7/9/01:
Cabana debuted an "arts market" at the S St park (off
17th) yesterday; this will be a monthly event held the
first Sunday of each month (first Saturdays Cabana
runs a market at Columbia and Euclid).
Story on living above the store, including Home Rule
and Idle Time Books (due to move to former Habana
Village). See "It's Upstairs, Downstairs With Home and
Work in One Building: And It Really Cuts the Commute,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13333-2001Jul3.html
14th St's "Dogs By Day" is profiled by the WT. See
"Day care in D.C. going to dogs,"
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20010706-67420222.htm
Check-cashing store at 14th & RI Ave has closed.
Zipcar now has a pilot beetle, kept in a reserved
space off Thomas Circle, and is looking for testers
before official launch in August. See [1] below.
WP ran profiles of all eight wards. See "Ward 2:
City's Heart Gets Stronger,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8961-2000Mar24.html
Interested to note that Ward 1 has "the highest
income tract in the city, and the lowest." See "Ward
1: A Community That Diversity Calls Home,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8764-2000Mar24.html
More details on census info. DC's tract with the
largest number of "Male householder and male partner"
households is 52.1, bounded by 14th & 16th, and Mass &
S, with 158 gay male couple households (5.2% of all
households). The tract with the greatest percentage of
gay male couple households is 53.2, bounded by Mass &
H, and Conn & 16th (the president has a lot of gay
neighbors). 5.7% of households in this tract belong to
male-male partners. Dupont as a whole (up to 14th St)
has 597 male-male households.
The center of Dupont's lesbian couples is tract
53.1, bounded by Mass & S, and NH Ave and 16th. 20 of
Dupont's 67 "female householder and female partner"
households live there, the 4th-highest in any of DC's
tracts (25 in tract 27.2 [Mt Pleasant], 24 in tract 39
[Lanier Heights], and 24 in tract 67 [Capitol Hill]).
While census has no data on gay singles, Dupont has
11,742 folks living alone. DC's top ten tracts are:
Men Living Alone
(% of all
Tract households) Location
----- ------------ -----------------------------------
53.1 1,440 (39%) Dupont (Mass/NH/S/16th)
13.2 1,242 (27%) Clevelnd Prk (Conn/Albmrl/RC/Klngl)
52.1 1,200 (39%) East Dupont (16th/S/14th/Mass)
50 1,177 (33%) Logan (14th/S/11th/Mass)
55 1,132 (35%) Dupont (RC/Florida/Conn/NH/Penn)
56 997 (28%) Foggy Bottom (RC/Penn/23rd/E/I66/F)
39 879 (31%) Lanier Hts (RC/Hrvrd/Colmbia/Clvrt)
42.1 778 (36%) Dupont/Ads Mg (18th/Florida/16th/S)
38 742 (30%) Adms Mrgn (18th/Colmbia/16th/Flrda)
63.1 732 (29%) SW Waterfront (Chnnl/M/Del/Canal/P)
Women Living Alone
(% of all
Tract households) Location
----- ------------ -----------------------------------
13.2 2,204 (48%) Clevelnd Prk (Conn/Albmrl/RC/Klngl)
56 1,453 (41%) Foggy Bottom (RC/Penn/23rd/E/I66/F)
7.1 1,301 (44%) Glover Prk (RC/Macomb/Wisc/Fulton)
53.1 1,253 (33%) Dupont (Mass/NH/S/16th)
55 1,187 (36%) Dupont (RC/Florida/Conn/NH/Penn)
8.1 1,127 (34%) Glover Prk (Nebrsk/Mass/W/Whitehvn)
7.2 972 (42%) Glover Prk (RC/Fulton/Wisc/Calvert)
63.1 917 (36%) SW Waterfront (Chnnl/M/Del/Canal/P)
10.2 890 (39%) Cthdrl Hts (Nebrsk/Wisc/Macmb/Mass)
39 887 (31%) Lanier Hts (RC/Hrvrd/Colmbia/Clvrt)
It's no surprise that single-man-filled tract 53.1 is
also home to 17th St's 4 gay bars. Overall, 36% of
Dupont households are men living alone (vs 19% for all
of DC); 31% of Dupont households are women living
alone (vs 24% for DC).
Of Dupont's men living alone, 45% are 34 or
younger, and 50% are 35 to 64.
Of Dupont's women living alone, 52% are 34 or
younger, and 35% are 35 to 64.
In a town which is only 47% male, Dupont is 54% male.
The table below shows the top ten tracts based on
percentage of male occupants (slightly skewed due to
tract 54.2 having just one resident, not to mention
manly bastions such as St Elizabeth's and SW fish
market.)
Percent Male
(total
Tract males) Location
----- ----------- -----------------------------------
54.2 100% ( 1) Dupont (19th/Conn/Penn)
68.4 86% (2,254) RFK (~19th/Benning/Anacostia/Penn)
98.9 73% ( 527) St. Elizabeth's
62.1 66% ( 95) SW Watrfrnt (14th/Indp/7th/M/Chnnl)
18.1 63% ( 388) Walter Reed Hospital
86 62% ( 55) N. of Union Stn (NCap/Fla/2nd/Mass)
50 61% (4,441) Logan Circle (14th/S/11th/Mass)
53.2 60% ( 105) Dupont (Conn/Mass/16th/H)
52.1 59% (2,682) East Dupont (16th/S/14th/Mass)
14.2 58% (2,279) Chevy Chase (Conn/Mil/Utah/27th/BB)
The median age for males in Dupont is 34. The median
age for females in Dupont is 31.
