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Article: Hope Stirs In Fort Lincoln; Growth, New Neighbor Inspire Pocket of D.C. to Believe in Change
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- The Washington Post
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- April 30, 2007
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On a warm spring night, only a gentle breeze passed through the
empty baseball diamonds and tennis courts at Fort Lincoln Park.
Atop a ridge that offers some of the best views in the city, just
steps from a new row of half-million-dollar townhouses, shattered
lights kept the park in the dark. Drug paraphernalia, malt-liquor
cans and condoms littered the field.
"This place is beautiful and atrocious at the same time," said
Mark Williams, who has lived in the mostly sedate pocket of
Northeast Washington all his life.
But change is coming to Fort Lincoln. There are newcomers filling
homes as soon as the paint dries and plans for a shopping center to
be anchored by a Costco. And there is one ...