Assassination Of Martin Luther King

The Atlas District Dept: Behind the bustling Union Station, about a kilometre north of the government buildings, lies the H Street Corridor a.k.a. the Atlas District . It was once home to immigrants, Pullman porters, teachers and shop owners. From the 1930s, until the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968, it was the city s second busiest commercial district. Now, after a down-and-out few decades, H Street NE is roaring back, according to Globe and Mail. By day, the lunch-pail crowd still hangs out at Mason s barbershop and snacks on fried-fish sandwiches at Horace and Dickies, a carry-out joint more than 20 years old and scenes from Washington s happening H Street corridor Late at night, trustafarian white guys with skinny pants and gals sporting scarlet lipstick and vintage frocks pour in, queuing up at nightspots with such clever names as Jimmy Valentine s Lonely Hearts Club; the area s African-American partygoers head to the rooftop of Twelve, the coolest bo te on the strip. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.