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Article: The District's Overlooked 'Bull's-Eye'; Pleasant Plains Strives To Make a Name for Itself
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- The Washington Post
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- October 17, 2009
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District residents and community groups are working to get one
Northwest neighborhood some recognition -- because few people even
know it exists.
E. Gail Anderson Holness said her community of Pleasant Plains is
"the bull's-eye of D.C." Holness, who serves on the Advisory
Neighborhood Commission for Ward 1, moved to Pleasant Plains more
than two decades ago because of its proximity to Howard University.
She graduated from Howard's law school in 1981. "Some neighbors have
been here over 40 years," she said. "Their children grew up with
each other."
Defining Pleasant Plains is not an easy task. Its boundaries
shift depending on who is describing them. Real estate agents use
narrower ...