OSAY (ROVING LEADERS)
OSAY (ROVING LEADERS)
OSAY Roving Leaders—was a counseling group within the DC Dept. of Recreation that specializes in providing direction for youth at the Arthur Capper Community. The Program was run by Mr. Proctor who was instrumental in counseling youth in the community.
Martin Luther King Food Co-op
Martin Luther King Food Co-op
The MLK Co-op Food Store opened in 1970 at the Arthur Capper Community Recreation Center (5th and K SE), after functioning as a food-buying club for 18 months. The main organizer of the food co-op was Beatrice Gray. The store was managed by Raymond Sadler. The Board of Directors was chaired by Marie Nolan, with the following other members: Annie B. Jewell (vice-chairman), Addie May Harper (treasurer), Parline Cole (assistant treasurer), Sandra Hester (secretary), Barbara Wilson (assistant secretary), and Nathaniel Graham. They hoped to make the MLK co-op Food Store a model for all NCHA projects. The Urban Law Institute provided legal assistance. Giant, Safeway, Greenbelt cooperatives, and some churches provided management and financial capital. The MLK Co-op Food Store was run by Arthur Capper Consumer Federation, Inc. Arthur Capper influenced Ward 6 in a wide variety of ways.
Photograph by Roland Freeman, printed in Sam Smith's Captive City.
Photograph by Roland Freeman, printed in Sam Smith's Captive City.
THE WILSON LINE & MARSHALL HALL AMUSEMENT PARK
THE WILSON LINE & MARSHALL HALL AMUSEMENT PARK
<p>Marshall Hall was an amusement park at Marshall Hall, Maryland, next to the Potomac River, more or less across from Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George Washington. The site of a small amusement park dating from the 1890s, a modern amusement park was constructed there in 1966 and operated until 1980. It was a favorite of Washington, DC residents who often arrived by excursion boat called the Wilson Line. During the 70's riding the Wilson Line to Marshall Hall was one of Arthur Capper community favorite places to go in the summertime. The Marshall Hall Development Corporation tore down the amusement park structures along with most of the farm buildings to make room for a more modern amusement park.[when?] The large brick stable and brick carriage house that once stood there were demolished to give way to a picnic pavilion. All that is left standing is Marshall Hall, the shell of the colonial home of the original Marshall family.</p>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Hall_%28amusement_park%29
7th & Lst Market
7th & Lst Market
7th and L Market
7th & L St SE
Washington, DC 20003
The corner market at 7th and L Streets, SE was owned and operated by several proprietors. Like many other neighborhood stores it served general convenience items.
From:http://www.capitolriverfront.org/go/7th-and-l-market
DPW/Trash Transfer Station (The Garbage Yard)
DPW/Trash Transfer Station(The Garbage Yard)
DPW/Trash Transfer Station, 880 New Jersey Ave.was used in the 1900s as a trash transfer station, before the DC Department of Public Works turned it into an operations area for heavy trucks and plows. Now it's going to be an apartment building.
The first phase, a 430-unit apartment building at 880 New Jersey called the Park Chelsea, is expected to get underway once some deep infrastructure pipes are moved, a process which began in spring 2012.
When growing up we played football on its grassy field as well as use the exit,which was a hill to sleigh ride and cardboard box ride on in the snow. We used to it The Garbage Yard.
Photos and Description From: http://www.jdland.com/dc/demolished-bldgs.cfm
FOLGER PARK
FOLGER PARK
Located in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., Folger Park is one of the largest parks in the Capitol Hill area. In 1885, the park was memorialized and named after Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of Chester A. Arthur. Folger had died while still in office in 1884.
The land that became Folger Park was acquired in 1791 by the Federal Government from Daniel Carroll of Duddington to be used as street rights-of-way. Surveyor Andrew Ellicott modified Pierre L'Enfant's 1791 "Historic Plan of Washington, District of Columbia" and reserved it as open space.
In 1871, nuns established Providence Hospital in a house on the square south of the park site, at 2nd and D Streets. Folger Park for years was referred to as The Square North of Providence Hospital.
Folger Park is nestled in a quiet residential area, and can be enjoyed by nature lovers and city slickers alike.
The park contains much of the city’s rich architectural history. A cast iron fence was added in 1881 in the form of fasces, and three years later the planting of 1000 ornamental trees gave the site beautiful scenery. Paved asphalt walkways replaced old gravel in the early 1900's. You can have lunch on one of the unique "fountain benches" fashioned after the 1935 "Drinking Fountain and Bench" plan.
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<p><a href="http://www.nps.gov/cahi/historyculture/cahi_folger.htm">http://www.nps.gov/cahi/historyculture/cahi_folger.htm</a></p>
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St. Matthews Baptist Church
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Celebrating 104 years!
