bloomingdale

Depending on how the business keeps up its front i...

2009-11-23T13:29:40.820-05:00

Depending on how the business keeps up its front it really shouldn't shouldn't be a problem. It's not like this is a strip club or some business teaching housewives to pole dance.
Seriously, tattoos went mainstream when college kids and grandmas got them as their way to "rebel". Personally, I think tattoos are kind of stupid, but a parlor does not connotate (to me), a downward spiral of the hood. No, a busted window of a vacant storefront does that. The crowd I think this place will attract are hipsters coming to our "bad" neighborhood to get their tat and a side of street cred to impress the friends in Reston.

Mari
Truxton Circle

I have to say that I too find the alarm over a pal...

2009-11-23T13:23:02.432-05:00

I have to say that I too find the alarm over a paltry thing like a tatoo palor to be pretty unwarrented and highly unusual. Tatoos are art, and the people that get them aren't all thieves, gangsters and dregs of society. It's insulting to see such stereotyping being made of the clientel of what could be a respectable business offering a product in demand.

For the record I'm not inked at all, but know plenty of folks that are. They're people with Master's Degrees, stable jobs, great marriages, darling kids and so on.

Erik on 2nd

ANV - Rhode Island Ave I had a great experience wi...

2009-11-23T12:40:00.023-05:00

ANV - Rhode Island Ave
I had a great experience with P and P Masonry repointing the entire back of my house. They are doing work right now on another house on the unit block of U.

301 731 0622

I have the same issue with some residents. They co...

2009-11-23T10:32:36.045-05:00

I have the same issue with some residents. They complained about Baraki bringing in a bad element? Are you kidding me with this?

You're not going to go from drug den to a Pottery Barn in one step. I welcome any business to our neighborhood that's not a liquor store or mini-mart behind bullet proof glass.

Each of my parents told me, on separate occasions,...

2009-11-23T09:28:24.559-05:00

Each of my parents told me, on separate occasions, that they were proud of me.

Why?

Because I never went to prison.

Ummmm, folks? That isn't an accomplishment.

But in Bloomingdale? Its like becoming an astronaut or something.

Hi! I am a student at the American University and ...

2009-11-21T13:06:40.964-05:00

Hi! I am a student at the American University and I am currently doing a research project on the neighborhood blogs in the DC area. I would like to mail you a five-minute survey on your neighborhood blog, but I can’t find contact data here. Could you please send me an email to brandrike(at)gmail(dot)com so I can send you the survey? You would greatly help me with my research. Thank you! Rike

Our house (1919) has its original steam radiators ...

2009-11-16T22:42:56.494-05:00

Our house (1919) has its original steam radiators and piping, and the boiler is a massive Burnham system that's 25 years old. Definitely not for amateurs - you need old-house experts. We have been very impressed with the work that Foley Mechanical has done to keep our system up to snuff, and recommend them without reservation:

Dan Foley
Foley Mechanical, Inc.
8390 Terminal Rd.
Unit I
Lorton, VA 22079
(703) 339-8030
(703) 339-8031 fax

Sounds like a great program!

2009-11-15T17:03:23.632-05:00

Sounds like a great program!

B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T!

2009-11-13T18:58:02.662-05:00

B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T!

Noted economist Robert Shiller of Yale University ...

2009-11-09T16:24:20.152-05:00

Noted economist Robert Shiller of Yale University recently expressed his confusion about "urban real estate values" during an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Basically, he thinks the housing bubble is lingering in places like DC. Your mileage may vary.

Randolph Place, Southside.

Thank you both very much! Very helpful.

2009-11-09T10:35:18.083-05:00

Thank you both very much! Very helpful.

For the record, my name is Kathleen Rand Reed. I ...

