History
Much like the neighborhood of Columbia Heights, Columbia Road were not in fact named for the District, but rather for Columbian College, which would go on to be renamed to the present-day George Washington University.
Previously located on Columbia Road, the Knickerbocker Theatre was a famous cinema built in 1917, and the site of a major disaster five years later when it collapsed during a blizzard, killing 98 and injuring 133 more.
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