Manor Park (Washington, D.C.)
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Manor Park is a neighborhood in Ward 4 of
The National Capital Planning Commission's 1967 "District Communities" map indicates that the neighborhood is roughly bounded between 8th Street NW to the west, North Capitol Street NW, Blair Road NW, and the Red Line train tracks to the east, Rittenhouse Street NW to the north, and Missouri Avenue NW to the south. Manor Park borders the adjacent neighborhoods of Takoma, Brightwood, Brightwood Park, and Riggs Park neighborhoods. In 1940, the Manor Park Citizens Association deemed the boundaries to be Eighth Street, Whittier Street, North Capitol Street, and Concord Street (now named Missouri Avenue).[1]
Residential and not very suburban, Manor Park is largely characterized by
In 1923, the Manor Park Citizens Association formed to improve the neighborhood.