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U Street Corridor Information
The U Street Corridor is an historically black commercial strip in
Washington, D.C. The corridor extends along U Street, N.W., and is bounded
approximately by 9th Street on the east and by 18th Street and Florida Avenue on
the west. This corridor became commercially significant when a streetcar line
operated there in the early 20th century. A part of the larger Shaw
neighborhood, it has long been a center of Washington's music scene with a
variety of clubs including many historic jazz venues. In its cultural heyday it
was known as "Black Broadway." Duke Ellington's childhood home was nearby on the
1200 block of T Street.
The U Street Corridor became a blighted area after the 1968 riots.
Gentrification began in the mid-1980s, prompted by spillover development from
then-trendy Adams Morgan and later from Logan Circle. Mayor Marion Barry sought
to hasten the renewal of the corridor by locating a major municipal building,
the Reeves Center, at 14th and U. In 1998, the African American Civil War
Memorial was unveiled on U Street at the intersection with Vermont Avenue. As of
2005, the U Street corridor is known for restaurants, nightlife such as the
nightclub Republic Gardens and eclectic stores.