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In 1861, Maine Avenue was a small street north and parallel to Maryland Avenue near Capitol Hill. Interstate 695 was planned to be extended west of Interstate 395 along Maine Avenue. That project, like many proposed interstate highways in the District of Columbia, was canceled. [1]
In the 19th century, much of present-day Indiana Avenue was named Louisiana Avenue. 0.4 miles (0.64 km) Maine Avenue: SW: A diagonal avenue that begins Independence Avenue and 17th Street, runs along the Southwest Waterfront, has an interchange with Interstate 395, and ends at 6th and M Streets. 1.2 miles (1.9 km) Maryland Avenue SW, NE
The Maine Avenue Fish Market has been in continuous operation since 1805, [5] making it the oldest operating fish market in the United States and 17 years older than New York City's Fulton Fish Market, [6] [1] which was moved to the Bronx in 2005. The Maine Avenue Market was moved a few blocks along the Washington Channel in the 1960s.
If a 1-202-574 number was in use in the District, the corresponding 1-703-574 number or 1-301-574 number could only be assigned to jurisdictions a safe distance from the metropolitan area, such as southwestern Virginia or the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Conversely, if a 1-703-552 number was in use in Northern Virginia or a 1-301-552 Maryland ...
In 1983, the hotel chain was picked to run the four-star Willard InterContinental Washington, but the deal fell through and a different chain was chosen. [19] In 1989, Western Development Corp. was developing The Portals, five large new high-rise structures located in an area bounded by 12th Street SW, D Street SW, Maine Avenue SW, and 14th ...
Thomas H. Dodge moved to Worcester in 1864, after spending many years, starting in his young teens, toiling in a mill in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was born Sept. 27, 1823, in Eden, Vermont.
In 1932, a formal plan for a Municipal Center, bounded by Constitution Avenue and G Street between 3rd and 6th streets, was designed. By 1934, municipal, police, and juvenile courts had been built on the site; however, the current site of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse was left vacant due to budgetary concerns.
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