..Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six

Probably most people don't know much about Jane Jacobs (on left in photo), but she is very important for New Urbanists, an influenti...

Today, I read all of Jane Jacob's famous The Death and Life of Great American Cities . For many people who study cities, Jane Jacobs is...

Many families in Ward 6 and across the United States have adult family members (children, distant cousins, uncles, etc) and adult non-fami...

I just wanted to respond to a commenter on my previous post about the video " Struggling to Get Back ." I find the video’s nos...

The movie " Chocolate City " was about the resistance by Ward 6 residents living in Arthur Capper public housing to their forced ...

I noticed that Visitors' Services Center on 1422 Massachusetts Ave SE provides information about how to deposit money in inmates' ...

Arthur Capper public housing was open from 1958 to 2005 right across the freeway from Garfield Park in Ward 6. Who was Arthur Capper? A...