The True Story of Route 1’s Washington House
The phrase “George Washington slept here” is the historical equivalent of one of those ubiquitous ad slogans like “nothing’s proven stronger”: It’s true, but you might want to check the […]
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The phrase “George Washington slept here” is the historical equivalent of one of those ubiquitous ad slogans like “nothing’s proven stronger”: It’s true, but you might want to check the […]
College Park and Hyattsville were named one of the Washington-area’s next neighborhoods to boom. The Washingtonian named the two Route 1 communities jointly as part of a recent look at […]
It’s no secret: Developers love mass transit. And they’re already loving the Purple Line. The light rail project isn’t expected to be operational until 2020, but already College Park is […]
By now, you probably know that the Route 1 corridor has its own honey, beer, whiskey, mead, community farm and coffee, but you may not realize it also has its own ice cream; Maryland Dairy. In […]
Renovations continue at the former gas station known as Jey’s Auto Care at the northern corner of Hyattsville’s Arts District on Baltimore Ave., including a stucco exterior and completely new […]
The owners of Streetcar 82 Brewing Co. will serve the Route 1 corridor and the greater D.C. area in more ways than one. The forthcoming Belgian brewery in downtown Hyattsville […]
Henri Joseph Stier didn’t intend to become an American or build what is known today as Riversdale. A wealthy Belgian, he fled with his family when Napoleon Bonaparte’s armies took […]
WeWork is coming to College Park, the latest sign of a growing co-working trend along the Route 1 corridor. The industry leader in the shared office space business announced Friday […]
A Mount Rainier native is building a greenhouse on an empty lot to start an urban farm. In 2016, Doug Adams bought some land next to his childhood home in […]

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Life on the Route 1 Corridor
