Murder Bay was a disreputable slum in Washington, D.C., roughly bounded by Constitution Avenue NW, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and 13th and 15th Streets NW. The area was a center of crime until the early
The National Mall, Washington, 1908. Murder Bay is visible at the far left
C Street NW near 13th Street NW in 1912: Known from the mid-1800s to the 1920s as "Murder Bay," this area was home to numerous brothels.
Constitution Avenue is a major east–west street in the northwest and northeast quadrants of the city of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was originally known as B Street, and its western sec
Signage on the 1900 block of Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
Junction of Constitution and Virginia Avenues NW, the western terminus of B Street between 1873 and roughly 1897
The width of Constitution Avenue varied along its length between 1926 and 1933, as shown by the shift in sidewalks at its junction with Henry Bacon Drive, NW.