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Howard University administrators, Amazon representatives and D.C. officials celebrated Friday the renovation of 80 apartments in a hulking brick building on the edge of campus, an effort they said aids the District’s push for affordable housing in a city with limited options for low-income families.

The building proposed for demolition has an interesting history in the health of D.C.'s Black population.

As Black History Month began on Feb. 1, Howard University—one of the most prominent Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)—jumpstarted a series of major campus development projects.