U street
  

For the WashingtonPost Magazine. Man stands at the corner of U and 13th Street.
For the WashingtonPost Magazine. Ben’s Chili Bowl employee shares a moment with the customers of the landmark restaurant on U street. “Washington at Night” photo book project, 2004.
For the WashingtonPost Magazine. Homeless and HIV positive “Preacher Man” lives on the street in front of the Howard Theater.
For the WashingtonPost Magazine. Members of the El-Funoun Palestinian dance troupe perform live on stage of the historic Lincoln Theater on U street in Washington, DC as part of the troupe’s US 2005 tour.  
For the WashingtonPost Magazine. Shannon McCormack and his wife Shannon are frequent customers of the Mocha Hut café on U Street. They have the same first and last names.
For the WashingtonPost Magazine. Construction worker is helping to control the direction during the crane lift of a heavy Metro station’s roof section. Metro station on U street across from the historic Lincoln Theater is getting a signature modern steel-and-glass look just like the other stations across the city. “We’ll make it more beautiful, than the Paris Metro” proudly said one of the construction workers.

This is a set of photographs about the U street neighborhood in Washington, DC.

For the Washington Post Magazine


 
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