In the News
Names in the News — Community Heroes, Washington Post, 2/1/2007Tommy E. Barnes Jr. and Carlson Klapthor were named Heroes of the Year this month by the Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association. The Hero of the Year award recognizes those who have worked to improve the quality of life in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood.Honor Roles, Washington City Paper, 1/20/06
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School Without Walls' 1996 valedictorian Wai-Ying Chow graduated summa cum laude from George Washington University, worked at the National Institutes of Health, and is now back in school for her doctorate.
Wai-Ying Chow grew up in Mount Vernon Square.
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When the moon hits your eye like a big ... condo, Washington Business Journal, 9/30/05
The real estate developer's willing to give Vasaio, whose family has run AV Ristorante Italiano at the corner of Sixth Street and New York Avenue NW since 1949, "a crazy amount" of money for his three-story, Permastone-covered building and a few adjoining properties.
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In the Heart of the City, a Neighborhood That Cares, Washington Post, 5/20/04
On a typical weekend morning during the growing seasons, the time I spend gardening in the front yard doubles, thanks to the endless parade of people who stop to chat. A resident of a nearby homeless shelter comes by occasionally to ask for a rose. Neighbors and churchgoers comment on the progress of my garden.
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The Past Is Present, Washington Post, 3/13/03
This patch of land downtown between Seventh and Ninth streets, at the confluence of New York and Massachusetts avenues and K Street, set aside by Pierre L'Enfant and designated Mount Vernon Square, has long been overshadowed by some of Washington's more obvious attractions. But it is a place that pulses with history -- a place where dinosaurs roamed and troops marched, where great aspirations were born and power was boldly asserted. This is the story of that square.
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