Takoma, Washington, D.C.

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name =Takoma Park Historic District
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location =Roughly bounded by DC/MD boundary, 7th Street, Piney Branch Road, Aspen Street, and Fern Street.
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lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 30
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 13
long_direction = W
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added = June 30, 1983
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Takoma (or Takoma Park) is a neighborhood in northern Washington, D.C.. It is located in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B, in the District's Fourth Ward, within the northwest quadrant. Takoma and the rest of Ward 4 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia by Muriel Bowser.

Takoma is bounded by Georgia Avenue to the west, somewhere between Tuckerman and Aspen Streets to the south, and Eastern Avenue to the northeast. Along Eastern Avenue, the boundary of the District of Columbia, the neighborhood borders the city of Takoma Park, Maryland, with which it shares its origins.

Takoma is a diverse neighborhood, populated mostly by middle class families. Many of the houses in the area are historic, with some over 100 years old.

The Takoma Theater, built in 1924, is located in the neighborhood.Meno, Mike. [http://www.gazette.net/stories/071608/takonew200357_32368.shtml Grants offer hope for Takoma Theatre renewal] . "Maryland Gazette". 2008-07-16.] Takoma Theatre Conservancy, a nonprofit preservation group, is raising money to buy and refurbish the theater. The District of Columbia awarded a grant to the group to study how the theater would affect the residential neighborhood and how it should operate the theater if it reopened.

External links

* [http://safetakoma.org/ Safe Takoma]
* [http://TakomaDC.info Takoma.info]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TakomaDC/ Online discussion group]
* [http://www.takomatheatredc.org/ Takoma Theatre Conservancy]