Gentrification surrounding the John Wesley AME Zion Church.

WASHINGTON, DC- MARCH 11 The 160 years-old John Wesley AME Zion Church is one of the few predominantly african-american churches that still exists downtown, despite the surrounding gentrifying neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2012 Photos for a story about what happens when a long-established black church finds itself in a middle of a "new," mostly white neighborhood. Just 10 years ago, the area around John Wesley AME Zion Church was downscale, with Union Mission across the street, boarded-up storefronts and lots of crime. Now it's at the center of the 14th Street boom, and most new residents and shoppers are white. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)