Spring Valley, Washington, D.C.

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Map of Washington, D.C., with Spring Valley in red.

Spring Valley is an exclusive neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., known for its exquisite homes and mammoth tree-lined streets.

The neighborhood is situated west of American University's main campus on Massachusetts Avenue. Nebraska Avenue and Loughboro Road are to its south, Dalecarla Avenue is to its west, and Massachusetts Avenue is to its northeast.

Spring Valley's inhabitants include lawyers, politicians, corporate officers, and elite members of Washington society. At one time or another Spring Valley's residents included Richard M. Nixon, prior to his becoming President, and Bobby Baker, an aide to then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Several embassy residences are located in the area, such as the ambassador's houses of South Korea, Bahrain, Qatar and Yemen.

The neighborhood is known as particularly safe, with police reporting a zero percent crime rate over the past 5 years.

[edit] Chemical Munitions Discovery

In January 1993, a contractor digging a utility trench unearthed World War I munitions in the Spring Valley area. The munitions were discovered in pits located on the Korean Ambassador property, near American University. Additional pits were also found on an adjacent residential property. The excavation at the Ambassador property are now completed, and contaminated soil has been removed from the Child Development Center play area at American University. Work is still in progress on the adjacent property.