This post is third in a series on gentrification in the District of Columbia. Part 1 – D.C. Gentrification and Section 8 Subsidized Housing Part 2 – ‘Gentrification’: The Birth of a Word in D.C. Part 3 – Metrorail Growth and ‘Gentrification’ Use Part 4 – Neighborhood Revitalization and Displacement In my previous post I […]
‘Gentrification’: The Birth of a Word in D.C.
This post is second in a series on gentrification in the District of Columbia. Part 1 – D.C. Gentrification and Section 8 Subsidized Housing Part 2 – ‘Gentrification’: The Birth of a Word in D.C. Part 3 – Metrorail Growth and ‘Gentrification’ Use Part 4 – Neighborhood Revitalization and Displacement I find the term “gentrification” […]
National Archives to Cut Researcher Hours
The National Archives will eliminate evening and Saturday hours for their DC-area facilities under a proposed rule published in the Federal Register yesterday. Currently the public researcher reading rooms are open until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and open from 8:45 until 4:45 on Saturday. Under the proposed schedule the facilities would be […]
Washington’s Real Estate Royalty
It was hard to miss the Post’s sprawling feature on District developer Jim Abdo in yesterday’s paper. The article, ostensibly regarding a new development deal he’s pursuing in Northeast on New York Avenue, lingers luxuriously on the finer details of his Northwest home. ( … “once home of the former ambassador from Ghana” … “assessed […]
D.C. Gentrification and Section 8 Subsidized Housing
This post is second in a series on gentrification in the District of Columbia. Part 1 – D.C. Gentrification and Section 8 Subsidized Housing Part 2 – ‘Gentrification’: The Birth of a Word in D.C. Part 3 – Metro Growth and ‘Gentrification’ Use Part 4 – Neighborhood Revitalization and Displacement I dislike the term “gentrification” […]
Recent Cameraphone Photos
Nam June Paik’s “Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum The courtyard of the Old Patent Building is a forest of scaffolding. The Futureheads playing the 9:30 Club. Sign posted to Shiloh-owned vacant building.
Museum Madness
Tomorrow the Old Patent Office Building in downtown D.C. will re-open after a six year renovation. I’ll be hazarding the crowds to visit the two museums that share the building: the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The American Art Museum’s official blog Eye Level will be covering the planned events, and […]