Riotous Then and Now: Seventh and N

HistoryHistoryBy Kent Boese (Guest Contributor) April 30, 2010

Historic image (left) from Library of Congress. Photo by Warren K. Leffler.

The early part of this month marked the 42nd anniversary of the 1968 riots here in the city. As such, I think its only fitting to close the month out with an image taken on April 8, 1968, showing the aftermath of a section of Seventh Street. Many areas that were hard hit resulted in large tracts of empty land. Some of these tracts later became housing developments such as the southwest corner of Seventh and N Streets, NW.