A Synagogue on Wheels
It wasn't easy, but the then 93-year-old Adas Israel Synagogue building was relocated to make room for Metro on December 18, 1969. (Photo source: Wikimedia Commons) As many realtors will tell you, the first three rules of real estate are, “location, location, location.” Well, in the late 1960s, location presented a very serious problem for transit planners. Construction of Metro’s Red Line was getting underway and WMATA had acquired the block bounded by 5 th, 6 th, F and G Streets, NW to serve as a staging area and, eventually, the home of Metro’s headquarters. There was only one ...
Source: weta.org