Woodmoor, Maryland

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Coordinates: 39°1′22.98″N 77°0′15.75″W / 39.0230500°N 77.0043750°W / 39.0230500; -77.0043750
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Woodmoor welcome sign

Woodmoor is a neighborhood in the northern section of

Colesville Road (U.S. 29), and University Boulevard (Maryland 193
).

History

The first houses in the neighborhood were built in the late 1930s.[1][2]

In the 1950s, a

kosher deli/restaurant and bakery opened in Four Corners called "Sid Mandell's Restaurant & Deli", owned by Sidney "Sid" Mandell, the son of Jewish immigrants from Austria and Russia. The deli was a popular cultural icon and was open seven days a week. After Jewish residents began leaving Four Corners, the owner retired and the deli was closed in 1980.[3] The building where the deli used to be is now occupied by Righttime Medical Care, an urgent care center
.

Until the passage of the

Fair Housing Act of 1968, racially restrictive covenants were used in Woodmoor to prevent African-Americans and other people of color from living in Woodmoor. In 2020, residents of Woodmoor and activists were working to remove racist language from property records "deed by deed".[4]

Culture

Tennis with a Bloody Mary is a tradition at the local neighborhood park.

Highlights of the year are the community

Wimbledon tennis tournament's gentleman's final each July. [citation needed
]

Transportation

Washington Metro service is available on the Red Line at the nearby Wheaton and Silver Spring stations. Woodmoor is served by Metrobus numbers Z6, Z8, C2, and C4, as well as Ride On number 9. The Piney Branch Road station of the Purple Line will be built in nearby Long Branch at the intersection of University Boulevard and Piney Branch Road and is expected to be open to the public by 2022.

The neighborhood also has the dubious distinction of being serviced by the "Sorriest Bus Stop in America", according to a survey performed by Streetsblog. The bus stop is located at the intersection of Route 29 and Crestmoor Drive.[5]

References

  1. Washington Post
  2. Washington Post
  3. ^ "Sidney Mandell, owner of a Woodmoor deli, dies at 93". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Racist housing covenants haunt property records across the country. New laws make them easier to remove". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Silver Spring has the 'sorriest bus stop in America'". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

39°1′22.98″N 77°0′15.75″W / 39.0230500°N 77.0043750°W / 39.0230500; -77.0043750

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