WAMU Features Mt. Pleasant’s Woodner — and How It and the Neighborhood has Changed over the Years

A view of the Woodner through the center of a round patio and staircase in the back of the building.
Tyrone Turner / WAMU
This morning I awoke to hear this WAMU feature on Mt. Pleasant’s Woodner Apartment building and its history. I found it to be an interesting history on how life in the building, and the surrounding Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights neighborhoods, have changed over the years. The article touches upon segregation, gentrification, and the impacts that change has on a neighborhood.
While the focus of the feature is on the Woodner and Mt. Pleasant, I find that the story is relevant to all Ward 1 neighborhoods and well worth the listen.
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