3/26/01:  

"Go Mama Go!" will open this summer in former Ultimate
Value Thrift shop at 1809 14th St, next to Home Rule.
Store will feature Asian-inspired dishes & furniture.

Burger King expected at NE corner of 14th & U.

Tryst owner is looking for spot around 14th St...

Large profile on U St in WP; reports Harrison Square 
and Lincoln Condominiums have sold out.  See "Going 
Upscale on U St.,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49321-2001Mar23.html

Toutorsky Mansion (16th & Riggs) is being turned into 
a bed & breakfast. Mansion was built originally for 
Supreme Court Justice Henry Brown, then bought by a 
White Russian using his Brazialian mineral heiress 
wife's fortune, turning it into a music school. Later
was tranferred to the Peabody; then was bought for its
current resident (and was the site of a gay porno).
 
WP profiled Olsson's. Was interested to hear the 
character of each shop, including ours: "Dupont Circle
is 'more hip, more tuned in musically, more edgy.'"
(Referring to our taste in Beannie Babies?) See
"Writing the Book On Staying Alive,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50564-2001Mar23.html

Chez Antoine now open at 2427 18th St in Adams Morgan.
Cute little French creperie/cafe carryout.

New condo construction on Champlain between Euclid and
Kalorama. See http://www.gramercylofts.com/

Many Adams Morgan merchants are offering discounts to
Metro riders through June.  See 
http://www.wmata.com/adams_morgan_discounts.htm

Community Harvest is bringing a new farmers market to
14th & Irving, starting June 2nd.  See below.  See
also http://www.goodfooddc.net

79-year-old Avalon Theatres in Chevy Chase to close.  
See "Bankruptcy to Claim Popular Theater,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33811-2001Mar20.html

Jeffery's, W's favorite Austin restaurant, is planning
DC branch in the Watergate hotel. Presidential pick is
fried oysters on yucca root chips with habanero honey
aioli... [reported from NYT]
 
Home Depot has officially declined to rent former
Sears building in Tenleytown.  (NE store remains on
track.)

International Spy Museum will occupy two floors of
restored historic buildings along 800 block of F St,
across from Natl Portrait Gallery.  Museum to be
designed by same team that did Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame. See neat pictures of site at
http://www.spymuseum.org/surv_f.html

Luxury apartments coming to top four floors of Atlas
Building, along 9th St.

Downtown BID has hired design firm to improve retail.
See "Old Town firm to study retail for Downtown D.C.
BID" (also mentions Chez Antoine)
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/03/26/newscolumn8.html

Web site for above firm: http://www.street-works.com/
(Dupont needs this too!) 

Roger Lewis weighs in on proposals for Big Ken.  See
"Solution to Kennedy Center's Isolation Could be a
Plaza Away," 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49322-2001Mar23.html

City moving on plans for Anacostia waterfront.  See 
"Anacostia Waterfront Gets a Long Look,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/dc/A36443-2001Mar21.html
 
WBJ provides more details on riverwalk design. See 
"D.C. moves to reclaim Anacostia,"
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/03/26/story8.html

See project info at http://www.anacostiawaterfront.net

Arena Stage is mulling a makeover. See bottom of 
"Pentagon City Hospital to become apartments,"
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/03/26/newscolumn7.html
 
Eastern Market is getting new management and will be
modernized. See "Competing concerns,"
http://www.thecommondenominator.com/031201_news2.html

WP covered novel apartment community.  See "Avalon's
Urban-Living Experiment,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14400-2001Mar16.html

National Building Museum has new exhibit on Disney 
architecture, which was probably my biggest influence
on urban landscaping.  See this show!
http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/Arch_Frame-20.html

Old essay on merging Disneyland with Dupont Circle:
http://www.announce.com/khein/dupont/disneycircle.htm

WP Coverage of Metro's 25th anniversary:

* "Coming to a Curve: Region's Subway System Begins to
Show Its Age, Limits,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51175-2001Mar23.html

* "Crowds Could Derail Decades of Progress,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57050-2001Mar25.html

