{"id":826,"date":"2009-10-26T08:30:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityblock.wordpress.com\/?p=826"},"modified":"2009-10-26T08:30:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T12:30:47","slug":"this-week-ice-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/this-week-ice-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week &#8211; Ice Hockey!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DDOT&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/cwp\/view,a,1250,q,636429,ddotNav_GID,1746,ddotNav,|34060|,.asp\">streetcar website<\/a> has a lot of great resources.\u00a0 All the things you&#8217;d expect, like open house dates, construction updates, their new plans and other documents, are there and easily accessed.<\/p>\n<p>They also have a <a href=\"http:\/\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/cwp\/view,a,1250,q,647636,ddotNav_GID,1746,ddotNav,|34060|.asp\">gallery<\/a> of some great old photos of DC&#8217;s original streetcar network.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/lib\/ddot\/masstransit\/streetcar\/gallery\/archive\/01_md.jpg?resize=450%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This image (circa 1943), from the old underground turnaround terminus for the southern end of the 14th line features a nice vintage advertisement for upcoming hockey games at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Coliseum\">Uline Arena<\/a>.\u00a0 Looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hershey_Bears\">Hershey<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland_Barons_%281937%E2%80%931973%29\">Cleveland<\/a> will be in town to play the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Lions\">Washington Lions<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Hershey, of course, is now the AHL farm team for the Caps.<\/p>\n<p>More photos:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/lib\/ddot\/masstransit\/streetcar\/gallery\/archive\/13_md.jpg?resize=450%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/>Georgetown<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/lib\/ddot\/masstransit\/streetcar\/gallery\/archive\/08_md.jpg?resize=450%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/>Pennsylvania Ave, looking at the Treasury Building, circa 1925.<\/p>\n<p>DDOT&#8217;s got a whole slew of historical photos in their <a href=\"http:\/\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/cwp\/view,a,1250,q,633216,ddotNav_GID,1586,ddotNav,|32399|.asp\">online archive<\/a>, well worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/lib\/ddot\/information\/archives-historical\/sm\/015_small.jpg?resize=450%2C554\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"554\" \/>Looking north up Connecticut Ave towards Dupont Circle, 1958.\u00a0 Note the two underpass entrances &#8211; the nearest for streetcars and the other (currently extant) for cars.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddot.dc.gov\/ddot\/lib\/ddot\/information\/archives-historical\/2007\/sm\/02-009_sm.jpg?resize=450%2C361\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another from 1958, this is what&#8217;s now Freedom Plaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DDOT&#8217;s streetcar website has a lot of great resources.\u00a0 All the things you&#8217;d expect, like open house dates, construction updates, their new plans and other documents, are there and easily accessed. They also have a gallery of some great old photos of DC&#8217;s original streetcar network. 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