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posted by Mari @ 17.8.08
History, me complaining, history, stuff about the immediate hood (Truxton Circle) and the surrounding neighborhood (Shaw), gentrification, demographics, and some more history.
In Shaw (now with more gentrification) is about the changes going on in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. Mainly the eastern section of the neighborhood that is still "transitional". Topics range from horrid community meetings, to culture clashes, to remodeling and the unromantic view of living in an old house. This Old House, bite me! Please note that this is a personal blog and does not represent anyone else's opinion except my own, not my employer, not my universities, not that of my family, church, friends or neighbors. Just me, so I retain the right to post or not to post any irresponsible tripe that comes into my head.
Posts Pondering Gentrification
Entries On Joys of Homeowning and Home Repair
Urban growth and compost
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4 Comments:
I think that Sunday coffee is a very good mayoral activity.
Actually this is DC. If it doesn't include smoking crack, I think it is good activity.
And I miss DC's folks- the Chicago mayor for life is much scarier.
-Norabombay
I had a great encounter with Fenty when he walked in the door at Big Bear. He was walking over to the line and in passing we had an exchange that I'd expect to have with any other Big Bear patron. He looked at me, extended his hand and said, "hey, I'm Adrian". We had a quick good chat about the latest scandal around the funding for the summer jobs program and he was really willing to talk about it. Then he went off and had a cup of coffee outside.
I have to say, I'm sure Fenty is a great guy and does this kind of thing everywhere, but there was something about his attitude inside of Big Bear that kind of felt like he was just another hard working neighbor coming into get coffee and talk about making this city a better place. I'm good with that, really good with that. There's still a lot of work to do though...good luck Adrian.
Great Work Fenty! Keep it up and we love seeing you in Shaw.
Nora's comment said it all!
Jack
Big Bear
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