* "For Some, Metro Has Become Part of the Family,"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57361-2001Mar25.html

* "Far Beneath the Street, a 'Social Success',"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51181-2001Mar23.html

WBJ adds more details to proposal for new mega 
station. See "A crossroads for Metro? Hub would 
connect five lines at convention center,"
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/03/26/story1.html

NYT compared Chelsea to LA; would love to see Dupont
import the best of each. (But did you know Dupont 
exported the guy who decorated 17th St's colorful Pop 
Stop to Chelsea, where he painted the murals for my 
favorite gay coffeehouse, The Big Cup?) See "In 
Chelsea, West Side Meets West Coast,"
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/nyregion/17CHEL.html

NPR covered suburban chains' arrival in urban core. 
See audio file "New Yorkers' Woes," bottom of
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=3%2F21%2F2001&PrgID=3

The Austin Center is launching a "Bon Voyage 
Traveling Doll Project" - see below.

The Urban Forest Council is inviting applications for
grants for urban forest planting projects. See below. 

Recent LOFs (look out for) for D3 included below.

Poona the F*ckd*g has been extended through April 7,
playing at Metro Cafe.

Cherry Blossom festival now in bloom. See
http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/ 

Friday, March 30 - Sunday, April 1: Cada Vez open
house. See below.
 
Saturday, March 31: Junkanooo fundraiser at new 
Chipolte at 1629 Conn Ave. $10 at the door; invites 
available at Universal Gear, Washington Sports Health
Club (1835 Conn), Second Story Books and The Newsroom.

Saturday, March 31: Japan-America Society's 12th
Street Sakura Matsuri, noon - 5:00pm. See
http://www.us-japan.org/dc/events/matsuriindex.html

Saturday, March 31: National Cherry Blossom Festival
Parade (with "special celebrity guests"). See 
http://www.gwjapan.com/parade

Sunday, April 1: FreshFarm Market opens the season, 
behind Riggs Bank, 9am - 1pm. See 
http://www.farmland.org/Farmland/files/states/market.htm

Sunday, April 1: The Millennium Arts Center, DC's 
tentative counterpart to the Torpedo Arts Factory at
3rd & I SW whose debut show was recently panned by the
Post, will host an April Fool's Day Art Sale. See
http://www.millenniumartscenter.org/

Tuesday, April 3: "Voices from Dupont Circle" at 
Visions ($6).  (Might be paired with "Rats.")

Stay hip, tuned in, and edgy...
Michael

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*** Columbia Heights Farmer's Market -- June 2nd
though November, at 14th & Irving NW, combining
farmers' market, flea market, music, arts, educational
activities. For more information, especially those
interested in vending or volunteering, contact
Community Harvest at 667-8875. Peace,
Robyn 

RE: FARMERS MARKET 

Okay, I just called the folks at the Community Harvest
and got the scoop.

The plan for the Columbia Heights Farmers market is to
use the parcel at the SW corner of 14th and Irving.
This site is not due to be developed for *at least* 3
years, so in the meantime, a coalition of local
"greening" orgs has gotten together with Jim Graham to
get permission to use the spot for a community
farmer's market. The effort is formally called the
"Columbia Heights Community Marketplace" and will
hopefully attract not only the farms (they already
have 3 contracted) but also artists, local vendors,
and performers. 

Their next general meeting is March 27th at 7-8:30 pm
in the Josephine Butler Park Center (2437 15th St).
They are also having a meeting on March 20th at 7 pm
of people who are interested in helping with
"designing" the space and working on the re-greening.
This meeting would be great for any people involved in
landscaping, design, or gardening who want to lend
their expertise. The contact for these meetings is
Constance Newman (694-5598). 

They are also accepting donations to pay for things
like banners, signs, ads, and hopefully, an organizer.
Checks can be sent to Friends of Columbia Heights
Community Marketplace c/o Washington Parks and People,
2437 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20009. Hope this is
helpful info! 

