Legend and Lore: City OKs trolley line, bans roller skates on Route 1
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — In 1908, a Hyattsville city ordinance was passed to prohibit roller skating on the sidewalks of Maryland and Johnson avenues and Spencer Street (now Baltimore Avenue and Farragut and Gallatin streets). Elderly walkers and shoppers were beset by traffic problems along [read more]
