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Fast Facts: Shaw
January 18, 2017
- You can’t take the A train, but the Green or Yellow Line can get you to Shaw to visit legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington’s house.
- Shaw includes the area that earned the nickname “The Black Broadway” due to the Lincoln and Howard theaters and the acts they attracted.
- The United Negro College Fund's 50k SF HQ is at Shaw's Progression Place development, around the corner from Howard Theatre and on top of the Shaw/Howard University Metro stop.
- Population: 17,600 as of 2010
- Area: 0.73 square miles
- Median Household Income: $88,500
