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Door To Door: Parkfairfax, Va. And Southwest Waterfront

March 30, 2012
  
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Image of Joseph Owen Curtis who was born in 1915 and lived in Southwest most of his life. He was activist during the neighborhood's redevelopment in the 1950s.
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Image of Joseph Owen Curtis who was born in 1915 and lived in Southwest most of his life. He was activist during the neighborhood's redevelopment in the 1950s.

It's our weekly trip around the region. This week, we visit Virginia's Parkfairfax and D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront.

[Music: "No, Girl" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Rockville" by Jason Mendelson, from MetroSongs, Volume 3: Red Handed]

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