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Historic Street Photo - Washington DC - Housing development Bonnie – Vintage Wall Art

Historic Street Photo - Washington DC - Housing development Bonnie — historic image
Historic Street Photo - Washington DC - Housing development Bonnie. Historic image from the Washington DC collection.

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Historic Street Photo - Washington DC - Housing development Bonnie

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The record names a housing development called Bonnie, which sets this street scene apart from the monuments and federal buildings that usually fill Washington views. Projects like this grew out of a mid-twentieth-century push to replace crowded, aging blocks with planned apartment complexes, a shift that reshaped many neighborhoods across the city. Street scenes from these developments often show new construction, open lots, and everyday life on the sidewalk, offering a record of how residents and planners experienced that change. Looking closely at the buildings, the layout, and the people in the frame can reveal a good deal about the housing ideas of the period.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan5,116 × 4,077 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-224680

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