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The intersection of 14th Street and U Street was the epicenter of violence, 13 deaths and damage to 1,200 homes and businesses during the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, which rampaged for four days after King's murder. [13] Following the riots, and the subsequent flight of affluent residents and businesses from the area, the corridor became ...
Housing in D.C. was deeply segregated. Most of the slums in the city were in the southern quarter of the city, and most of the inhabitants of these slums were black. The United States Commission on Civil Rights said in a 1962 report that housing was much harder to attain for blacks than for whites, and that the housing blacks could find within the city's border was in a severely worse ...
The women had been marched 1.4 miles down 14th Street. After the police left, the women were driven back to Thomas Circle by men in vans, who had been following the parade at a distance, and most were back on street corners within half an hour. [1] On the front page of The Washington Post the next day, Dedman and Goldberg recounted the events:
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
Columbia Heights is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Bounded by 16th Street NW, W Street NW, Florida Avenue NW, Barry Place NW, Sherman Avenue NW, Spring Road NW, and New Hampshire Avenue NW. neighborhood is an important retail hub for the area, as home to DC USA mall and to numerous other restaurants and stores, primarily along the highly commercialized 14th Street.
In recent months, city leaders have turned to some tough-on-crime measures to address the crisis. DC’s city council advanced a wide-ranging anti-crime bill earlier this month with tough measures ...
PHOTO: Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, holds a press conference about violent crime in the District in Washington DC on December 20, 2024. (Robb Hill/The Washington Post via ...
14th Street NW/SW is a street in Northwest and Southwest quadrants of Washington, D.C., located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) west of the U.S. Capitol. It runs from the 14th Street Bridge north to Eastern Avenue. Northbound U.S. Route 1 runs along 14th Street from the bridge to Constitution Avenue, where it turns east with US 50.