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--- "Crum, Catherine"  wrote:

The Austin Center needs your help!  On Wednesday, 
April 11, we will be launching our Bon Voyage 
Traveling Doll Project.  I'll include a sample letter 
below, but here's a brief description:

We have been busy making one dozen cloth dolls (very 
beautiful, I might add) here at the Austin Center this
semester.  And we'd like to send them  off to see the
world.  That's where you come in:  are any of you 
going to be traveling in mid-April?  If you are and 
would be willing to a.) attend our Bon Voyage Party at
2 p.m. on April 11,  and b.) take one of our dolls on
your trip, let us know!

Each doll has a different personality, look and 
history.  Luonnatar, Tenisha, DeWayne, Robert, Iesha,
Blimey, and six others are getting ready for their 
trips and would love to meet you.  So let me know if 
you're available to take one of our lovelies 
traveling!

Thanks,
Katy

Sample Letter:

April 11, 2001

Dear Traveler,

Hello!  My name is Francie, and I'm part of the Austin
Center Traveling Doll Project.  

The Austin Center for Health and Living is a day 
treatment program for people living with HIV/AIDS.  
We're part of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, which serves 
the majority of people living with HIV disease in 
Washington, D.C. The Center provides medical and 
psychosocial treatment in a supportive community 
environment.  

The Austin Center clients have entrusted you with the
responsibility of helping me to see the world and to 
report on my whereabouts and well-being.

Here's the scoop:  I want to make sure my friends at 
the Austin Center hear from me during my travels, so I
am hoping that you will help me write a letter to them
from whatever exciting place you and I find ourselves 
in. The letter should be written to:

   The Fabulous Men and Women of the Austin Center
   Whitman-Walker Clinic
   1407 S Street, NW
   Washington, D.C. 20009

I'd appreciate it if you would mention where we are, 
and please describe how you met me and any adventures
I may have had since being in your possession. Of 
course, the letter should be signed from me, Francie, 
but my friends will wonder who you are, too, so make 
sure you let them know a little bit about yourself.

A little bit about me:  I am a college student 
majoring in library science. I love to read all types
of books, particularly biographies, mysteries, and
(blush) the occasional romance novel.  I love outdoor
activities and all sports, with hiking and soccer 
being two of my favorite things to do.  If you can 
describe any of the local sports, outdoor scenes, or 
books people are reading in the letter you help me to
write, that would be great.  Oh, and in case you're 
wondering about my personality (that is, if I'm not 
too chatty when you meet me), I am very pleasant but
sometimes shy.

I have one more favor to ask of you.  After we have
spent some time together, please give me to another 
person who promises to take good care of me and write
a letter to my friends back at the Austin Center.  I
want to visit as many places and meet as many people 
as possible.  Also, I should let you know that I'm 
expected home by December 1, 2001.  So if you meet me
around that time, I would appreciate being sent home
to my friends back at the Austin Center.

Thanks for all your help with this project.  

Sincerely, 
Francie

P.S. Photographs of me while traveling are always 
welcome and don't have to be sent with the letter you
are going to help me write.  I realize it takes a 
while to get film developed!
 
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An Invitation to
Cada Vez Open House

Wed March 28th, 10am - 4pm:
Media, Embassies, Churches & Government

Thurs March 29th, 10am - 4pm:
High Tech Co, Non Profit, Schools & S. Business

Fri March 30th, 3pm - 8pm:
General Public
Jazz Music Program Nap Turner & FRIENDS  - 4pm - 8pm

Sat March 31st, 10am - 9pm:
General Public
Latin Music Program RICKY LOZO - 5pm - 9pm

April 1st Sunday Brunch with a music program
Featuring Nap Turner CHARLIE HAMPTON AND MARY
JEFFERSON
Music program - Noon - 4pm
Lunch Buffet 11am to 2pm

Location: 1438 U St NW Washington DC 20009

Each day will feature the various spaces and setups
for Meetings, Training, Conference, Special Events. 
Webcasting Demos, special effect lighting and 
Internet production demos for the Information 
Superhighway.

