Comments on: U Street’s A-Changing

By: long beach water damage

long beach water damage — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:35:58 +0000

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By: DIY WIndows and Doors

DIY WIndows and Doors — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:37:57 +0000

U Street’s A-Changing

By: ceramic kitchen floor tiles

ceramic kitchen floor tiles — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:03:40 +0000

Great article! I’m amazed I didn’t hear the band last night. I really like what you’re saying about how the Annex has a ‘good mix’ of people and is always slightly changing. It not being “scene specific” is what really attracted me to the area – sometimes it’s fun to put on a ‘cool t-shirt’ and hit the Green Room’s garden-patio, other times it’s nice to leave on grubby work clothes and go relax on Kilgours’ patio. And within a 3 minute walk, I can get fresh fruit and veggies, sushi, burrito, Indian, Korean… even ‘North American’ (chicken fingers, burgers…).

By: Ayo

Ayo — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:42:41 +0000

As a prospective DC condo buyer I am generally excited about neighborhood turnabout. BUT, as one who considers herself to be an original U Streeter, I am dismayed by the drastic change that has overtaken my favorite section of Choco-City. Nothing against diversity, or White folks for that matter, but U Street now feels more like Georgetown than the heart of Black DC. It makes me feel homeless in a way. Like one of the last bastions of thriving Black DC culture, lifestyle and sociability has ebbed away. Four years ago even, U Street was like fried chicken, your Uncle Rome and gospel music on a Sunday afternoon. No more. No more. My hot joint has lost its flavor and it makes me very sad.

By: emily

emily — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:49:21 +0000

Love Cafe on U Street is also a Black-owned business…

By: tihopilik

tihopilik — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:24:05 +0000

Hello

I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don’t have anything to say recently.

G’night

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:31:51 +0000

Personal Responsibility is essential. But there are external causes for the problems inner city people have experienced. I think it will take a combined effort to solve the problem.

1. Every individual must take responsibility for there actions, their life, and their children.

2. Everyone must be sensitive to the disadvantages and challenges inner city people have faced, and understand that there was a contributor to their situation that goes well beyond personal responsibility. This is why it is so important to communicate, and be willing to listen and consider each others positions.

“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. And that will be a day not of the white man, not of the black man. That will be the day of man as man. (Yes)” (Martin Luther King Jr.,”How Long, Not Long”)

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:29:20 +0000

Im a gay white gentrifier under 40, living in Eckington, who is happy to see gentrification of the city. A lot of people claim racism and “skin” politics, but the truth is it is the result of a more educated, informed, tolerant generation drawn to the urban village and the CAPITOL of the United States. Most white people under 40 that I know who live in the city are not RACIST. We do get offended when people are behaving in a trashy way that is demeaning to others around them. Lets also remember that racism works both ways. When I walk down the street I purposely try to say hello to everyone, and many black people just look at me like I am crazy. I have been called “fag” as I walk down the street by young black kids. Guess what though, we aren’t going away this time. We just expect some personal responsibility from everyone. All of this new tax money helps support schools that many of us DO NOT have children in, and btw we spend the most money per pupil in the country and still kids are not learning. Its time for personal responsibility. Clean up your street, your house, and your attitude, and the rest will follow.

By: RAZE ONE

RAZE ONE — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:20:51 +0000

Kaffa House spot is now a Starbucks! I will never forgive those motherfuckers.

By: Gil

Gil — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:57:48 +0000

I agree Dcmoviegirl, I agree..I hope that doesn’t happen either, be it here, Harlem, Philly, etc.