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Springtime means a neighborhood spruce up as residents and local volunteers sweep the sidewalk and plant saplings along Washington Boulevard, the main road through the neighborhood. The yearly event often coincides with many residents planting flowers in communal planters. Meanwhile, workers continue a rehab project on a rowhome. Many rowhomes in the area have been rehabbed and construction of new homes has been underway in sections where existing structures had been demolished after years of neglect and abandonment