Comments on: It’s Official Manny and Olga’s Pizzeria is Coming to Petworth

By: dj

dj — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:04:41 +0000

I finally got the Petworth map loaded at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22714255@N05/2185549029/

Sorry to Manny & Olga for taking this so far off track.

By: MaggieRooHoo

MaggieRooHoo — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:01:39 +0000

I can confirm the “North Columbia Heights” neighborhood thing- our house is on Kansas, north of Spring, and on the official city plot that section of neighborhood is “NCH”. Petworth apparently “officially” starts at Georgia Ave.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:32:28 +0000

DJ, thanks. I’m especially intrigued by older maps of the area.

FYI, I’m pretty sure you can link directly to an individual picture in flickr (or the like) by using the link listed when you a) right-click the photo and b) select “properties.” (If that makes any sense.)

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:16:51 +0000

mjbrox – Eaton’s Ferry…yes, that’s the one! I grew up in NC …I have spent a LOT of time on I-85 heading between DC and NC. I’d never stopped at Lake Gaston before but rented a house there for New Year’s…it’s beautiful there and way in the country so a nice change from DC!

By: dj

dj — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:03:42 +0000

Thanks for the map. I’ve got the 1892 map of Petworth and will try to get it up somewhere as well.

By: mjbrox

mjbrox — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:53:40 +0000

hey Susan is that food lion near Eaton’s Ferry Bridge

My dad has a place out there just accross the NC boarder on Rt903

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:25:52 +0000

And, for the sake of discussion, the map of Columbia Heights is here.

By: dj

dj — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:17:35 +0000

I suppose neighborhood boundaries could have morphed over the years, but when the subdivision of Petworth was laid out in 1889, the southern/SE boundary was Rock Creek Church Road, the western boundary was Georgia Ave (also called 7th Street Extended and for a while Brightwood Avenue), the northern boundary was Hamilton (both sides of the street) and the eastern edge was jaggedy, partially because of the cemetery. So Quincy and Kansas would be in what was officially North Columbia Heights, subdivided in 1901, but now people might just call it Columbia Heights.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:08:38 +0000

Thanks, saf. I hope you're right. The sources of my confusion are here and here. These two maps pretty clearly show Georgia Ave as the western boundary of Petworth and 16th Street Heights jutting over to include everything north of Spring. But, then again, it is Wikipedia.

By: saf

saf — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:55:10 +0000

Cameron – you are at THE south end of Petworth – Spring Road is the souther boundary of the neighborhood. If you were just south of 13th and Spring, you would be in Columbia Heights.