Washington, D.C., conjures images of marble monuments, national memorials, and world-class museums. To many, the world beyond the National Mall is invisible. Yet within an area of only 68 square miles lies a residential city of diversity, beauty, and charm. In the long-awaited update of her 1988 classic Washington at Home, Kathryn Schneider Smith and a team of historians, journalists, folklorists, museum professionals, and others who know the city intimately offer a fresh look at the social history of this intriguing city through the prism of 26 diverse neighborhoods. Lavishly illustrated with engaging historical photographs and maps, Washington at Home introduces readers to the famous residents, colorful characters, distinct flavors, and important events that helped shape the city beyond the federal façade. This second edition adds six new neighborhoods from all parts of the city. Extensive notes make the book invaluable for those doing their own research as well as the more casual reader. Journalists, historians, politicians, residents, real estate agents, and students regularly consult Washington at Home as the standard resource on the social history of Washington, D.C. This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation’s capital.

A historic guide to Washington, D.C.’s neighborhoods, featuring photographs, maps, and beautiful drawings. - Get off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D.C.’s historic neighborhood - Discover the hidden history of the nation’s capital with tales of political intrigue, scandal, romance and tragedy. - Experience the overlooked architectural and cultural treasures in such neighborhoods as Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan and Mount Vernon Square. Owner of A Tour de Force Guided Tours, D.C. historian Jeanne Fogle leads her readers through the hidden sites and history of Washington, D.C.’s neighborhoods. Charming sketches by Edward Fogle and vintage photographs accompany each tour, casting a new light on the city. Visitors and local alike will be surprised and delighted by the discoveries that can be made beyond the monuments.

For long-time residents of Washington, DC’s Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city’s most infamous open-air drug market once stood, a farmers’ market now sells grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli. On the corner where AM.PM carryout used to dish out soul food, a new establishment markets its $28 foie gras burger. Shaw is experiencing a dramatic transformation, from “ghetto” to “gilded ghetto,” where white newcomers are rehabbing homes, developing dog parks, and paving the way for a third wave coffee shop on nearly every block. Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City is an in-depth ethnography of this gilded ghetto. Derek S. Hyra captures here a quickly gentrifying space in which long-time black residents are joined, and variously displaced, by an influx of young, white, relatively wealthy, and/or gay professionals who, in part as a result of global economic forces and the recent development of central business districts, have returned to the cities earlier generations fled decades ago. As a result, America is witnessing the emergence of what Hyra calls “cappuccino cities.” A cappuccino has essentially the same ingredients as a cup of coffee with milk, but is considered upscale, and is double the price. In Hyra’s cappuccino city, the black inner-city neighborhood undergoes enormous transformations and becomes racially “lighter” and more expensive by the year.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 137. Chapters: Federal Triangle, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Kingman Park, Washington, D.C., Logan Circle, Washington, D.C., Park View, Washington, D.C., Bloomingdale (Washington, D.C.), Sixteenth Street Heights, Washington, D.C., Anacostia, Columbia Heights (Washington, D.C.), Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., Fairlawn (Washington, D.C.), Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C., Brentwood (Washington, D.C.), Capitol Hill, Embassy Row, Near Northeast, Washington, D.C., Adams Morgan, Kalorama, Washington, D.C., Southwest Waterfront, Washington, D.C., Cleveland Park, Good Hope (Washington, D.C.), Brookland (Washington, D.C.), Brightwood (Washington, D.C.), List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward, Pleasant Plains, Washington, D.C., Chinatown (Washington, D.C.), Buzzard Point, LeDroit Park, Washington, D.C., Tenleytown, Washington, D.C., Downtown (Washington, D.C.), Shaw, Washington, D.C., Takoma, Washington, D.C., Strivers' Section Historic District, Eckington (Washington, D.C.), Chevy Chase (Washington, D.C.), Ivy City, Washington, D.C., Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C., Sursum Corda Cooperative, Washington, D.C., The Palisades, Washington, D.C., Penn Quarter, Glover Park, Petworth, Washington, D.C., Washington Highlands, Washington, D.C., Shipley Terrace, Washington, D.C., Trinidad, Washington, D.C., Shepherd Park, Washington, D.C., West End, Washington, D.C., Southwest Federal Center, Washington, D.C., Friendship Heights, Kenilworth, Washington, D.C., Congress Heights, Woodley Park, Washington, D.C., Barney Circle, Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.), Mount Vernon Square, Washington, D.C., Fort Stevens Ridge, Burleith, Washington, D.C., American University Park, Barry Farm, Edgewood (Washington, D.C.), Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), Spring Valley, Washington, D.C., Truxton Circle, Washington, D.C., Berkley (Washington, ..

First published in 1999.This case study examines how low-income residents, community leaders, the Nation of Islam, and the police joined forces to close down an open air drug market. The research shows how a previously stable black community became severely destabilized and documents the efforts of community members to mobilize their neighbors around home ownership, tenant empowerment and jobs. Adopting a holistic perspective, the author examines tensions between opportunities and constraints dictating the aspirations of individuals, the historical factors influencing the course of events in their community, and the agenda of various government and private agencies. This three-year ethnographic study observed the community's rejuvenation and the drastic reduction in drug-related crimes, antagonism between the police and the Nation of Islam, and the demise of the HUD funded tenants' home ownership initiative. (Ph.D. dissertation, George Washington University, 1996; revised with new preface, introduction, bibliography, and index)