What Will Become of a Vacant, Century-Old School in Ivy City?
Washington City Paper by Andrew Giambrone
In 1911, more than 25 years before the glassy Hecht Company Warehouse was built on New York Avenue NE, and exactly 100 years before Douglas Development purchased it to turn into chic apartments and yuppie-serving retail, the Alexander Crummell School opened its doors to the District’s African-American students.