National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis talks about the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives in a new NPS video. Director Jarvis visited the Atlas Theater in Washington, DC, to highlight how the incentives revitalize abandoned and deteriorated buildings and spark economic opportunity in communities. The Streamline Deco-style theater is located in the area of the city that was heavily damaged during the riots that erupted after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968. The theater's patronage declined after the riot. A $22 million rehabilitation has returned the theater to life as a performing arts center. The theater's rehabilitation was the key to turning around the "H Street Corridor," a community revitalization that is so successful that city residents now refer to the area as the "Atlas District."

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