Destroyed and rebuilt slum neighborhood in Washington D.C., United States
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.
^Savage, Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape, 2009, p. 100-101; Gutheim and Lee, p. 73; Lowry, p. 61-65; Evelyn, Dickson, and Ackerman, p. 63-64.