Parking
Mar 28, 29 & 30th (Wed - Thurs - Fri) General parking
located at 14th U & T St
Mar 31st - April 1st  (Fri after 5.30pm - Sat - Sun)
Reeves Center opposite Cada Vez
Tel: 202 667 2500 Email: info@cadavezonline Website: 
http://www.cadavezonline.com

CADA VEZ OPEN HOUSE:
"It all comes together here" on March 28th thru April
1, 2001

reply to info@cadavezonline.com for further info

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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:15 
From: "WIKTOR, DENISE"

Subject: FW: Urban Forest Council grants

Grant Funds: Deadline April 6, 2001 

The Urban Forest Council invites applications for new
grant-funded urban forest planting projects to start
this spring.  

We are particularly interested in supporting projects
that create pocket parks and mini-forests.  Planting
projects must be publicly accessible. Projects must
include trees and shrubs and we require an educational

element that can make the project a model for others
and serve as a teaching tool.

We look for projects that promote community 
involvement in urban forestry through a neighborhood 
association, school, or church, and involves 
volunteers.  We look for organizations that can commit
to maintaining the planting. 

If you would like to apply for grant money for an 
urban forest project come to our quarterly meeting on
March 24, or contact us by calling 202-216-0900 and 
leave your address information, or write to us at 405 
K. Street NW WDC 20001, or go online to our to 
 and download the application.  
 
The deadline is April 6, 2001 and awards will be 
announced April 23, 2001. Technical support for those
who want to submit grants will be provided one-on-one.

Urban Forest Council of D.C.
405 K Street NW Washington DC 20001
Tel:  202 216-0900  
WebSite:    www.ufcdc.org 

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Subject: 3D Robberies March 22-25, 2001
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:54:10 -0500
From: "Guy Middleton" 

The following robberies were reported in the Third
District over the past weekend:

March 22, 2001 at 0100 hrs., 1940 14th Street, N.W.
Armed Robbery Knife.  LOF: H/M, 35 yrs., 5'6", 177
lbs., Closed with arrest of Jose A. VILLATORO.

March 21, 2001 at 1730 hrs., 1300 Clifton Street, N.W.
Armed Robbery (Unknown Object).  LOF: Unknown suspect
struck victim in his back and robbed him of a laptop
computer.

March 21, 2001 at 2115 hrs., 1400 Fairmont Street,
N.W.  Robbery F&V.  LOF: B/M, 5'6", 185 lbs., named
Johnnie EDWARDS.

March 22, 2001 at 0230 hrs., 1776 Willard Street, N.W.
Robbery F&V.  LOF: B/M, 5'8".  Suspect knocked victim
to the ground and punched him in the face until he
surrendered his wallet.

March 24, 2001 at 0330 hrs., 18th and Adams Mill Road,
N.W.  Armed Robbery (Carjacking).  LOF: B/M, 20 yrs.,
5'8", 150 lbs. Suspect stole the victim's 200
Chrysler, Gold, MD Tags HBZ-975.

March 25, 2001 at 0200 hrs., 9th and U Streets, N.W. 
Robbery F&V.  LOF: B/M.  Suspect struck victim in the
head with his fist from behind and stole cash and cell
phone.

March 25, 2001 at 0005 hrs., 2200 15th Street, N.W.
Robbery Snatch.  LOF: B/M, 36 yrs., 5'7", 150 lbs. 
Case closed with the arrest of MICHAEL ABBOTT.

March 25, 2001 at 2100 hrs., 5th and N Streets, N.W. 
Armed Robbery Knife.  LOF: B/M, 35 yrs., 6'2", 210
lbs., Medium Complexion.  This suspect stabbed the
victim and stole his wallet with cash.

As you can see, we need help identifying our robbery
suspects to prevent any further serious injuries to
our citizens.  Please ask your officers and citizens
to make inquiries and ask questions about our
robberies which may lead to the identification of
suspects.  Please contact the Third DIstrict Robbery
Squad with any information on robberies.  Thank you.

Lt. Guy Middleton
202-673-6915