Spring Valley, Washington, D.C.
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Spring Valley is an exclusive neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., known for its exquisite homes and magnificent tree-lined streets.
The neighborhood houses the main campus of American University at 4400 Massachusetts Avenue. Nebraska Avenue and Loughboro Road are to its south, Dalecarlia Parkway is to its west, and Massachusetts Avenue is to its northeast. Paradoxically, the neighborhood to the west is called American University Park, even though the bulk of the main campus is located in Spring Valley.
Spring Valley's residents include notable media personalities, lawyers, politicians, corporate officers, and elite members of Washington society. Richard M. Nixon lived in Spring Valley before becoming President. Several embassy residences are located in the area, such as the ambassador's houses of South Korea, Bahrain, Qatar, and Yemen.
Not only did Nixon live in Spring Valley before his White House tenure, but so did his immediate predecessor, Lyndon Baines Johnson, before becoming both President and Vice President under John F. Kennedy, while he was Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
[edit] Chemical munitions discovery
In January 1993, a contractor digging a utility trench in the Spring Valley area unearthed World War I munitions left there from when it was used as a chemical weapons testing ground. The munitions were discovered in pits located on the Korean Ambassador property, near American University. Additional pits were found on an adjacent residential property. The excavations at the Ambassador property are now completed, and contaminated soil has been removed from the Child Development Center play area at American University. Work is still in progress on the adjacent property. Other properties are also being investigated for possible related contamination.
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[edit] External links
- The Bulletin article on The chemical mutitions find.
- The Washingtonian Online article on the chemical mutitions find.
- EPA webpage about article regarding the chemical mutitions find.
