DCNHT: H Street Guide

Welcome.

In 2005 the Atlas Performing Arts Center opened in a renovated Atlas movie theater. Restaurants and clubs followed, and a new chapter began for the long-neglected H Street, NE, commercial corridor. What stories do these old brick storefronts hold? Follow Hub, Home, Heart: Greater H Street, NE Heritage Trail to meet the entrepreneurial families who lived and ran businesses here. Along the way, learn how the neighborhood became an important transportation hub and a bustling, working-class community. is k eepsake guide summarizes the 18 signs of the city’s 1 3th O cial Walking Tour.

Tom Collins, left, grandfather of local TV personality Pat Collins, was an engineer for the Capitol Limited train that ran between Washington and Chicago. Collection of Pat Collins

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