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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police announced on Friday that officers are investigating two burglaries at two separate businesses up the street from each other in Northeast D.C. The ...
As H Street NE continued to develop, its annual neighborhood festival, the H St Festival [13] has grown into the largest neighborhood celebration in the city. It is often chronicled in DC news outlets such as these articles from 2008 [ 14 ] 2010 [ 15 ] 2016 [ 16 ] 2017 [ 17 ] 2018 [ 18 ] 2019.
H Street, so long the center of the neighborhood's life, is being structured as an arts district. In 2002, H Street Main Street, in partnership with the city and community members started breathing new life in the neighborhood. [15] Theaters, jazz clubs, performance spaces and exotic restaurants appeared in the neighborhood.
The H Street Festival was first organized by the Community-Business Action Coalition (COMBAC). COMBAC was created by neighborhood residents and businesses after the riots in 1968 . The founders included Mr. Walter Ross, Mrs. Loree Murray , Ms. Doris Clark, Ms. Betty Hart, Mr. Idus Holmes and many others.
Eastern Market is part of ward 6 of DC's 8 wards. Nestled in what is known as the Capitol Hill neighborhood, this is the area bounded by North and South Capitol Streets on the west, 15th street on the east and H street on the north and by the Southeast southwest Freeway. Working adults, singles and families with young children largely populate ...
By the early 1900s Mount Vernon Triangle was home to a variety of working class ethnic and racial groups. Northern Liberty Market continued to flourish and there was a variety of skilled trade services offered in the area. In 1904 John J. Bowles moved his dairy bottling business from H Street to Prather's Alley.
The Atlas District (also known as the Atlas or the H Street Corridor) is an arts and entertainment district located in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, DC. It runs along the resurgent H Street from the outskirts of Union Station to the crossroads with Fifteenth Street, Bladensburg Road, and Florida Avenue (also known as the ...
Parts of F Street and 7th Street, N.W. and nearby blocks have historically been the heart of the Washington, D.C. Downtown shopping district. In the first half of the 20th century there were numerous upscale large department stores along and near F Street, while 7th Street housed more economical emporia and large retail furniture stores.