sentences:  It is a vibrant commercial corridor, and acts as the focus of commercial life in the area.Singer Marvin Gaye lived in the East Capitol Dwellings in the Capitol View neighborhood from about 1953 to 1962.
  
  Notable public landmarks include the Marion P. Shadd Elementary School, which was constructed in 1954.It closed in 2007, and a public charter school, the Community College Preparatory Academy, opened in the structure.