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40-659: Capitol View may refer to a location in the United States: Capitol View (Washington, D.C.) , a neighborhood Capitol View (building) , a building in Washington, D.C. Capitol View, Atlanta , Georgia, a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia Capitol View, South Carolina , a census-designated place Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

80-440: A Piggly Wiggly supermarket. It was built in an L shape with dedicated parking space for shoppers in the front, a novelty at the time. The center still exists as of 2020, anchored by a Target store and measuring 50,400 square feet (4,680 m ). The smaller variety is more common and often located at the intersection of major streets in residential areas; it caters to a small residential area. This type of strip mall or plaza

120-408: A footpath in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front. Many of them face major traffic arterials and tend to be self-contained with few pedestrian connections to surrounding neighborhoods. Smaller strip malls may be called mini-malls , while larger ones may be called power centers or big box centers . In 2013, The New York Times reported that

160-541: A 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m ) store adjacent to Capitol Gateway. Construction was set to begin on April 1, 2015. However, amid closing 269 stores globally, Walmart announced it would not open its planned two stores- at Skyland Town Center and Capital Gateway. At the time many criticisms were leveled against Walmart by city leaders, as the planned stores were supposed to serve majority African-American populations underserved by grocery and retail stores and Walmart had already successfully built three stores in other parts of

200-641: A local group advocacy group. The neighborhood has two nearby Capital Bikeshare stations: Both are just outside the border of the neighborhood, though more stations could be supported in Ward 7. To the west of the neighborhood boundary is the Benning Road metro station. Across the border in Maryland at the neighborhood's east end is the Capitol Heights Metro station , both stations serve

240-655: Is dominated by East Capitol Street, a major vehicular and ceremonial thoroughfare . It is a vibrant commercial corridor, and acts as the focus of commercial life in the area. Singer Marvin Gaye lived in the East Capitol Dwellings in the Capitol View neighborhood from about 1953 to 1962. The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is located at 5001 Central Avenue SE, just outside the neighborhood's boundary on its west end. Notable public landmarks include

280-503: Is found in nearly every city or town in the United States and Canada; it is service-oriented and may contain a grocery store , hair salon , dry cleaner , laundromat , small restaurant , discount stores , variety stores , and similar stores such as a general store , toy store , pet store , jewelry store , mattress store, convenience store , thrift shop , or pawn shop . In the past, pharmacies were often located next to

320-682: Is located adjacent to Capitol View's northern boundary at 5600 East Capitol Street NE. The school is named for W. Bruce Evans, the long-time principal at the Armstrong Manual Training School (a noted vocational-technical school for African-American youth that existed from the late 1800s to the 1950s). Constructed in 1962, it closed in 1996. In 2007, the city renamed it the Evans Education Center, and it hosted occasional adult education classes. A public charter school, Maya Angelou High School, opened on

360-580: The Blue and Silver lines of the Washington Metro subway system. The 2021 East Capitol Street Safety and Mobility Project includes plans to upgrade walking, cycling and transit conditions. Strip mall A strip mall , strip center , strip plaza or simply plaza is a type of shopping center common in North America and Australia where the stores are arranged in a row, with

400-541: The high street in the UK or main street in Ireland. Retail parks have become popular due to the widespread use of cars and the ability to park close to the shops as opposed to restricted parking on high streets, many of which are pedestrianised . In Australia "strip shops" or "shopping centre" describes a line of independent shops and buildings along the principal streets of a city or suburban area, which are not set back from

440-586: The Capitol View Townhomes, and constructed Capitol Gateway—a 151-unit low-income senior citizen apartment building and 380 townhouses and single-family detached homes. The townhouses and homes each cost $ 300,000 to construct. As with Southern Homes and Gardens, DCHA sold the townhomes to low-income residents who wished to buy, entered into rent-to-own agreements with others, and leased the remaining homes to low-income families. In 2014, DCHA entered into an agreement with The Henson Companies to build

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480-423: The Capitol View neighborhood radically changed with the construction of large public housing complexes. The first of these, the East Capitol Dwellings, began construction in 1952 as a 394-unit public housing complex. By the time the complex was completed in 1955, it had expanded to 577 units and straddled both sides of East Capitol Street between 58th and 60th Street. The new housing was racially desegregated, and

520-714: The Marion P. Shadd Elementary School, which was constructed in 1954. It closed in 2007, and a public charter school , the Community College Preparatory Academy, opened in the structure. Just behind the former Shadd Elementary School is the East Capitol Community Center, which contains an athletic field. It is maintained by the District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation . W. Bruce Evans Junior High School

