Renaissance in Columbia Heights
16 Mar 2008
by By Paul Schwartzman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 4, 2008; Page A01
To stand at 14th Street and Park Road in Northwest Washington is to behold a new world created at whiplash speed.
A billion dollars' worth of development, including a Target-anchored shopping center opening tomorrow, is rising in Columbia Heights, erasing the last vestiges of scars left by riots that ravaged the neighborhood 40 years ago.
And the renaissance is all by design, one intended to create a new city within the city and keep Washingtonians from traveling to the suburbs to splurge. More[+]...
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