[font=Verdana]For more than five years, the people of Tenleytown fought the tower.[/font]

[font=Verdana]They prodded the District to block it when it was partially built, but for the next half-decade it loomed over the shops and restaurants along [/font][font=Verdana]Wisconsin Avenue NW[/font][font=Verdana] -- a 281-foot steel eyesore.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Yesterday, the people of Tenleytown won the battle.[/font]

[font=Verdana]In a legal settlement applauded by residents, the District has agreed to pay American Tower Inc. $350,000 to demolish the hulking structure.[/font]

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