Harry Jaffe: D.C.’s ‘Living Downtown’ comes alive

Published February 28, 2010 5:00am ET



Nearly 20 years ago, Charles Docter scrapped the commute. Tired of driving from the Maryland suburbs to his downtown law offices, he moved to the first new condominiums going up along Pennsylvania Avenue between Capitol Hill and the White House. He was a pioneer in what we now call Penn Quarter.

Has his neighborhood changed much?

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