waffles.

"City rowhouses, 1923." A jumble of humble abodes. The latest installment in our survey of backstreet Washington, D.C., this glass plate is another angle on the alley last seen here. Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.

UPDATE: Shorpy member Mark H. has identified the location as Blagden Alley. The view is looking north toward the Henrietta Apartments on N Street; somewhere at left is the recent home of Back Alley Waffles.

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Alley ways

Submitted by disco07 on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 9:10am.

Actually there were plenty of alleys left when I was kid. You could pretty much go from one end of town to the other just using alleys. Some were pretty nice and some were horrible. There were times when I didn't see the regular streets for long periods of time. No matter it was two separate worlds to a kid.

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We love our alleys!

Submitted by Lisa1314 on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 11:13am.

These particular alleys are important historically and much has been put into preserving, recording, and now appreciating these wonderful places. See this article.

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Blagden Alley

Submitted by Solange on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 4:23pm.

The evolution of the Alley (with maps) here.

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Blagden Alley

Submitted by Mark H. on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 11:35am.

This looks a lot like the west side of Blagden Alley, looking north.

[Indeed it is! Excellent detective work. The tall light-brick building is the Henrietta Apartments on N Street NW. - Dave]

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