the federal core, attracted middle-class government workers as well as members of congress and their staffers.“We thought we were urban pioneers,” recalled journalist Neal Peirce.“We were moving back to the center city and we were quite idealis- tic....We wanted to make Southwest a model....” The new Southwest housed Hubert H.Humphrey and Sandra Day O’Connor, among others.Some low-income former residents were able to return, but most were displaced,casting a shadow on the urban renewal ideal. In , ye a rs later, re s i dents of So ut hwe s t enjoy new community traditions as Arena Stage, Southeastern University,churches and schools anchor daily life. At the same time plans to rehabilitate the s era shopping mall/office complex and the waterfront promenade are well underway.
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