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Shaw, Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale in Washington, DC: An Oral History

Shaw, Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale in Washington, DC: An Oral History - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Shilpi MalinowskiSeries:American HeritagePublish date:10/11/2021Pages:162
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PRISBN-13:9781540250117ISBN-10:1540250113UPC:9781540250117Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Sociology, Public PolicyBook Topic:State & Local, Urban, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC6KHHZ3BV
Let residents tell you what it's been like to live in D.C.'s most gentrified neighborhood. When Gretchen Wharton came to Shaw in 1946, the houses were full of families that looked like hers: lower-income, African American, two parents with kids. The sidewalks were full of children playing. When Leroy Thorpe moved in in the 1980s, the same streets were dense with drug markets. When John Lucier found a deal on a house in Shaw in 2002, he found himself moving into one of four occupied homes on his block. Every morning, he waited by himself on the empty platform of the newly opened metro station. When Preetha Iyengar became pregnant with her first child in 2016, she jumped into a seller's market to buy a rowhouse in the area. Journalist and Shaw resident Shilpi Malinowski explores the complexities of the many stories of belonging in the District's most dynamic neighborhood.
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PRISBN-13:9781540250117ISBN-10:1540250113UPC:9781540250117Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Sociology, Public PolicyBook Topic:State & Local, Urban, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC6KHHZ3BV
Publisher: History PR

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