Francis Scott’s children photo- graphed across Chesapeake St. from their Reno City home.
However buyers did not respond well until after World War I (1914-1918). As the neighborhood grew, federal government planners pondered what to do about the aging, racially mixed but predominantly black Reno City. At the same time, newer residents were clamoring for better schools and services. By 1928 the community’s fate was decided. Authori- ties began removing residents and razing their houses to clear land for additional reservoirs, Fort Reno Park, and two public schools for white children. Alice Deal Junior High School opened in 1931 and Woodrow Wilson High School in 1935, joining nearby Janney Elementary (1925) for whites and Jesse Reno School (1904) for African Americans.
The electric streetcar of the 1890s that made modern Tenleytown possible.
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