tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post8894566671005982094..comments2024-01-29T21:57:46.033+00:00Comments on Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six: Capitol Hill's Decline in the 1920sJohanna Bockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-56094857235051105162012-06-22T03:32:35.365+01:002012-06-22T03:32:35.365+01:00Ms. Gray talks about her relatives on 9th St SE, w...Ms. Gray talks about her relatives on 9th St SE, who had a three bedroom house with no running water (they have a well outside), which housed 12 children, the two parents, a grandparent, and a visiting Sioux Indian clergyperson/sculptor. With families that large, larger housing could be enticing.Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-55915392122602028622012-06-21T18:49:07.723+01:002012-06-21T18:49:07.723+01:00I just never think of suburbanization as so early,...I just never think of suburbanization as so early, such as getting under way in the 1870s (http://www.marylandroads.com/OPPEN/B-3-2-a.pdf). Somewhere around 1930, Mary Z. Gray's mother builds a brand-new house in NW near Rock Creek Park, so the suburbs might be quite close, at least to current-day observers.Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-36353966430038666262012-06-21T18:26:13.965+01:002012-06-21T18:26:13.965+01:00Capitol Hill, like many central urban areas, exper...Capitol Hill, like many central urban areas, experienced an economic decline in the 1920s due to the popularization of the car and suburban development.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com