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2004

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Most Endangered Places for 2004

SOUTH CAPITOL STREET

BOUNDED BY G STREET TO THE NORTH, ANACOSTIA RIVER TO THE SOUTH, 2ND STREET,
SE AND 2ND STREET, SW
STEWARD: VARIOUS PRIVATE OWNERS

The buildings within the South Capitol Street corridor are the remains of a once very large working-class residential and semi-industrial area. While little of the architecture is unique, the neighborhood as a whole represents a way of life that is seen in few places in the rest of the city. Some streets continue to show almost fully intact rows of housing and shops. The area includes a significant power station in art deco style, rows of “sanitary housing” from the early 20th century, World War II-era worker housing, and industrial buildings, warehouses, and rowhouses (both brick and frame) from the 1870s to the 1920s. Current redevelopment plans have few provisions for protecting the fragile historic buildings of this area and many have already been demolished. Only part of the area is slated for preservation.

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