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    POMANDER WALK, Georgetown

    by Kevin Walsh May 7, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh May 7, 2016 1 comment

    There are some things your webmaster will never be vouchsafed such as the appreciation of hard liquor, the courage to drive a car or any other motor vehicle, and entering…

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    WASHINGTON, DC FIRE CALL BOXES

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2015 0 comment

    Fire alarm call boxes were first installed in Washington, DC in the 1860s– around the same time they first appeared in NYC — and largely resembled and worked the same…

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  • One ShotsOut of Town

    GEORGETOWN RAILS

    by Kevin Walsh February 9, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh February 9, 2012 14 comments

    The last time I was in DC (December 2007) I quite accidentally stumbled on these remaining streetcar rails on O and P Street in Georgetown. Looks like the city is…

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  • One ShotsOut of Town

    THE AMERICAN MERIDIAN

    by Kevin Walsh December 22, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh December 22, 2011 4 comments

    This line in the Watergate area of Washington, DC, was used by USA mapmakers to divide the world into eastern and western hemispheres between 1848-1884. Thereafter, the USA accepted the…

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