#Latest news with #DCTrafficWashington Post02-06-2025GeneralWashington PostInfamous D.C. intersection with a Wendy's in the middle is now a plazaD.C.'s 'Dave Thomas Circle' — the intersection where a Wendy's restaurant once notoriously sat in the middle of multiple lanes of traffic, forcing drivers to chart a confusing course around it — is no more. On Monday at the intersection off New York and Florida avenues that locals mockingly named after the Wendy's founder, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) introduced the renamed Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson Plaza, honoring the pioneering female pitcher in the Negro leagues and a longtime Northeast Washington resident.
Washington Post02-06-2025GeneralWashington PostInfamous D.C. intersection with a Wendy's in the middle is now a plazaD.C.'s 'Dave Thomas Circle' — the intersection where a Wendy's restaurant once notoriously sat in the middle of multiple lanes of traffic, forcing drivers to chart a confusing course around it — is no more. On Monday at the intersection off New York and Florida avenues that locals mockingly named after the Wendy's founder, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) introduced the renamed Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson Plaza, honoring the pioneering female pitcher in the Negro leagues and a longtime Northeast Washington resident.
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