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Clip: Season 2006 | 2m 2s
Named for Alexander "Boss" Shepherd, Shepherd Park remained a rural neighborhood well into the 19th century. WETA uncovers the events that transformed forests and farmlands into the urban neighborhood that is today's Shepherd Park.
Aired: 05/31/06
Video has closed captioning.
Shepherd Park History
WETA examines the transformation of Adams Morgan from farmland to urban hot spot.
WETA explores how Adams Morgan became the center of the Latino community in the District.
The community garden in Glover Park is one of the few "victory garden" sites still in use.
Carlton Fletcher paints images of Glover Park with both his brushes and words.
Established during Prohibition, Pearson's Wine & Spirits remains a D.C. fixture today.
The Glover Park co-ed softball league is the city's only independent neighborhood league.
In the late 1950s, Shepherd Park residents formed Neighbors, Inc. to promote integration.
WETA visits the bustling Maine Avenue Fish Wharf, a D.C. institution for over 200 years.
Tour the oldest row houses in D.C. and a waterfront area on the brink of redevelopment.
