D.c.’s Southwest Waterfront Is Reinventing Itself Again

Elizabeth Flock, Washington Post: Business
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 6:56pm

It’s a lazy, hazy Sunday afternoon on the Southwest waterfront, and only two sounds can be heard: Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and the splash of tiny waves against the houseboats at Gangplank Marina. A beaming couple come around the bend. They speak in a near whisper.

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