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Washington, D.C., 1920. "Street scenes, 14th & New York Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
I, too, work a block away. ctank77 has nailed the site description, so I'll simply add a photo showing the 1923 view from the white skyscraper south toward the Bond Building. (Higher-resolution versions of this image are at the LOC). The Willard Hotel is visible at left.
The cameraman is pointed north in the middle of 14th St just south of New York Ave. The only buildings that remain are the Bond Building (1901) on the far left and 801 14th St NW (1914), which is the 12 story building in the distance on the right that was one of Washington's first classic old skyscrapers. I work about a block from this intersection and frequent a Potbelly Sandwich Works located in the Bond Building on this corner and the "skyscraper" has a beautiful green, gold, and white terra cotta facade. And of course there's a Cosi on the ground floor now. In 1979 a developer applied for a permit to demolish the now protected Bond Building but the D.C. Superior Court blocked the demolition in 1980. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Here's the scene today...
That dag blang photographer is back.
How can you fix a road without orange and white barrels?
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