Downtown Revival: DC's East End Transforms

Washington D.C.'s East End is attracting interest and cash as it undergoes a dramatic revitalization.

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May 15, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A surge of interest and confidence in Washington's future under a new mayor, combined with burgeoning traffic in aregion weary of sprawl, has set in motion the kind of downtown revitalization that many other U.S. cities haveenjoyed since the mid-1990s.Nearly two dozen major projects valued at about $1.1 billion are under construction in what is known as the EastEnd."

Thanks to Joshuah Mello

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