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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…
Randall Jr High School
Randall Junior High School is an historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.The 80,000 s.f. middle school closed in 1978.
It served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center.
In 2006,…
It served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center.
In 2006,…
R.I.P. Charles Garris Gone But Not Forgotten
Please...Don't ask me if im over it, I will never be over it, Please don't tell me he is in a better place....he isn't here with me! Please, don't tell me he isn't suffering. I haven't come to terms with why he had to suffer at all..Please don't ask…
POTOMAC GARDENS PROJECTS
Potomac Gardens, known to some of its residents as "Magic City", is a housing project located at 1225 G Street SE, in Capitol Hill, Southeast, Washington, D.C., thirteen blocks to the southeast of the United States Capitol building.
The property…
The property…
Photos of Arthur Capper before Renovation
Arthur Capper was a housing project on Capitol Hill in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Arthur Capper was known to the residents as "Cappers. Built in 1958, "Cappers" consisted of both the Arthur Capper and the Carrollsburg public housing projects and…
Photo of Lilian Johnson of Arthur Capper in 1966
"Irate D.C. Tenants Disrupt Unity Talk," Washington Post, May 17, 1966.
Phelps High School
According to "What's in a Name" by the Women of the Dove Foundation with support from the DC Humanities Council: The Phelps Vocational School, 704 26th Street NE, was built in 1934 by the Catalan Construction Company. It is a Colonial…
Outside the Navy Yard’s walls, a neighborhood transformed
By Michelle Boorstein, Published: September 16 E-mail the writer
For many years, the walls around the Navy Yard reflected the reality of the neighborhood: The safe place to be was on the inside.
On Monday, people who live and work in the…
For many years, the walls around the Navy Yard reflected the reality of the neighborhood: The safe place to be was on the inside.
On Monday, people who live and work in the…
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…