silent film house and ran until the theater underwent renovations in 2003. The Avalon thereafter reopened as a non-profit movie theater. The area's parks include Rock Creek Park, Lafayette Park, and Livingston Park. Electoral boundaries redrawn Until 2002, the entire neighborhood was located in Ward 3. After the 2000 census revealed an increase in population in Ward 3 and a decrease in population in Ward 4, the Council of the District of Columbia voted to reassign the portion of the neighborhood east of Broad Branch Road to Ward 4 as of January 1, 2002. Many residents were quite upset at the decision. The Chevy Chase Civic Association sued to prevent the redistricting on the grounds that it would reduce African American voting strength in Ward 3 and would result in unconstitutional and racially motivated gerrymandering. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the redistricting, as did the U.S. Court of Appeals. Following the redistricting, the neighborhood's Advisory Neighborhood Commission was called 3/4G. Education District of Columbia Public Schools operates public schools, including Lafayette Elementary, Alice Deal Junior High School, and Woodrow Wilson High School (actually located in Tenleytown). Private schools in Chevy Chase D.C. include St. John's College High School, a private, co-educational Catholic high school; and Blessed Sacrament School, a Catholic elementary school that enrolls some non-parishioners and non-Catholics. The District of Columbia Public Library operates the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library. References External links 1890 establishments in Washington, D.C. Neighborhoods in Northwest (Washington, D.C.)