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Neighborhood Rises Again Through Rail

Posted by: Nate Berg

6 January 2009 - 5:00am

This piece from The Washington Post looks at a formerly thriving streetcar neighborhood that has become a thriving Metro neighborhood -- despite decades of decline in between.

"A hundred years ago, life in Eckington was all about the streetcar.

Now it's all about the Metro, with stations anchoring the north and south ends of the Northeast Washington neighborhood.

Often lumped in with nearby communities such as Shaw and Brookland, Eckington is increasingly becoming a requested area in its own right, real estate agents say. But more often, it draws people who were attracted to other, better-known neighborhoods with easy Metro access -- but found that they didn't suit their budgets."

Full Story: An Urban Neighborhood on the Rise
Source: The Washington Post, January 3, 2009
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