Category Archives: Mount Rainier
Maryland had its own emancipation day in November of 1864, after Union soldiers helped turn the tide in a state referendum. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge
- Tagged history
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Dozens of buildings from the mid-20th century along the Route 1 corridor identified as historically significant are at risk of being torn down. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park
- Tagged architecture, Art Works Now, First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville, history, Hyattsville Public Library, libraries, Lustine Center, Pizzeria Paradiso, WSSC
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Four Route 1 eateries are finalists for a Rammy award, the latest sign of the area’s thriving restaurant scene. Continue reading
- Posted in Brentwood, College Park, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park
- Tagged 2Fifty Texas Barbecue, Little Miner Taco, Pennyroyal Station, restaurants, Tacos a la Madre
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The small town of Colmar Manor elected its first Latina mayor, another sign of the changing demographics along the Route 1 corridor. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, College Park, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier
- Tagged Colmar Manor
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Investors about spent about $1.2 billion buying and developing new apartments in Prince George’s over the last year, making it the fourth largest market for multi-family housing in D.C. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park
- Tagged apartments, demographics, housing
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This Earth Day, one of the best ways that residents of the Route 1 corridor can help the environment is to focus on the Anacostia River. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge
- Tagged Anacostia River, Anacostia Watershed Society, composting, environment
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Completed in 1926, the large Romanesque Revival church at 3700 Rhode Island Ave. was built out of brick and stone on a steel skeleton in a grand style common to Catholic churches of that era. Continue reading
- Posted in Mount Rainier
- Tagged architecture, faith, history, religion, St. James Catholic Church
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College Park Pays for Historical Record of Lakeland Community
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