Donald Campbell Media
A dedicated media section for articles, videos, and the public record tied directly to Donald Campbell and the store.
Open section →Store history, GO-GO memory, media, and app access
Central Communications at 7th & Florida
Store history, Donald Campbell, GO-GO memory, purchasing music, and the public story around the corner in Washington, DC.
1915 7TH STREET NW•DONALD CAMPBELL•GO-GO STORE•#DONTMUTEDC•GROUNDZER0 APP
Main site sections
This build keeps the live app on 8080 and adds the new media, blog, privacy, and resource sections inside one Spring Boot codebase.
Store Blog
Blog pages focused on Central Communications, the GO-GO store, TheCrankCorner.com, T-Mobile in the rear, and purchasing GO-GO CDs.
Open section →GroundZer0 App
A page built around the live app listing and its role in keeping the music and archive visible.
Open section →Story panels
These panels keep the store, the public story, and the music archive visible.
Storefront
The store at the corner
Central Communications is presented as a place where telecom, GO-GO culture, neighborhood traffic, and memory all meet at one address.
Donald Campbell
The public story around the music
Donald Campbell and the music outside the store became part of a wider city conversation about GO-GO, local identity, and neighborhood change.
#DontMuteDC
The corner became a citywide symbol
When the speakers were challenged, the store became one of the clearest public symbols in the #DontMuteDC movement.
GroundZer0
The app keeps the music moving
The GroundZer0 app adds a mobile layer to the archive story by connecting the site to streaming and listening on the phone.
Location marker note
Howard Theater and Howard University
These names are used on the site as easy location markers for visitors who know the area. They help place the store in a known DC corridor without replacing the real address.
Store-specific public sources
Only store-specific sources in this build
Shaw’s Metro PCS Store Has Been Forced To Turn Off Its Go-Go Music, Owner SaysDCist
Direct report on Donald Campbell, the MetroPCS/Central Communications storefront at 7th and Florida, the pressure to stop the music, and how the corner functioned as a GO-GO landmark.
D.C. Music - Don’t Mute D.C.Smithsonian Folklife FestivalSmithsonian summary of Donald Campbell, Central Communications/Metro PCS, the speakers outside the store since 1995, and the way the site became part of the #DontMuteDC story.
‘Go-Go Is Not Noise’: Fans Fight To Save The Music In The Heart Of ShawWAMUPublic coverage centered on Donald Campbell, the store, and why the GO-GO sound at the corner mattered to the neighborhood.
#DontMuteDC Movement Coalesces Around Famous MetroPCS StoreWashington InformerReport focused on Donald Campbell’s store, the legal pressure around the speakers, and the citywide response that grew around the location.
D.C. Unveils Go-Go Mural At The Apartment Building Where #DontMuteDC BeganWAMULater public coverage that still points back to the MetroPCS store at 7th and Florida and Donald Campbell’s long-running speakers.
Donald Campbell ArchivesWashington InformerArchive page collecting Donald Campbell coverage tied to the store and the #DontMuteDC movement.
GOGO Music GroundZer0App StoreApp listing connected to the GroundZer0 music archive and streaming presence tied to the Central Communications story.