“The problems at Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street go back long before the killing of Bill Mitchell, or even the demographic changes now sweeping the neighborhood. They began in 1947, when the city demolished Truxton Circle and plowed the streets right on through, creating an open sore in the street grid and disrupting the protected feeling that you get from having properties ringing an interior space.”
Link to entire article below:
Bates Area Civic Association 
Thanks for posting this City Paper article here again a second time. 😉 Worth mentioning again.