Sursum Corda is a small neighborhood located in Washington, D.C., Located in Northeast and Northwest. The neighborhood draws its name from the Sursum Corda Co-operative Apartments, a 199-unit low-income housing complex constructed in 1968. The area became a notorious open-air drug market plagued by violence and poverty in the 1980s. After …Sursum Corda is a small neighborhood located in Washington, D.C., Located in Northeast and Northwest. The neighborhood draws its name from the Sursum Corda Co-operative Apartments, a 199-unit low-income housing complex constructed in 1968. The area became a notorious open-air drug market plagued by violence and poverty in the 1980s. After a notorious 2004 murder in the neighborhood, demolition and complete renovation of the low-income housing in Sursum Corda was announced in 2007. Little of the redevelopment happened, although extensive demolition occurred.
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