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The 1991 Washington, D.C., riot, sometimes referred to as the Mount Pleasant riot or Mount Pleasant Disturbance, [1] occurred in May 1991, when rioting broke out in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in response to an African-American female police officer having shot a Salvadoran man in the chest following a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
In 1727, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, then governor of the Province of Maryland, awarded a land grant for present-day Mount Pleasant to James Holmead. This estate, later named "Pleasant Plains", included the territory of present-day neighborhoods of Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, Meridian Hill, and Pleasant Plains (which only covers a portion of the original estate of the same name).
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 26 years ago today, tragedy at Luigi's; August 6, 1993: 'Thank God,' a policeman is remembered, 'he took him down' Deadly shootings bring back memories of Aug. 6, 1993, at Luigi's; Fayetteville's infamous crimes, Part 2: Local cases that have garnered worldwide attention "Heavily armed man kills 4, injures 7 in restaurant ...
Another common theme involved Luigi's landlord/sponsor, Pasquale, scheming to get Luigi to marry his obese daughter. [1] Perennial character actor and two-time Academy Award nominee J. Carrol Naish played Luigi. [2] Life with Luigi was created by Cy Howard, who had earlier created the hit radio comedy, My Friend Irma.
Ingleside is a historic house in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The house was designed by architect Thomas U. Walter and completed around 1850. From 1896 to 1904, it was owned by Thomas C. Noyes, an editor, part-owner, and publisher of the Washington Evening Star and owner of the Washington Senators baseball team.
The suspect in the killing of a New York CEO took a strange path, from valedictorian to McDonald's customer with a 3-D printed weapon.
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.
Ward 2 (2023–present) Ward 2 Councilmember: Brooke Pinto Population (2022): 89,518 [3] Burleith; Chinatown; Downtown; Dupont Circle; Federal Triangle; Foggy Bottom; Georgetown; Sheridan-Kalorama