Walter Washington honored with own D.C. block

Walter E. Washington is more than the District’s last appointed mayor and first elected chief executive, a LeDroit Park resident and devoted voting rights advocate. As of Tuesday, he’s also the namesake of two city streets.

Mayor Anthony Williams, former Mayor Sharon Pratt and a long list of local and federal dignitaries gathered in front of Washington’s T Street Northwest home to ceremonially rename the 400 block in his honor — “Home of Walter Washington Way.” Washington died in 2003 at age 87, though his widow, Mary Burke Washington, still lives in the stately brick home.