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EC_dwtn t1_iy4ojj4 wrote

Desirable depends on who you ask and when, but a few things that were different:

  • Anacostia and Congress Heights were almost all white prior to the 50s.
  • The area where Fort Reno Park is now was an integrated, majority Black neighborhood torn down under pressure from residents from Tenleytown and Chevy Chase.
  • Pretty much everyone living in SW DC had their homes torn down as part of the urban renewal process than began in the 50s.
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CaptchaCrunch t1_iy8jj89 wrote

Is that the same urban renewal process that produced what we have there now?

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Free_Dog_6837 t1_iy8vewh wrote

no it was a desolate wasteland for a few decades in between

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