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DOCUMENT 1: 
Article on old alley names from Washington Post of 3/6/1921
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files in Washingtoniana Division of MLK Library 

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DOCUMENT 2: 
Alley clean-up article from Washington Star of 3/22/1925
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files of Washingtoniana Division of MLK Library

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DOCUMENT 3:
"Alley nuisances" enduring, article from Washington Star of 7/5/1927 
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files of Washingtoniana Division of MLK Library

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DOCUMENT 4: 
Article about Alley Fund in Washington Star of 6/2/1930

Available in Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana Division of MLK Library
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DOCUMENT 5: 
City Within a City article from Washington Star of 6/4/1930  
Available in Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at MLK's Washingtoniana Division

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DOCUMENT 6:

 Not Threatened by Progress article from Evening Star of 6/6/1930
Available in Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at MLK's Washingtoniana Division
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DOCUMENT 7:

DC alleys as model for slum clearance article from Washington Star of 9/10/1933
Available in Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at MLK's Washingtoniana Division

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DOCUMENT 8:

Drab alleys photo from Washington Post of 5/21/1938
Available in Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at MLK's Washingtoniana Division

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DOCUMENT 9:
Clergymen visit slum alleys article from Washington Star of 10/14/1943
Available in Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at MLK's Washingtoniana Division

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DOCUMENT 10:

Senator calls Washington"negro heaven" & recommends alleys be cleared, dwellers sent to farm regions, from Washington Post of 3/15/1944
Available in Vertical Files at MLK's Washingtoniana Division

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DOCUMENT 11:
Excerpt from 1944 Washington Housing Association Study of 5 Foggy Bottom Blocks
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 12:
Snow's Court Before & After, from Washington Post of 1/13/1946
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 13:
"That Georgetown Look," from 5/12/1956
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 14:
1957 Washington Star Articles concerning allocation of condemned land to GWU
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 15:
Evolution of Foggy Bottom from Washington Post of 11/28/1959
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 16:
Old Foggy Bottom Fades Away from Washington Post of January 10, 1965
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 17:
West End Resident Responds, from Washington Post of 2/25/1977
Available from Foggy Bottom Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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DOCUMENT 18:
West End undergoes similar evolution a bit later, from Washington Post of 5/27/1978
Available from West End Vertical Files at Washingtoniana

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