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West End Information
The West End is a small region of the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue to the south, P Street to the north, Rock Creek Park to the west, and 22nd Street to the east. The West End is so named because it was the westernmost part of the original Pierre L'Enfant plan for the city of Washington, before the annexation of Georgetown. It is home to the embassies of Qatar and Spain.
The West End has long been defined by the fact that it was not any of the
adjacent, more prominent neighborhoods: Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, and
Georgetown. Its prominent landmarks include a Ritz Carlton hotel and residences,
a few other upscale hotels, several large office buildings, and the West End
branch of the D.C. Public Library.
Historically, West End was a predominantly African-American community with brick
Victorian row houses and warehouses. In the 1950s and 1960s, real estate
developers bought up the row houses, demolished them, and built new office and
apartment buildings throughout the neighborhood.
The West End is currently a hotbed of development, with hundreds of new luxury
condominiums either under construction or in the planning phase. Controversy is
brewing over the last remaining "underdeveloped" parcel of land, known as Square
37. Bordered by 23rd Street, 24th Street, L Street, and an alleyway, this
anomaly, comprised of low-rise buildings from the 1920s to the 1960s, stands out
amid a sea of new high-rises. Square 37 is home to the Tiverton, believed to be
the last remaining rent-controlled apartment building in the West End. The
Tiverton tenants have gained some degree of local celebrity for successfully
battling developers to maintain the square as-is. Trader Joe's grocery store
opened in the neighborhood September 1st, 2006.
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