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Shaw
is not a legal neighborhood but lies in the northern
section of the Old City neighborhood and in LeDroit. It is also
referred to as U Street Corridor, 14th and U, or Cardozo. In 2011, 108 single-family homes sold in Shaw and the U Street Corridor for an average sale price of $682,663. The average list price was $698,262. This represents a 23% decrease in the number of sales and a 4% increase in the average sale price from 2010. Homes were on the market in 2011 for an average of 55 days. Listed below are the number of sales of single-family homes by price range for the past six years. Be advised that since Shaw/U Street is not a legal subdivision of Washington, boundaries are estimates.
In 2011, 205 condo and coop units sold in Shaw and the U Street Corridor for an average sale price of $467,767 and an average list price of $473,883. This represents a 7% decrease in the number of sales and an 8% decrease in the average sale price from 2010. The condo and coop units were on the market for an average of 66 days. Listed below are the number of sales of condos and coops by price range for the past six years.
If you have questions on how 2011 sales prices compare to the last six years or would like detailed analysis for this or other neighborhoods, contact us at 202-965-3715 or info@hananhomes.com. Many of the elegant Victorian and other townhouses have been restored. Several buildings, including the Old Shaw Junior High School, have been converted while attempting to retain the neighborhood's character. There has also been new construction of small and midsize condominiums such as the Lincoln Condominiums, Harrison Square, and Ellington Plaza. Shaw is alive and has attracted new homeowners, developers, up-scale restaurants, and innumerable retailers. The Washington Post in 2005 reported that over the past few years more than 120 new businesses and about $500 million in new investments have found their way to the area. The neighborhood is also keeping its roots and remains famous for its jazz clubs, theaters, and nighttime entertainment. Still operating today are the Lincoln Theater which was built between 1921 and 1923 and the Howard Theater built in 1910. The Bohemian Caverns, another famous nightclub, was recently restored. A plethora of new clubs and restaurants providing jazz entertainment have opened in Shaw including Jojo, U-topia, HR-57, Twins Jazz, The Islander, and others. Several other renowned businesses have survived through the neighborhood's transitions, including Ben's Chili Bowl and Lee's Flower and Card Shop, both on U Street. History thrives in Shaw. The O Street Market, a landmark built in 1886, was reopened in 1980. Buildings designed by the famous black architect, John Lankford, including the Whitelaw Hotel and several churches, are located in Shaw. Other points of interest in the neighborhood are the African-American Civil War Memorial, the Duke Ellington Mural, the Center for the Preservation of Jazz and Blues, the Black Fashion Museum, and the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage. The neighborhood renewal led Washingtonian Magazine in 2005 to name the U Street Corridor as one of the top neighborhoods for singles, noting that trendy restaurants seem to open every month. The neighborhood is also attractive to families and is home to Garnet-Patterson Middle School and Cleveland Elementary School. The Academy of Learning through the Arts, a public charter school, opened fall 2005 in the U Street area. The Shaw branch of the Maya Angelou pubic charter high school is located on 9th Street. For everyone's convenience is the U Street/Cardozo Metro station. When Washington was formed in 1791, five men, including real estate developer Samuel Blodgett and Georgetown tobacco merchant Robert Peter, owned what is today's Shaw. It was used largely for farming and orchards. Not until the Civil War did the area realize any development. During the war years, the Union Army had an encampment in Shaw. By the end of the war, property owners, who were connected with the building trade or real estate concerns, began to subdivide their land. The Territorial Government's Board of Public Works spent funds in 1872 to grade and pave U, 11th, and 14th Streets and provided easy transport to areas north of downtown. It also planted shade trees and installed gas lamps, water mains, fire plugs, and sewers, and erected telegraph lines for telephones. The city's street cars arrived by 1887. Among the real estate speculators and developers in the area was Thomas Franklin Schneider, who constructed over 2,000 homes in Washington and built the entire 900 block of Westminister and T Streets. All classes and races of people moved into the area. A building boom occurred during the 1920s and 30s, but by the 1930s most middle-class whites moved to the newly available western sections of the city. As Shaw became predominantly black, black businesses and institutions began to flourish. After World War I, U Street was targeted for a white mob riot against blacks. Over 2,000 blacks gathered to protect their homes and the rioters stayed away. By the 1920s U Street became known for its theaters, nightclubs, jazz clubs, billiard halls, and restaurants. It attracted entertainers such as Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, Jelly Roll Morton, Ray Charles, opera singer Madame Evanti, and Duke Ellington. The latter two's families lived in Shaw. U Street became known as The Great Black Way, the Black Broadway, and the Blackman's Connecticut Avenue. With desegregation, many middle-class blacks moved from Shaw for the suburbs. Single-family homes were converted to multiple-family use thereby increasing the population density. By the early 1960s, Shaw was economically depressed. City planners met with the Model Inner City Community Organization led by Rev. Walter Fauntroy. In 1966 the borders of the Shaw Urban Renewal Area were established by the National Capital Planning Commission which used the attendance boundaries of Shaw Junior High School to designate the neighborhood of Shaw. The School and the neighborhood were named after Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the first black regiment in the Civil War. In 1999 the area became a local and National Register historic district.
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