File:E. Potomac Street Before Demolition.jpeg
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This photo of an empty building on E. Potomac Street that once housed the Yardley and Potomac Hotels in the 1910s and '20s, and later the Brunswick Post Office (left) and Foster's Restaurant (right), appeared in an April, 1961 Washington Star article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". The theme was Brunswick's turn-around strategy following the move of key B&O Railroad operations to Cumberland and a furlough of 400 workers. At the time, downtown business was holding steady as new residents from the Washington area built new homes on surrounding farmland.
The caption under this photo read: "Renovations like this are sign of better times. Old buildings on Potomac Street are being repaired for new businesses."
That didn't happen in this case. This building, among others on the block were razed to make way for Weil Brothers Service station, now L.S. Fuels.
Does anyone know details about the change of plans for these buildings?
(From The Star Magazine, Sunday, April 2, 1961)\\
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| current | 00:43, 18 March 2025 | | 2,471 × 2,956 (2.28 MB) | Pwenner (talk | contribs) | This photo of an empty building on E. Potomac Street that once housed the Yardley and Potomac Hotels in the 1910s and '20s, and later the Brunswick Post Office (left) and Foster's Restaurant (right), appeared in an April, 1961 Washington Star article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". The theme was Brunswick's turn-around strategy following the move of key B&O Railroad operations to Cumberland and a furlough of 400 workers. At the time, downtown business was holding steady as new residents fr... |
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