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Article: Working-Class Mount Rainier to Repair Image
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 9, 1991
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To passersby on Rhode Island Avenue, the small city of Mount
Rainier may not look like much.
Many of its storefronts have grown tattered with time and a
handful of others have been forced to close as the recession made
its way through the region. But to the 8,000 residents of this
working-class community, Mount Rainier is a place waiting to happen.
And the next few years could determine whether it does.
Within months, construction should begin on a new city hall. An
ordinance is being considered that would put a fresher architectural
look on some of its storefronts, and next year a new Metro stop is
slated to open in nearby Hyattsville that could give a strong boost
to what has been a ...