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Title: Marvin Kirby
Description: In this interview, Marvin Kirby talks about his neighbors and memories of living in the Fort Totten community, and the changes gentrification has brought to the neighborhood., Marvin Kirby was born in Washington, DC at Gallinger Hospital, now known as DC General. He grew up in the Harvard Street Northwest area. In 1964, he moved with his wife and children to the Fort Totten neighborhood. He attended Bruce Elementary School, Banneker Junior High School, and Cardozo High School. He served two years in the Army and then attended Cortez Peters Business School. He worked for the federal government for several years.

Title: Michael Stanley
Description: In this interview, Michael Stanley discusses growing up in Fort Totten in the 1950s. He talks about the close-knit nature of the Fort Totten community and the long-lasting friendships that formed among neighborhood children. He then reflects on his life as a teenager and favorite clothing styles, and participating in the Cadet Core in high school. He reflects on the uniqueness of living in Fort Totten and how it has evolved., Michael Stanley is a native Washingtonian born at Georgetown Hospital where his mother worked. He lived with his family on Savannah Terrace in Southeast Washington until they moved to the Fort Totten neighborhood in approximately 1955 when he was six years old. He attended Keene Elementary School until the sixth grade, then MacFarland for seventh grade and part of eighth grade. Halfway through his eighth-grade year Bertie Backus was opened and he attended there the remainder of eighth grade and ninth grade. He was in the first graduating class of Bertie Backus. He attended high school at Roosevelt. After graduating from high school, he got a job and was later drafted into the Army where he served for two years and nine months. After that he attended college at UDC where he majored in business management.

Title: Phillip Purvis
Description: In this interview, Phillip Purvis recounts growing up in Fort Totten with friends and family, and remembering past businesses that he frequented. He recalls the beginning of gentrification and areas of the city like Barry Farms, East Gate, and Simple City., Phillip Purvis was born in 1955 in Northwest Washington. He grew up in Fort Totten, before moving to Woodridge in 1969. Following high school, he struggled with addiction and homelessness.

Title: City Paper, July 01, 1988
Description: The Washington City Paper is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. This edition features 'Loose Lips', a column focusing on local and national political gossip; the 'The District Lines' column featuring soon-to-open American City Dinner at Chevy Chase Circle and the troubled DC mail-in parking ticket program; columns 'District Building', 'News of the Weird', and 'News Bites', a scoop of newsworthy events; 'The Straight Dope' column by Cecil Adams; Sue Mullin’s article about the return of cornrow style hair braiding; Joel E. Siegal review of Dennis Hopper: From Method to Madness; Mark Jenkins’ review of Wings of Desire directed by Wim Wenders; Mark Jenkins’ music column; the 'Club Land' column covering news from the local music scene; Bob Mondello’s theatre review of Aunt Dan and Lemon directed by Howard Shalwitz and Harlem Suite directed and choreographed by Maurice Hines; letters to the editor; the 'City Lights' calendar of upcoming cultural events; comic strips by William L. Brown (President Bill), Matt Groening (Life in Hell), Lynda Barry, C. Burns (Big Baby), Patty Andrews, The Mad Peck, Robert A. Hull, and Big Al Pavlow (Tales from the Bogusphere), Mark Newgarden, and P.S. Mueller; Don Rubin’s puzzle contest; a photograph by Darrow Montgomery; advertisements for various services; and classified ads., Volume 08, Number 26

Title: Washington City Paper, July 17, 1992
Description: The Washington City Paper is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This edition features an article by Weston Kosova on evangelical Christian cartoonist Dick Hafer; John Hammill on the hairstyles of local hipsters; a Greg Kitsock profile of underwater photographer Greg Marshall; Adrian Havill on Jack Kent Cooke's negotiations over a new football stadium in Alexandria, VA; Alona Wartofsky on Capital Management's new ZEI nightclub; William L. Brown's 'President Bill' cartoon; an illustration by Shawn Belschwender; photos by Darrow Montgomery and Charles Steck; film, book, theater, art, and music reviews; sports news; a column focusing on local and national political gossip called 'Loose Lips'; a 'City Lights' calendar of upcoming cultural events; 'News of the Weird'; 'The Straight Dope'; advertisements for various services; syndicated comics including 'Refrigerator Johnny', 'Life in Hell', and 'Steven'; and classified ads., Volume 12, Number 29

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