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I mean, who doesn’t love Proteus chai to warm up on a cold morning?
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@Rod Smith 203715 wrote:

Did not intend to dislike that last post. Don’t know how to undo that. Sorry.

Log Lodge, Beltsville “Farm”, construction began by WPA, completed by CCC. A cafeteria for a long time, now a (closed) visitor center
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Eisenhower and Khrushchev ate here.

This was going to be my palindrome photo (eye) but I found a mailbox later on the ride.
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I love the sign!

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On the importance of historical preservation:
While the building is colonial, the Rossoborough Inn exists today, in part, because the WPA helped improve and maintain the structure in the 1930s.
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@historygeek 203514 wrote:

I went for my first ride of 2021, took photos for three pointless prizes (including this one–my own), and of the three my phone decided it didn’t want to keep this one (my phone kept crashing and I also lost some mileage, but that’s another story). Tomorrow, then.

And this morning it showed up on my phone. The Riverdale Fire Department, built to replace the old firehouse with swing-out doors.

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I went for my first ride of 2021, took photos for three pointless prizes (including this one–my own), and of the three my phone decided it didn’t want to keep this one (my phone kept crashing and I also lost some mileage, but that’s another story). Tomorrow, then.

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An electrical box near where the NW Branch Trail crosses route 1 in Hyattsville (aka– by the Meadworks).
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@drevil 203493 wrote:

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

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It’s a lot– more than any other part of the country (largely because of all of the federal buildings). I’m thinking I’m going to start with the fire departments.

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New Deal Landmark Pointless Prize

There’s so much history around us, and I, for one, am going to need biking destinations (since they can’t all be coffee shops and breweries this year). For those days when it’s too cold to stop outside for long enough to eat or drink– here’s a pointless prize for visiting New Deal projects.
What it is: During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt promised a “New Deal” for Americans. Federal programs, including the CCC, WPA, and others, came to be collectively known as the New Deal. Projects ranged from new trails in parks to municipal buildings to recording folk music and oral histories. I’m defining this broadly– so if it’s federally funded and from the 1930s, we’ll count it.
The rules:
Take a bike-related pic at your favorite New Deal site. Post it in the “New Deal Pointless Prize” channel. Prizes awarded for:
Visiting the most New Deal sites by bike (and posting each to the channel).
Best New Deal Pic.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Prize for best historical description.

Need help getting started? Go to https://livingnewdeal.org/map/ to find a map of New Deal sites. But don’t limit yourself to these. Want to travel to a location where a famous artist lived while working for the WPA? Go for it. The site of a great music performance funded by a federal arts program? That counts.

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We’re talking over on the Strava thread about meeting up Saturday morning (February at 9am at Philz Coffee in Yards Park. Hopefully a few of you can join! I’ll be biking down and back via the Anacostia Trail, and am happy to lead anyone interested in that ride (either direction)– I live near West Hyattsville Metro so it’s easy to multi-modal if you’d like. I’m also game for a ride downtown– maybe some Hains Point laps? It would be easy to hop up to the start of the Dave Chappelle ride, too.

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I prefer Strava conversations, but am happy to do either (the difference being that I check Strava on my phone).

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Hey– I’m an east side river rider, though all of the other team members I met last night at happy hour were Virginians! I live in Hyattsville, commute to the Palisades, and haunt the Anacostia trails on the weekends. This is my fifth BAFS (in six years. I skipped once). Though I’m HistoryGeek here, I’m Christy in real life (and on Strava)

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I’ll be there.

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I’m also a PG County rider (there are a bunch of us along the Anacostia Trail System).

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