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The Changing Scene
By JERRY O’LEARY , JR.
Star Staff Writer
THE horse-andbuggy days were in
full swing on Pennsylvania ave
nue near Fourteenth street N.W.
when the old picture (above) was
taken in 1906.
The New Willard Hotel, now
known simply as the Willard, shows
little change (below) in the 55 years
that have elapsed. But note that a
flagpole surmounted the cupola high
over the corner of the hotel ’way
back yonder.
In 1905, there was a Postal Tele
graph cable office in the dark build
ing on E street (third from the corner),
where now there is a modern drug
store. The upper half of the building
appears little changed. The white
building to the left is still much as it
was; it now houses a restaurant.
Another drug store stands on the
corner, apparently in a new building,
where once stood Miller’s Bar. Today,
Gerstenberg's Restaurant and the old
Washington Post BuUding have fallen
Do you have any photographs of old Washington? The Star will pay $5 for
the use of any original photo selected for publication. The date and location must
be known and the picture must be clear. Mail your* to the Changing Scene Editor,
SUNDAY, The Star Magazine, 225 Virginia auenue S.E., Washington 3, D. C.
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to the wreckers' bars, to be replaced
by an up-to-date parking lot of several
levels.
The Munsey Building, at the ex
treme right in the new picture, had
long since replaced several two
story buildings, one of which housed
a souvenir business.
Another building was occupied by
a famous bar owned by the father of a
onetime Washington baseball pitcher
and scout, Joe Engel. It was here, so
the story goes, that Clark Griffith
stopped once for a cold beer and
“Poppa” Engel said to him, “My poy
Choe, he's some pitcher.” Joe was
signed and later became the dis
coverer of Bucky Harris, Joe Cronin
and a host of others for the Nats.
They say Poppa Engel was always
good for one on the house when “My
poy Choe” struck out a batter.
The old picture was submitted by
Mary Patricia Daly, 73 Hawaii ave
nue N.E.