560-629: The Marshall Heights Community Development Organization purchased the Capitol View Mall in an attempt to improve business and encourage job growth. In 2012 Capitol View was a relatively poor, African-American neighborhood . Ninety-six percent of the neighborhood's residents were African-American. Almost 25 percent of the neighborhood's residents are under the age of 18, and half of these children belong to families whose incomes fall below

600-499: The United States had 65,840 strip malls. In 2020, The Wall Street Journal wrote that in the United States, despite the continuing retail apocalypse that started in around 2010, investments and visitor numbers were increasing to strip malls. In the United Kingdom and Ireland such malls are called retail parks or retail outlets. They are usually located on the outskirts of towns and cities, and serve as an alternative to

640-539: The United States is usually anchored on one end by a big box retailer, such as Walmart, Kohl's , or Target, and/or by a large supermarket like Kroger , Publix or Winn-Dixie on the other. They are usually referred to as power centers in the real estate development industry because they attract and cater to residents of an expanded population area. The categories of retailers may vary widely, from electronics stores to bookstores to home improvement stores , dollar stores , and boutiques . There are typically only

680-591: The area in the 1920s. The 1973 oil crisis bankrupted many gas stations, freeing up their corner lots for redevelopment. La Mancha developers built the first modern-style mini-mall – a few stores with parking in front – in Panorama City, Los Angeles in 1973, with over 600 to follow in the metropolitan area. The proliferation of mini-malls from that time into the 1980s led to a 1988 anti-mini-mall ordinance in Los Angeles. The other variety of strip mall in

720-401: The athletic field, but these are not maintained and are not open to the public.) Capitol View is one of several neighborhoods east of the river that would benefit from the extension of the D.C. streetcar . Approximately 37,000 people live within walking distance of the originally funded system but as of 2023 construction for this segment is delayed again . Friends of the D.C. Streetcar is

760-620: The border into Maryland , into local forested areas, or down alleys. Gunfire in the area was common, with at least three incidents each week. By the late 1990s, violence was rampant in the neighborhood, and the Metropolitan Police Department called the East Capitol Dwellings one of the most violent public housing projects in the District of Columbia. In June 1999, the Capitol View neighborhood received nationwide attention after 55-year-old local woman Helen Foster-El

800-621: The city killed with handguns. In the wake of the Foster-el murder, the Metropolitan Police Department changed its approach to violence in the neighborhood. Massive sweeps of drug dealers were made to break up the open-air, daylight drug markets, and drug dealing in the area declined significantly. The Clay Terrace public housing project, long one of the city's most violent, became a particular focus of police efforts. A no-questions-asked illegal gun depository program

840-416: The city. Many people believe that Walmart's decision not to build was due to the District's plans to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and establishment of a paid-leave program. At the time Walmart issued a statement: In June, 2022 Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a forthcoming Giant supermarket development on site using eminent domain, saying Walmart refused to do what it stated it would do. As of May 2024

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880-488: The end of the 40-year period, the townhomes may be sold by their owners (whether residents or the cooperative) at market rates. Determined to improve its public housing stock, in 2000 DCHA applied for and won a $ 30.8 million grant (known as HOPE VI) from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development . It demolished the East Capitol Dwellings, Capitol View Plaza, Capitol View Plaza II, and

920-461: The grocery stores, but are now often free-standing or contained within the anchor tenant (e.g. Walmart , Target) or grocery store. Gas stations , banks , and other businesses also may have their own free-standing buildings in the parking lot of the strip center. The mini-mall in Los Angeles is seen as the descendant of the drive-in markets with multiple independent vendors that appeared in

960-469: The neighborhood became one of the city's most violent and drug-ridden areas in the 1980s and 1990s. The Capitol View neighborhood saw several large, poorly maintained public housing projects demolished in the 2010s. The government of the District of Columbia partnered with private real estate developers to construct the Capitol Gateway mixed-use development between 2000 and 2010. The character of

1000-665: The pavement (footpath) and do not have dedicated car parking spaces. Strip malls and retail parks often range in size from 5,000 square feet (460 m ) to over 100,000 square feet (9,300 m ). In the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) classification of shopping centers , U.S. and Canadian strip malls may fit the definition of: Note that ICSC classifications vary slightly for Europe as well as for Asia Pacific. The Park and Shop in Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C. opened in 1930, anchored by

1040-466: The police and city replicated its program each summer thereafter. Local residents, however, credit the rapid drop in crime throughout Capitol View to the demolition of the large public housing projects. (The drop in crime was part of a significant citywide improvement: Across the District of Columbia, homicides fell from 472 in 1990 to 88 in 2012.) Community organizations also sponsored literacy efforts to assist high school drop-outs in obtaining jobs, and

1080-431: The poverty line. Median household income was just $ 38,500 a year, compared to $ 61,835 a year for the District of Columbia as a whole. The official unemployment rate was 11 percent in 2012, although the real figure is widely considered to be higher. Unemployment in the city as a whole was 6.7 percent in the same period. A number of landmarks lie on the border of the Capitol View neighborhood. The Capitol View neighborhood

