Murder Bay
Destroyed and rebuilt slum neighborhood in Washington D.C., United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Washington D.C. slum. For the New Zealand bay formerly known as Murderer's Bay, see Golden Bay / Mohua.
Murder Bay (also known as Hooker's Division) 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 through the early 20th century, with an extensive criminal underclass and prostitution occurring in several brothels and hotels in the area.[1][2][3] The area was completely rebuilt during the construction of the Federal Triangle project in the late 1920s and 1930s.