Monday, January 3, 2011
A look at what's changed.
The Friendship Heights Metro station straddles the Washington, D.C. and Maryland border in Chevy Chase. The station, with 50 bike racks and 22 lockers, opened Aug. 25, 1984, according to a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro Facts sheet. It opened along with four other stations on the Red Line between the Van Ness-UDC and Grosvenor Metro stations. But even in its 26 years, the Friendship Heights Metro station has seen its share of changes in the area. In 1988, development of buildings like Chevy Chase Pavilion along Wisconsin Avenue was progressing, as seen in one of the photos. While the Neiman Marcus/Mazza Gallerie stands in all photos, the building has seen some updates and additions. Note the glass-like structure on …
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
A look at what's changed over the years at 4301 East-West Highway.
The current Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School sits on what was known as the Watkins farm, according to the Chevy Chase Historical Society. A high school of the same namesake was established in 1926 located on Wilson Lane in Bethesda. Two years later the school was moved to where the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center stands today. When students outgrew that location, the high school was moved to its current location on East-West Highway in 1936. At the time the high school served grades 10-12. According to a chapter on the school's history in The Town of Chevy Chase Past and Present, grade nine was added in 1979. Throughout the years Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School has seen changes with new buildings or additions. In February 2002…
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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
4301 E West Hwy, Bethesda, MD
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Monday, October 18, 2010
The property housed a variety of businesses and educational institutions before becoming the 4-H Center.
The area where the 4-H Youth Conference Center stands today was originally developed in the 1890s. According to a chapter on the center's history in The Town of Chevy Chase Past and Present, the Chevy Chase Land Company built the Spring Hotel on the land, but it was not successful. It later became the Chevy Chase Inn, and in 1903 the Chevy Chase College for Young Ladies. Then the white colonial wood building was covered with a brick veneer, and in 1927 it became the Chevy Chase Junior College. The black and white photo from the Montgomery County Historical Society, was taken when the building was called the Chevy Chase Junior College. In 1951, the National 4-H Foundation purchased the property and leased it to the Department of the Army …
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National 4-H Youth Conference Center
7100 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase, MD
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Monday, October 11, 2010
What's changed along the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue.
Thirty-some years ago Wisconsin Avenue was just as much of a thoroughfare as it is today. Buses, trucks and cars continue to travel the road to get into and out of Washington, D.C., but the streetscape has changed since then. The Montgomery County Historical Society believes the black and white photo taken from the corner of Willard Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue was from sometime in the 1970s (note the Volkswagen Beetles). The tall building in the background is the Barlow Building, which was built in 1965 and still stands today. The Gap store, a few buildings away from the Barlow Building is still in the same spot, but a different, newer building. The current manager of the store said Gap has been in the location for quite some time, but the…
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Willard Ave & Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD
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