The 55th New York Volunteers occupying Fort Gaines (today’s Katzen Center) were “Zouaves,” who wore the North African style uniforms popular at the time.
Jim and Jane Henson with Muppets Sam, Yorick, Kermit, and Harry the Hipster, late 1950s.
steel towers to the landscape. With three TV and four radio studios, Broadcast House was the nation’s first production facility designed for both media. Nearby, on Nebraska Avenue, NBC and its local affiliate WRC moved into new studios in 1958. Kermit the Frog is but one of the the nationally known personalities who launched their careers in Tenleytown’s WRC facilities. After the excitement of World War II, Tenley- town became known as an in-town suburb, with low-density housing, good public and parochial schools, and easy transportation. The arrival of the Metrorail Red Line in 1984 spurred new de- velopment, but citizens worked hard to preserve the small-town feel. The western entrance to the Metro station sits one block south of where John Tennally built his tavern — still an important crossroads at the top of the town.
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