A morning roundup of news, opinion, and links from City Paper and around the District. Send tips and ideas to citydesk@washingtoncitypaper.com.
Miss Pixie’s furniture store on 14th Street is part estate sale, part installation art project. It’s also one of many independent D.C. retailers struggling to stay open. A combination of high rents, an infusion of chain stores, and a swayed consumer base that would rather shop at Amazon are all contributing to a retail squeeze-out. As one store owner says, “Lots of people stand in the store and look on their phones on Amazon. They don’t understand that it’s a gut punch for me.“
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:
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D.C. records 10.5 percent fewer homeless than last year, while the city’s housing programs for the poor are in great turmoil. [WCP]
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Hundreds gathered for an impromptu protest outside the White House. [Post]
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The Caps are out. [Post]
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Today’s showers are light compared to rain expected Friday and Saturday. [Post]
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See a dead bird on the sidewalk? The building above may have killed it. [WTOP]
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New lawsuit claims Howard U failed students reporting sex assaults. [FOX5]
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Thieves steal parking permits out of cars in Southwest. [WTOP]
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Young man pours lighter fluid on his girlfriend and tries to set her on fire. [Post]
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A man died of gunshot wounds in Northeast last night. [Post]
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Family of Ayana McAllister, killed while home from college, waits for clues to her unsolved murder and organizes a scholarship in her name. [WUSA9]
RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:
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Enjoy a waterfall and firepits on the rooftop: at an opulent new Shaw building.
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Median rare: The average price for a (non-chain store) burger in D.C. is $13.75.
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NHL playoffs: The grinding, soul-deadening, torturous losses are too much to bear.
LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Jeffrey Anderson(tips? jeff.anderson@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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AGKarl Racine weighs his options for possible probe into the Brandon Todd campaign. [WCP]
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Plucked: Bowserpulls controversial chicken ban/cat licensing bill. [WAMU]
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Meet a Deputy AG: Rod Rosenstein rises to prominence. [WUSA9]
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How community activists shake down developers. [Barras Report]
ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen(tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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This weekend, Union Market becomes a stage for BalletX dancers. [Express]
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Watch a live performance of Den-Mate’s “Just So You Know.” [DC Music Download]
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How the Keegan Theatre, and its in-house theatre company Constellation, have built a unique reputation in D.C.’s theater scene. [Post]
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Bye Bye BET: Pioneering network is bailing out of D.C. [Times]
YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Laura Hayes (tips? lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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Trump’s team calls Cork Wine Bar lawsuit a “wild publicity stunt.” [Washingtonian]
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Also, Cork Wine Bar is combining businesses with its market. [WBJ]
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Meanwhile, people are making Trump likenesses out of food. [Eater]
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Peregrine Espresso opening a roastery in Northeast D.C. [Post]
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Could New York’s Katz’s Deli be headed to D.C.? [WTOP]
HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Andrew Giambrone (tips? agiambrone@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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Raw sewage: What tenants of landlord Sanford Capital have to deal with. [WCP]
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D.C. makes investments in affordable units at the Yards, near Nats Park. [Post]
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Department of Housing and Community Development director on Kojo. [WAMU]
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Bowser administration issues memo on lost federal housing funding. [DMPED]
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Affordable development planned for Strand Theater site in Ward 7. [UrbanTurf]
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Hop-back (that is, rear property extension) proposed for Petworth. [UrbanTurf]
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Joe Biden’s son Hunter is selling his D.C. home for about $2 million. [UrbanTurf]
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Woodley Park condo in Wardman Tower sells for a whopping $8.4 million. [WBJ]
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“Eatertainment” incorporated into Half Street SE project near Nats Park. [WBJ]
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Crunching the numbers on affordable units at Brookland Manor project. [GGW]
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15th Street NW bike lane near White House could get improvements. [GGW]
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More on the “missing middle” echelon of housing types in the District. [GGW]
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