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The Sordid Story of Dupont Circle's Underground Tunnels

The Sordid Story of Dupont Circle's Underground Tunnels

05/26/2023 in DC by Hunter Spears

There's something below Dupont Circle, and it's not the Red Line! Tunnels were built for trolley cars in the 1940s, but they were abandoned shortly after. In the decades since, the tunnels have had quite a few interesting uses. What lays beneath the streets of one of the Districts' best known roundabouts?

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Encore: How the Tivoli became the Epicenter of a Debate over Urban Renewal

Encore: How the Tivoli became the Epicenter of a Debate over Urban Renewal

07/27/2022 in DC by Jenna Furtado

The Tivoli Theater's grand opening in 1924 was heralded by a grand parade and a carnival which attracted hundreds of Washingtonian's to the Golden Age movie theater. Yet, just over 50 years later, the Tivoli had its windows bolted up and doors closed, no longer the shining light in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. What followed afterwards was a dramatic decades-long fight over the fate of the Tivoli, bringing up questions surrounding urban renewal and the future of the neighborhood, which had suffered greatly after the 1968 riots following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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The Cost of Urban Renewal in Southwest DC

The Cost of Urban Renewal in Southwest DC

07/21/2022 in DC by Meaghan Kacmarcik

After World War II, Southwest Washington, DC, underwent a bout of complete urban renewal to clean up the blighted neighborhood. But was it worth it? New buildings went up, but a community was torn apart, economic segregation ensued and the project failed to deliver on many of the promises that were made.


 

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