The intersection of Eighth and H Sts., four days after the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, with the gutted Kay Jewelers on the right.
WOL owner Cathy Hughes on the air in the station’s H St. studio, 1994.
moved away for good . e Atla s eater held on for a few years, then closed. Although the H Street commercial corridor declined for decades, its heart — the surrounding, long-standing resi- dential community — remained strong. e 21st century has brought big changes as Greater H Street follows the city’s trend toward greater racial and economic diversity. In addition the opening of the Atlas Performing Arts Center in the old Atlas movie theater has signaled a revival, building evocatively on H Street’s strong past. Hub, Home, Heart is a bridge to carry you from that past to the present.
In 2005 workers pause while pouring concrete for the Lang Theatre, one of four in the new Atlas Performing Arts Center.
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