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rectalhorror t1_iy4wv9v wrote

K Street in 1900 was upscale rowhouses, not the office blocks of today. Around the same time, Georgetown and Foggy Bottom were working class factory towns with a lot of industrial capacity. Heurich Brewery was where the Kennedy Center is now and there was still port activity and shipping on the Georgetown waterfront.

My dad went to Georgetown University in the '40s and one of his profs grew up in Foggy Bottom around the 1890s. He and his friends used to walk across town and stop by the White House and ask to play with President Roosevelt's kids. The Secret Service would just let them in and they'd play with all the farm animals that they kept on site; goats and ducks and chickens and the like. Then they'd bring out some sandwiches for lunch and walk back home like no big deal. And this was right after President McKinley was assassinated.

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GEV46 t1_iy4zwu3 wrote

You can see one of the last remnants of the K Street area of that Era at 1806 I Street NW.

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ShivaAKAId t1_iy5jeth wrote

Roosevelt was literally shot during a speech and just kept speeching. Man was unstoppable. Secret service was there as a formality.

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ProvenceNatural65 t1_iy62hpq wrote

“Oh that? It’s only a flesh wound”

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CaptainObvious110 t1_iye7wit wrote

Wow! It's amazing how times have changed in DC.

For one they need to bring back lots of apartment housing to K St and the rest of downtown as well.

I remember in the not so distant past when going to the museum was as simple as walking through the doors and not having to go through a metal detector.

I truly miss those days and miss the carefree nature of it.

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