1120-420: The second phase of the Capitol Gateway. This $ 80 million project, to be constructed by The Henson Companies and real estate developer A&R Development, includes 312 low-income units in a mixed-use development . The ground floor of the property will include 20,000 square feet (1,900 m ) of retail space, and as part of the development package. Grocery Store and Food Access Wal-mart agreed to construct

1160-412: The site sits empty and no construction has started. The 1970s saw a significant rise in the sale and use of illegal narcotics in Capitol View, as well as gun-related violence. As early as 1980, hundreds of dealers selling heroin , marijuana , methamphetamine , PCP lined the streets of Capitol View. The region's hilly nature allowed them to see police approaching, giving them a chance to escape across

1200-513: The third floor in 2007. The charter school primarily enrolls students who are doing poorly academically, including those who have been held back a grade, are emotionally troubled, or have been incarcerated by the D.C. juvenile justice system. Adjacent to the west side of the school is the Evans Recreation Center, an athletic field. (Evans Junior High School has two outdoor basketball courts and two outdoor tennis courts adjacent to

1240-476: The three organizations supported residents of the properties in forming a cooperative , the Southern Homes and Gardens Cooperative, to own and manage the 90 townhomes. Under the city's agreement with Southern Homes and Gardens, the units must be managed as low-income public housing for 40 years. Units are either owned or rented by low-income people, and residents may enter into a rent-to-own agreement. At

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1280-508: The title Capitol View . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capitol_View&oldid=1223566145 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Capitol View (Washington, D.C.) The area that became Capitol View

1320-520: The units had three bedrooms, while 35 were four-bedroom and 19 were five-bedroom homes. Backed with city financing, the Capitol View Townhouses failed to sell. In 1997, the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), a nonprofit called Washington Innercity Self Help, and a company known as Innovative Design Solutions partnered to transform the townhouses into public housing. The city spent $ 5 million rehabilitating them, and in 2001

1360-481: Was Capitol Plaza, which opened in 1971. This complex consisted of 92 three-story townhouses and a 228-unit, 12-story high-rise apartment building located at 5901 East Capitol Street SE. A small strip mall , the eight-store Capitol View Mall, opened nearby in June 1976. A second major high-rise development, Capitol Plaza II, opened shortly thereafter at 5929 East Capitol Street SE. This 300-unit, 12-story apartment building

1400-422: Was established by mostly Black families in the 1920s, and by the 1940 included 35% white families. By 1950 the white population fell to 7% and almost exclusively populated by African Americans . between 1960-2000 . In the first few decades of the twentieth century, Capitol View established itself as a middle-class Black enclave. In 1960, the area was 99% Black and 95% of residents owned their homes. Parts of

1440-504: Was implemented that recovered scores of weapons. Public housing residents with criminal records (especially drug or handgun crimes) were tracked and evicted. An anonymous text messaging site was created to allow residents to report drug dealing, gunfire, or other crimes. And an intensive city effort was made to fix street lights, clean and repair streets, and upgrade and maintain playgrounds and athletic facilities (particularly basketball courts). Crime at Clay Terrace dropped by 50 percent, and

1480-507: Was largely unsettled forest and farmland into the 1930s. By 1938, however, a large number of one- and two-story single-family detached houses and small apartment buildings had been constructed in the area. It was originally called DePriest Village. As the neighborhood coalesced, it took the name Capitol View because the United States Capitol building could be seen (albeit distantly) on its western skyline. The neighborhood

1520-450: Was one of the first public housing complexes in the city to accept both whites and blacks from its inception. The East Capitol Dwellings were the city's largest public housing development into the 2000s. But the East Capitol Dwellings were shoddily constructed, and problems with plumbing, HVAC , and poor maintenance plagued the 40-acre (0.16 km ) city-within-a-city until its demolition in 2003. The second major public housing complex

1560-516: Was open only to senior citizens, and suffered from extensive structural and design problems that caused the plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems to fail. Realizing that it had over-concentrated the poor in a small area, the city moved to support the construction of affordable townhouses in the Capitol View neighborhood. In September 1990, the Capitol View Townhomes project opened next to the East Capitol Dwellings. These townhouses were designed to accommodate mid-size and large families. Thirty-six of

1600-427: Was shot in the back and killed while attempting to rescue children at the East Capitol Dwellings caught in a crossfire between two groups of men arguing over a car. Another five men were gunned down in broad daylight in the neighborhood a few weeks after her death. The District of Columbia later unsuccessfully sued gun manufacturers and distributors for millions of dollars in damages on behalf of Foster-el and others in

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