2009-11-07T18:53:38.381-05:00

For the record, my name is Kathleen Rand Reed. I am originally from Chicago. I know the concept of "good schools," which was code for either "all White" or "White with a mix of 'upper-class' Blacks." I spent over 25 years in the Bay Area and amongst Asian communities. I am also Afro-Asian, among other ethnic and genetic identities. What you are watching with the actions of Michelle Rhee, is the "second" wave of gentrification for the District -- Bloomingdale included. My statements are not slights against my beautiful White brothers and sisters who have deep love in their hearts for a mixed community -- but reserved for those who believe they are "pioneers," awaiting the more vanilla-ization of "Chocolate City." Within the first sweep of gentrification and the high housing costs, many NOT ALL, of the properties were purchased or recaptured by three distinct groups: (1) couples with cash from the equity in their parents' suburban homes; (2) a "personal use" exemption from "White Flight" property owners who fled but did not sell the property (wait long enough and it all changes); (3) gay couples who may or may not have also been from group (1), but who often were and are DINKs (Double Income --No Kids). Now comes the "second" wave. These are often but again NOT ALL folks of more modest means. They may be well meaning, but they cannot afford PRIVATE school for their kids, and yet are still not about to allow older, Black, women (a fundamental and high percentage of the DCPS teaching workforce) to teach THEIR children, anything. In comes Michelle Rhee -- with a "Teach for America" agenda that is part religious zealotry straight from, the nineteenth century "Great Awakenings" and part Australian "Aboriginal Child Removal Acts." In most of Rhee's explanations of her actions, she answers with in loco parentis, "It's for the good of the children -- I know best." To be clear, I am conservative and believe in education reform and the clear firing of anyone who is not performing. DCPS had some deadwood, still does. But I am also pragmatic, politically astute, "sharp as a tack," and have been around the "urban issues" block enough times, I've got scuffs on my Louboutins. I know the Korean community and the degree to which most Koreans understand with sensitivity, the history and culture of a people. Any Black American could have told Rhee that there was a time when the ONLY professions for a Black person was "Doctor, Lawyer, TEACHER, Preacher." To have traumatized educators, especially in the Black community, was to have been nunchi eoptta or "without nunchi." Instead she brought nothing but the sadness of han. Her job was to work with the Black, White, Latino, LGBT, Asian and the wealthy and the poor to bring about change in education reform, not attempt to join in the ethnic-cleansing of Chocolate City, starting with its educators.

They are a number of "us" -- meaning -- bright, educated, street smart, highly political and globally effective -- of all colors, flavors, socioeconomic levels and skillsets, who believe that the days of White flight, Black flight and hypersegregation is over. If folks want flight they'd better get a rocket ship. The 21st century is where we SHARE -- the richest and the poorest. Where what young educators with skills and older educators with wisdom, sit together and share information that will prepare kids for their respective futures. Anything else, they've got to come through "us," and that ain't happening!

2nd Street NW and Thomas

I love my radiator heat. Just had some boiler wor...

2009-11-06T21:31:34.654-05:00

I love my radiator heat. Just had some boiler work done and was very happy with Jay E. Lewis Heating and Air Conditioning, phone 240-229-1313.

Adams resident --- I really like the idea of an o...

2009-11-06T09:29:54.162-05:00

Adams resident ---

I really like the idea of an orange hat patrol. Maybe we can organize something to tackle near Flagler Market, 144 Adams and other hot spots. However, it's getting chilly which means the drug activity will drop down a lot. Ghetto don't like cold.

2200 block of N Capitol

I love my new house and neighborhood. I just broug...

2009-11-06T07:37:48.847-05:00

I love my new house and neighborhood. I just brought a great corner house on 1st St north of RI Ave. This neighborhood is why better then where I was living before just north of columbia hts. Loved the new shopping over there but not the crime and general seedy feel of the area.

5 of the 8 crimes mentioned in the previous post d...

2009-11-06T00:57:43.401-05:00

5 of the 8 crimes mentioned in the previous post did not occur inside the boundaries of Bloomingdale. 2 were in Eckington, 1 was in Truxton Circle, and 2 were in Ledroit Park.

a) Neighborhood crimes FLORIDA AVENUE NE, 1-9...

2009-11-05T21:12:40.660-05:00

a) Neighborhood crimes

FLORIDA AVENUE NE, 1-99 block, 4:32 a.m. Oct. 24. A gunman robbed two people at a service station of property, then fled with two accomplices.

BRYANT STREET NE, 1-99 block, 3 a.m. Oct. 24. Property was stolen from a residence entered by three intruders.

ELM STREET NW, 200 block, 3 to 3:10 a.m. Oct. 23. A gunman approached a male pedestrian and demanded property. The pedestrian complied.

