New Columbia Heights seems to enjoy the opening up of a liquor store at Sherman and Fairmont, writing “it’s convenient for folks in that area.” This is just interesting. Liquor stores in gentrifying neighborhoods—as well as wine store openings—-are accepted, draw excitement even. In other areas, say areas still struggling to get more than one sit-down restaurant, they are a blight. See Congress Heights on the Rise‘s completely different take on liquor stores.
Frozen Tropics draws some heated debate/angst over the candlelight vigil for Trey Joyner held this past weekend. Joyner was recently shot and killed by U.S. Park Police. The vigil was held at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Among the comments:
“What a crock. I’m sorry but candle-light vigils should be reserved for true tragedies – those wherein actual innocents are caught in the crossfire of violence that people like Trey have inflicted upon our neighborhood.”
And this:
“As of 10 pm, the “vigil” is now a go-go party. There are about 75 people (that can be seen from my angle anyway— there could be even more out of my eyesite) hanging out in the alley with a live band with a LOUD drum set. I fail to see how this honors anyone’s death. It is just disrespectful to the families in the neighborhood.”
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space opens up a discussion calling for stricter demolition rules: “What the problem is that there aren’t adequate remedies in DC law, other than designation as a landmark, or existence of a historic district, to prevent demolition.” Don’t just read the quote. This is a must-read blog post.
And Now, Anacostia has some sweet pictures of a corner home renovation. The house looks like something out of Disney.
The New Teacher On The Block tries to cope with the closing school year:
“It has obviously not fully hit me yet that I will not be teaching again until August. I am floating around in a surreal world; my life has focused so strongly on my kids for the past 10 months that its hard to think about anything else!
Maybe Thursday, when I’m lounging on a North Carolina beach instead of: lesson planning, doing ABA, managing nap time, taking kids to the bathroom, and trying to sooth chair-throwing temper tantrums, it will become more real….”
Upset the Setup gets nostalgic for the Goodie Mob.