Five years ago, I moved to the Washington, D.C., that is. Gentrification (likely) isn’t over, I imagine that more neighborhoods will transition, the cost of living will continue to rise, long-time residents will continue to be pushed out, but the D.C. I moved to is broadly the D.C. I know today. The city was very different as recently as ten years ago, but boy howdy has it changed since the 1990s. S Street Rising is the memoir of journalist Ruben Castaneda. In it, he details […]
A true story from right here at home
S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C. by Ruben Castaneda