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From Beyond Bread, Bread for the City's blog that focuses mostly on affordable housing in the District:

Anacostia History II
Excerpt:

Ms. Tate described the run-down buildings along Good Hope Rd., which once housed thriving businesses such as a five-and-dime store, two dress shops, and a hardware store. “Good Hope Rd. was built up, had more buildings; it was like coming into a little city, a little country town,” she said.

With Gentrification, Small Businesses Take the Hit
Excerpt:

This is not just the story of "giant Walmart kills the local mom and pop store" but also a story of how development in inner-city neighborhoods often pushes out local convenience stores and ethnic-specific retailers to make room for national chains.

And from the Wall Street Journal:

The End of White Flight
Excerpt:

Washington -- where African-Americans have been in the majority for a half-century -- has lost about 80,000 black residents between 1990 and 2006. Whites had been leaving, too, but recently they've started coming back.

photo of oldest building in Anacostia by DG-rad