P STREET NW, 1-99 block, 2:15 p.m. Oct. 26. Three people approached two people behind a residence. One demanded property, and the people complied.

S STREET NW, 1-99 block, 10:20 a.m. Oct. 22. A gunman wearing a mask led a female into an alley and robbed her.

S STREET NW, 100 block, 10:33 p.m. Oct. 23 to 10:40 p.m. Oct. 24. A female in a residence heard two people speaking loudly outside. When she looked out her window, she saw a person on the ground with a stab wound. An ambulance arrived.

W STREET NW, 100 block, 10:40 p.m. Oct. 23. A pedestrian was assaulted and robbed by a group of male youths.

FOURTH ST. AND OAKDALE PLACE NW, 1:30 a.m. Oct. 16. Three males approached a male pedestrian from behind, and one asked him a question. He responded and continued walking. He was then assaulted and robbed of cash.

I'm thinking of moving to the Bloomingdale area .....

2009-11-05T21:06:30.769-05:00

I'm thinking of moving to the Bloomingdale area .. is it safe???? I'd just like to feel safe walking to the Shaw-Howard metro in the morning/night. I found a gorgeous Victorian row that I'd love to by but I'm not sure the neighborhood has transitioned enough ... help
Eva

i hear you! would have loved to stay in the neighb...

2009-11-05T16:58:53.392-05:00

i hear you! would have loved to stay in the neighborhood, but it's already to pricey for my blood!

I used ARS (don't have their number on hand) to do...

2009-11-04T12:54:17.651-05:00

I used ARS (don't have their number on hand) to do a check up and look at the furnace.

-Mari
Shaw

I live on the 1900 block of 1st St. NE (Eckington)...

2009-11-02T17:53:28.760-05:00

I live on the 1900 block of 1st St. NE (Eckington), and am glad to see this post as I believe very strongly in neighbors keeping an eye out. As an example, on 9/14 or 9/15/09, I heard a loud noise. While I don't recall what type of noise it was, the noise prompted me to open my shades and look outside. When I peered outside I saw a young teenage male, running down my block. I then decided to open my front door to see what was possibley going on. There was a young woman at the end of my block. She appeared distressed so I went up to her and asked if she was okay. She said she had just been mugged. I invited her up to my front porch, I called the cops on my cell, and they came within 1 minute. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HELP OTHERS IN DISTRESS! (Interestingly, I noticed that when the cops came my neighbors were on their porch and totally ignored the cop cars and us, which I find very strange. I happen not to know those neighbors, and just moved here in June, but c'mon, if I saw cops on the street, I'd inquire. Being a native NYCer I've been through mugging experiences and know that bystanders can be of great help for many reasons!

Stephen Colbert had it right when he made the argu...

2009-11-02T08:38:34.002-05:00

Stephen Colbert had it right when he made the argument to Elenore Holmes-Norton that the District of Columbia is not part of the United States of America.

-Randolph Place, Southside.

perhaps we need to go back to what we did in the 9...

2009-11-01T21:53:38.835-05:00

perhaps we need to go back to what we did in the 90s during the crack epidemic which was to organize orange hat patrols and a whole group of peope would get together and stand at the drug dealling corners and basically break up the market. this would be done for 2-3 hour shifts on some Fridays and some Saturday eveings or whenever the dealing seemed most intense.

Adams Street resident

we need to change the gun laws in dc. right now on...

2009-11-01T21:47:53.336-05:00

we need to change the gun laws in dc. right now only the criminals have guns. if we could EASILY get guns LEGALLY instead of the stupid bureaucratic voluminous arcane expensive time consuming unconstitutional process they now have in place. that way we shoot these thugs as they invade our houses, before they tie us up with tape and wire and before they steal everything we worked hard to pay for.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

I'd say that Bloomingdale is hotter than it's ever...

2009-10-31T17:24:19.525-04:00

I'd say that Bloomingdale is hotter than it's ever been as a destination for house hunting. Our inventory is lower than during the 2005-ish peak of the DC market. I meet a lot of people who specifically are seeking out Bloomingdale and are not sure how to search for it since agents use so many different names. It's too bad, since I believe that marketing appropriately as "Bloomingdale" is a huge plus for a Seller.