In the latter part of 1902, the late Rev. Isaac Wright was inspired by God to organize a Sunday School Mission in Southeast, Washington, DC. In 1903, a site was chosen at 1263 First Street, SE, where the Sunday School Mission was organized. The Mission quickly outgrew the facilities on First Street, and plans were made to find larger quarters. In 1904, negotiations were started to purchase a house on Quander Street (a short street located where the Navy Yard is now located). Shortly afterward, Rev. Wright was led by the spirit of God to organize the Mission into a Baptist Church.
St. Matthews Baptist Church was organized and incorporated in late 1905. Rev. Wright assumed Pastorate. By 1910, the Church had outgrown its Quander Street facilities and services were held at an address in the 1000 block of 3rd Street, SE while the facilities were being enlarged. Shortly after moving back to the Quander Street address, there became a need for even larger facilities and in 1911 plans were made to purchase a large house located at 1105 New Jersey Avenue, SE. In 1920 the house was torn down because still more space was needed, and a new Church was started. While the church was being built, services were held in a warehouse on 3rd Street, SE. In early 1921, the cornerstone was laid, and services began in the new Church.
After Rev. Wright's death, the following pastors have served at St. Matthews: Rev. Westfield; Rev. T.J. Payton; Rev. E.P. Patterson; Rev. A.D. Williams; and Rev. Roy Settles, Sr. On May 19, 1969, by majority vote, Rev. Maxwell M. Washington was elected Pastor. He still serves in that capacity today.
But what was happening outside of the sanctuary at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Southeast was far from a laughing matter. No longer able to contend with the District's stringent parking restrictions and what comes across as unabashed greed in the name of revenue collection, Washington finally threw in the towel and decided to take what's left of his congregation and move to Prince George's County.
"It's hard to tell when we will move. But in my mind, we should be out in two to three years," said Washington, 75. "Hopefully, within the next few months we will be able to get some permits for our new property."
Outside St. Matthews, the streets bustle with newcomers who dash in and out of The Onyx, a new high rise apartment building, located directly behind the church. To the church's immediate left, a plot of land sits vacant, but placards dot the fence line and announce the advent of yet another high-rise apartment building.
Today, St. Matthews Baptist Church, also known as "the little church on the hill," has a congregation of approximately 250 members, down 100 since 2007 and those numbers continue to go south. The church was founded in 1905 by the late Rev. Isaac Wright who sought to organize a Sunday school mission in Southeast. As the congregation increased, so did the need for a larger space. St. Matthews moved to its current location on the corner of New Jersey Avenue and L Streets in Southeast in 1921.
Washington said the church's mission is to "not just deal with spiritual needs but human needs." In addition to its youth ministry and Bible study, the church helps members with their immediate concerns or refers them to organizations that can.
"The economy is messed up and if people run short or lose their jobs, they can come to the church," Washington said. "We do it the way Jesus would. He wouldn't just be concerned with your soul if you were hungry."
These days, it's not the congregation that's getting bigger. Instead, it's the space that is getting smaller, specifically parking. Problems cropped up in 2006, when construction around St. Matthews started. Gentrification and the movement of 2,000 new residents into the area after the completion of the high rise apartment and the lure of Nationals Park has made parking around St. Matthews a hot commodity, said Naomi Campbell, a neighborhood liaison to Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6).
"As the city's become denser and there's more development, churches are competing for parking," Campbell said. "People who live in the city stay home so there's a fierce competition for parking in neighborhoods."
New parking regulations pushed longtime churchgoers two to three blocks away from St. Matthews, making it especially difficult for elderly members. Attendance has fallen off as a result, said head Deacon Johnnie Ferguson, 69.
"It was bad before the stadium but then it just got unbearable," Ferguson said. "When a game starts at 1p.m., they [have] signs up here on Sunday that say: You [have] to be out of here by 11 a.m. That was the time we were starting," the Southeast resident said.
At least one church member plucked four consecutive tickets from his windshield wiper after attending church services. Lawrence Sidbury Sr., of Upper Marlboro, Md., paid upward of $200 in tickets just for going to his house of worship.
"It's been very frustrating to see the same thing every week," said Sidbury, 58. "Something has to be done to help the church and the community."
The shortage of parking spaces forced St. Matthews to move its Bible study to a location on Benning Road that had better accommodations for a while. Eventually, church officials moved Bible study back to the church and changed the time of the weekly study group and Sunday service. Despite the changes, congregants continued to be fined exorbitant fees by the city.
The move to a location on Old Branch Avenue in Temple Hills, Md. will be St. Matthews first outside of the District since it was founded. The church will follow many of its congregants, two-thirds of whom have moved to Maryland over the years but still attend church services in the District, according to church officials.
