Spring Valley, Washington, D.C.
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Spring Valley is an upper class neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. The neighborhood is situated west from American University's main campus on Massachusetts Avenue.
Spring Valley's inhabitants include lawyers, politicians and corporate officers. Several embassy residences are located in the area, such as the ambassador's houses of South Korea, Bahrain, Qatar and Yemen.
The neighborhood is known as particularly safe, with police reporting a zero percent crime rate over the past 5 years.
Chemical Munitions Discovery
In January 1993, a contractor digging a utility trench unearthed World War I munitions in the Spring Valley area. The munitions were discovered in pits located on the Korean Ambassador property, near American University. Additional pits were also found on an adjacent residential property. The excavation 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.
See also
External links
- [The Bulletin article on scandal.]
- [The Washingtonian Online article on the scandal.]
- [EPA webpage about the site.]
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