Woodmoor, Maryland
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Woodmoor is a neighborhood in the northern section of Silver Spring, Maryland in southeastern Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Maryland. Its borders extend from U.S. 29 to the west, Northwest Branch Park to the north, the Capital Beltway (I-95) to the east, and University Boulevard to the south. It lies on one of the "Four Corners" at the northeastern corner of the intersection of Colesville Road (U.S. 29), and University Boulevard (Maryland 193).
The first houses in the neighborhood were built in the late 1930s.[1][2]
In the 1950s, a kosher deli/restaurant and bakery opened in Four Corners called "Sid Mandell's Restaurant & Deli", owned by Sidney "Sid" Mandell, the son of Jewish immigrants from Austria and Russia. The deli was a popular cultural icon and was open seven days a week. After Jewish residents began leaving Four Corners, the owner retired and the deli was closed in 1980.[3] The building where the deli used to be is now occupied by Righttime Medical Care, an urgent care center.
Until the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, as in most American suburbs in the early 20th Century, racially restrictive covenants were used in Woodmoor to prevent African-Americans and other people of color from living in the neighborhood. In 2020, residents of Woodmoor and activists were working to remove racist language from property records "deed by deed".[4]