Wells, who has represented Ward 6 since 2007, said he's helping neighborhood churches with their specific parking difficulties. Those who compete for coveted parking spaces include churchgoers who drive into the District from the surrounding Maryland suburbs. After a barrage of complaints from St. Matthews and nine other churches within the "ball park zone," the D.C. Department of Public Works finally issued renewable parking passes to church officials. But it was too late and too much damage had already been done.
"I have office hours in the community once a month in the morning and I'm moving out to the different churches. The feedback I have gotten is that it's working," said Wells, 55. [St. Matthews] leadership might not live in the neighborhood so they're not in the meetings when we're in the neighborhoods."
Church officials at St. Matthews see the situation differently.
"[The Gray administration] seems unfriendly to the faith community," said Washington, who has been at the helm of the church for 43 years. "They could help us out with parking and not ticket us so badly when we have Bible class and [Sunday] service. It's too bad now; we have already made plans to get out.
The Informer and St Matthew's website
MARINE BARRACKS
MARINE BARRACKS
Part of Arthur Capper's History the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. is located at the corner 8th and I Streets, Southeast in Washington, D.C. Established in 1801, it is a National Historic Landmark, the oldest post in the United States Marine Corps, the official residence of the Commandant of the Marine Corps since 1806, and main ceremonial grounds of the Corps. It is also home to the "Commandant's Own" Marine Drum & Bugle Corps and the "President's Own" U.S. Marine Band. Barracks Marines conduct ceremonial missions in and around the National Capitol Region as well as abroad. They also provide security at designated locations around Washington, D.C. as necessary, carry out the distance education and training program of the Marine Corps through the Marine Corps Institute, and Barracks officers are part of the White House Social Aide Program.
8th and I has been the home of the Silent Drill Platoon and the Marine Band since the barracks' establishment in 1801 and the residence of the Commandant since 1806, when the Commandant's House was completed. The Commandant's house is the only original building left in the complex, the remainder having been rebuilt in 1900 and 1907.[ The Marine Corps Institute moved to the barracks from its previous home at Marine Barracks Quantico in 1920. The Drum and Bugle Corps has been based at the barracks since its formation in 1934.You still can visit the Marine Barracks on Friday night in the summer for the Marine band and Drill Platoon performances.
Info From: http://www.ask.com/wiki/Marine_Barracks,_Washington,_D.C.?o=2800&qsrc=999
Randall Swimming Pool
Randall Swimming Pool
Randall swimming pool is located at South Capital and I street South West, Washington,DC. It's a 25 yard long swimming pool that served the Arthur Capper community as well as neighboring communities. During the long hot summer months it was a place to go cool off or learn to swim. I recall we used to go spend the whole day swimming and then after we would stop past a place called Turkey Town to get Turkey Butts. After swimming all day you would get very hungry. So Turkey Town was the place were you could get 3 Turkey Butts for 25cents. The Turkey Butts were very tasty with the mumble sauce on them.
Today Randall swimming pool is still open to the public.
Sherman Mills
Photos from Sherman Mills
SOUTHEAST LIBRARY
SOUTHEAST LIBRARY
Southeast Neighborhood Library, one of three Carnegie-funded libraries in D.C. and the second neighborhood library built, proved to be one of the library system's busiest from its opening on Dec. 8, 1922. The one-story brick building, designed by noted library architect Edward L. Titlton, sits at 403 7th St. SE on an irregularly shaped site in the Capitol Hill National Register District, purchased with $8,360 from Congress, and bolstered by $67,000 in construction funding from the Carnegie Corporation.
Before technological advancements of the past few decades, many have predicted the end of the public library. But with the explosion of information on the Internet, the public library as a place will continue to play a vital role in the Arthur Capper's community.
In fact, the role of the public library to its community today is more vital than ever. The public library remains the only place people can access and obtain information free of charge. We strive to go beyond traditional library services and offer programs that not only promote lifelong reading, but also provide services and resources for building communities.
The Southeast Library has followed this path by reaching out to the group homes, residential care facilities, and the disabled, providing such services as reading materials to help address illiteracy and poor reading skills among adults. We also have a monthly book club that meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Children was and it's still continue to be the focus of most of our in-house programming, with story times for pre-schoolers and book clubs and crafts for school-age children. Teens can also participate in a monthly gaming night. In addition, library staff are available to outreach to schools, day cares and summer programs throughout the year.
The library has a very committed Friends group, which supports the library by collecting donated books from throughout the community, and re-selling them at their monthly book sale. Proceeds benefit the Southeast Library’s programs and special projects.
If you would like to contact a library staff member to see if we can visit your organization, please give us a call! We’re here to help.
Southeast Library has served the Arthur Capper's community for years, we all used this library for our many school projects,book reports etc.
Info From: http://www.dclibrary.org/node/736