Washington's Revival

Neal Peirce reviews the revival of Washington D.C.

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January 19, 2005, 8:00 AM PST

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

"...new Washington is not just a mega-office park...a rush of new cinemas, theaters, privately financed museums, quality restaurants and trendy retail stores have transformed the old downtown...Yet even as Washington becomes the kind of sophisticated, business- and culture-savvy city that JFK would probably have loved, there's the grim shadow of 9/11. Official Washington has turned into a tangle of Jersey barriers, bollards, massive concrete planters, hideous chain-link fences, guard booths, closed streets and sidewalks."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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