Map of tracts and more info available at
http://www.announce.com/khein/dupont/census2000.htm
See also "Lesbians Find Haven in Suburbs: Female
Couples Prefer Living, Raising Children Outside
Cities,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10445-2001Jul2.html
See "D.C. May Let Developer Offer Plan For Old
Convention Center Site,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6719-2001Jul1.html
Update on massive Chinatown project at 7th & H:
"Developer Receives Gallery Place Loan,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25139-2001Jul5.html
See also http://www.gallery-place.com/
Street-Works gave report to downtown BID on how best
to develop a retail strategy, including advice that
"what goes in on the ground floor shouldn't be an
afterthought." See "District needs retail mass,
awareness, consultant says,"
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/07/02/newscolumn7.html
Downtown now offers three one-hour, self-guided
walking tours. See "DC Unveils Walks Through History:
Signs Mark Civil War, Civil Rights Sites to Draw
Visitors Beyond the Mall,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10608-2001Jul2.html
City plans on developing southwest waterfront,
including narrowing Maine Avenue and Water Street to
create more space for parks and buildings. See
"Development Agency Buys Waterfront D.C. Property:
Officials Hope Project Will Reinvigorate Area,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6759-2001Jul1.html
51 acres north of the Navy Yard and M St, including
two housing projects, to get $403 million facelift.
700 HUD units to be joined by 520 apartments and town
houses geared toward upper- and middle-income folks.
See "Hope for the waterfront: D.C. plans to replace
housing projects with 'mixed-income neighborhood',"
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/07/09/story1.html
See also "SE Riverfront Vision Aims for HUD Funds,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33826-2001Jul8.html
Between 1992 and 1998, 26 people in Washington died as
a result of red-light running. See "Pedestrians
Beware: A Green Light Means 'Watch Your Step',"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53693-2001Jun27.html
MPD will soon use one fixed-location photo radar
camera and five mobile cameras to catch speeders. See
"D.C. Aims To Catch Speeders On Camera: Six Devices
Will Patrol 40 to 60 Designated Areas,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6255-2001Jul1.html
MPD also announces that "red-light cameras will be
enhanced to identify and cite motorists who exceed the
speed limit while traveling through an intersection on
the green light," and "a further enhancement to the
red-light cameras will allow police to cite motorists
who violate the red light and right-turn-on-red laws
by not coming to a complete stop prior to making a
right turn or by making right-on-red turns at
intersections where they are prohibited." See
http://www.mpdc.org/English/programsandservices/AutomatedEnforcement/
Profile of Fresh Fields-ish food stores: "Eating Well:
Natural Food Is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural,"
http://nytimes.com/2001/06/27/living/27WELL.html
Proposed $120-million Wheaton project will include 175
apartments above the Kiss-and-Ride, a plaza with
offices above the bus transfer station, and
development along Georgia Ave. See "Housing, Retail
Development Planned Near Wheaton Metro,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6717-2001Jul1.html
Proposed Tysons project touted as having "the feel of
Paris, San Francisco or downtown Washington,"
including an Italian-style plaza, near future Metro
stop. See "Mini-City Gets Cold Reception In Fairfax:
Supervisors Call Plan Too Intense for Tysons,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54783-2001Jun27.html
MARC and VRE are looking into development around train
stations. WP looks at plans for Manassas Park station;
see "Developers Finally Get On Track: Va. Planners See
Lonely VRE Stations as Bustling Neighborhood Centers,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33806-2001Jul8.html
Tonight: Screen on the Green debuts with "An American
in Paris," free at dusk by Washington Monument. See
http://aolsvc.digitalcity.com/washington/entertainment/event.dci?eid=446046
Monday, July 16: Free showing of "The Eyes of Tammy
Faye" at National Theatre's lobby. See
http://www.nationaltheatre.org/Cinema/01schedule.htm
Tuesday, July 17: Natl Building Museum hosts "Parking
Lot Nation: The Coming End of Suburbia," free, 12:30.
Friday, July 20: "All Over the Guy," part of Reel
Affirmations, showing at DCJCC. 7 & 9. See
http://www.reelaffirmations.org/xtra/schedule.cfm
Best regards,
Michael
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[1]
--- Robin Chase wrote:
Exciting news! Beetle Buster has gone to Washington
and now resides in the garage at Thomas Circle. He
will be available for $6 an hour (and $0.40 a mile)
with a maximum daily rate of $65 (125 miles for free)
including gas, insurance, and of course the reserved
parking space. We expect our fleet in Washington to
range from $5 to $7 an hour depending on prevailing
parking rates. Rates in Virginia and Maryland will
start at $4.50 an hour (our insurance costs are much
lower there).
The car -- and you willing subjects -- will help us to
fine-tune our operations before our official launch in
August. It won't be as convenient and great as the
real service because you'll be sharing one car (after
one year in Boston we have 48 cars). But it will give
you 'wheels when you want them' if someone else
doesn't already have the car booked!
The first 10 members to join will receive a $75
driving credit (which essentially pays for your first
year's membership) for being our official and much
appreciated guinea pigs.
To apply please visit our website at
http://www.zipcar.com/apply.jsp.
We're looking forward to getting to know you,
Robin Chase
CEO
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