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Mount Pleasant developed rapidly as a streetcar suburb after the expansion of the mechanized Washington streetcars along 16 1/2 Street (now Mount Pleasant Street) in 1903. [1] [7] In 1907, developer Fulton R. Gordon purchased large sections of the neighborhood, marketing lots as "Mount Pleasant Heights" with Robert E. Heater. [8]
The DC Council routinely has Performance Oversight and Budget hearings for the D.C. libraries annually. The DCPL has its own small police force, the District of Columbia Public Library Police . The Library Police's duties and mission is similar to District of Columbia Protective Services Division : to protect government property, staff, and the ...
The Carnegie Corporation honored the promise by granting the Trustees’ requests for the funding of two more branches, the Southeast Branch in 1921 and Mount Pleasant in 1923. One of the most distinguishing features of the building today is the murals painted during the 1930s by Aurelius Battaglia under a Works Progress Administration program ...
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
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.
Luigi V. Fugazzi was born to a wealthy family in Santo Stefano d'Aveto, Liguria, [1] on April 30, 1839. [2] His father was a teacher in Piedmont. [3] Luigi served as an officer in the Royal Piedmontese Army, being briefly assigned to a unit commanded by Giuseppe Garibaldi, [3] and was considered a hero of the Italian unification. [1]
Hard Times Cafe (sometimes Hard Times Cafe & Cue) is a restaurant chain serving chili and other foods, primarily in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. area. Hard Times has been recognized in several publications, including USA Today, [1] AOL's City's Best, [2] Zagat's "Top 20 Area Restaurants" from 2003 to 2008, [3] and several others.
Luigi (name), an Italian given name, includes a list of people with that name; Luigi Verderame, Belgian singer usually known just as Luigi; Abbot Luigi, a talking statue in Rome; Luigi Mangione, American murder suspect