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- UST_100509_27.JPG: "Give Me A Vote!" sculpture by Decoy and Peter Krsko.
Artist Giving DC A Hand At Voting
Updated: Thursday, 15 Apr 2010, 12:13 AM EDT
By WISDOM MARTIN/myfoxdc
WASHINGTON - Artist Peter Krsko came from Eastern Europe to Washington D.C. in the late 1990s. He says he was excited because D.C.'s political system was a lot different.
"We were encouraged to vote for one kind of party. So there were voting rights but you didn't really have a choice," said Krsko.
But he was also stunned when he found out people in the District could not vote.
"I don't understand. This is the capital of this country and people are not allowed to vote," said Krsko.
So now through his artwork, Krsko plans to give the District a hand. 100 sculptured fiberglass hands in three different sizes will soon be seen all over the city.
"Hopefully it's going to sprout into something that will lead to voting rights in D.C," said Krsko.
The hands are part of a campaign called "Give me a vote." The voting arm represents hope and a chance for people in D.C. to participate in the political process.
"These particular hands are made out of insulation foam, carved with a chainsaw, regular knives, covered with durable coding, plaster and poxi, then painted," said Krsko.
The sculptures will start showing up next week. It is perfect timing. Congressional leaders plan to revive the D.C. Voting Rights bill on the House floor as early as next week.
"We have to be very optimistic about the cause. I don't think any cause is a lost cause as long as people really believe in it," said Krsko.
The above is from http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/artist-giving-dc-a-hand-at-voting-041410
- UST_100620_05.JPG: City Within a City: Greater U Street Heritage Trail:
Stop #7: Like a Village
Tenth and R Streets NW
Churches have deep roots in the life of this historic African American community. A number of the congregations in the immediate area, including the Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ on this corner and Vermont Avenue Baptist Church nearby, date back to the Civil War. At the time, Union soldiers at Camp Barker at 13th and R Streets and at the Wisewell Barracks at Seventh and P Streets offered protection and assistance for freedmen fleeing the south.
These churches are a fraction of the religious institutions to be found everywhere in this neighborhood -- in storefronts, in grand buildings with nineteenth-century towers and spires, and in modern structures. In addition to serving as places of worship, they have been and continue to be centers of community activity.
They have been filled with music, not only by church choirs, but by such internationally known artists as Leontyne Price and Roland Hayes. The ministers and members of neighborhood churches have also always been in the forefront of the struggle for equal rights. Strategy meetings, lectures, and rallies have most often found a base of operations in church basements and Sunday School rooms.
The families of the neighborhood developed deep ties, sometimes for generations, with other families in these churches, and there was much visiting back and forth between the congregations. These relationships were further repeated and deepened in the schools. One old-timer put it this way -- "It was like a village."
- UST_100703_030.JPG: The 930 Club is on the left
- UST_100703_129.JPG: Part of the building's falling apart
- Wikipedia Description: U Street Corridor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The U Street Corridor is a collection of shops, restaurants, nightclubs, galleries and residences along a nine-block stretch of U Street in northwest Washington, D.C. It extends from 9th Street on the east to 18th Street and Florida Avenue on the west. Most of this area is part of the larger Shaw neighborhood with the western end entering the Dupont Circle neighborhood. It is served by the U Street Metro Station.
History:
Founding and early history:
The U Street area is largely a Victorian-era neighborhood, developed between 1862 and 1900, the majority of which has been designated as a historic district. The area is made up of row houses constructed rapidly by speculative builders and real estate developers in response to the city's high demand for housing following the Civil War and the growth of the Federal government in the late 19th century. The corridor became commercially significant when a streetcar line operated there in the early 20th century, making it convenient for the first time for government employees to commute downtown to work and shop.
The 1960s:
While the area remained a cultural center for the African American community through the 1960s, the neighborhood began to decline after racially restrictive real estate covenants were removed by the Shelley v. Kraemer Supreme Court decision of 1948, allowing African Americans access to housing throughout the area. Following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, the intersection of 14th Street and U Street was the epicenter of violent and destructive riots by African-American residents. Following the riots, and the subsequent white flight of residents and businesses from the area, the corridor became blighted. Drug trafficking rose dramatically in the mid-sixties and for many years the intersection of 14th and U Streets was the center of drug trafficking in Washington, DC. At times, hundreds of addicts would fill the streets in a carnival-like atmosphere, waiting for drug shipments to arrive.
The 1990s and beyond:
Gentrification began in the 1990s, following development in Adams Morgan and later Logan Circle. More than 2,000 luxury condominiums and apartments were constructed between 1997 and 2007.
Music and culture:
U Street has long been a center of Washington's music scene with the Lincoln Theatre, Howard Theatre, Bohemian Caverns, and other clubs and historic jazz venues. While always racially diverse, the area was predominately white and middle class until 1900. As Washington became progressively more segregated, the neighborhood emerged as a fashionable neighborhood for Washington's African-American residents. U Street became the city's most important concentration of businesses and entertainment facilities owned and operated by blacks, while the surrounding neighborhood became home to many of the city's most prominent African Americans. Until the 1920s, when it was overtaken by Harlem, the U Street area was home to the largest urban African American community in the United States. In its cultural heyday, it was known as "Black Broadway", a phrase coined by singer Pearl Bailey. Duke Ellington's childhood home was located on 13th street between T and S street. The Lincoln Theater opened in 1921, and Howard Theater in 1926.
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