Crews Mark Beginning of Chevy Chase Lake’s Newest Project

Redevelopment will bring residences, shopping to former amusement park site

A swath of land with a rich history of entertainment and retail uses will soon be home to a mixed-use neighborhood incorporating shopping, transit and residences.

For more than a century, the Chevy Chase Lake property near Manor Road and Connecticut Avenue shuffled uses between a lively amusement park, a manmade lake that powered an electric generating plant and a music and dancing venue.

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