U Street

neighborhood, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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In Washington, D.C.: Adams-Morgan and beyond
…Adams-Morgan are the Shaw and U Street neighbourhoods, once known as “Black Broadway” and where Duke Ellington grew up and first played jazz. Farther east, LeDroit Park is the home of Howard University. LeDroit Park developed as a wealthy all-white enclave enclosed by a fence that was torn down by…
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