tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:30:12 +0000History, me complaining, history, stuff about the immediate hood (Truxton Circle) and the surrounding neighborhood (Shaw), gentrification, demographics, and some more history.http://www.inshaw.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Mari)Blogger1931125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-8632685231267389636Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:16:00 +00002010-02-05T10:26:21.555-05:00dramaHey-Zeus Christy.Thorpe now seeks compensation and damages — for essentially the same complaints that have already been denied or dismissed by the Court — now in the breathtaking sum of US$20,000,000.http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/02/moulton-v-thorpe-hits-new-level-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-5602632287766636340Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:14:00 +00002010-02-05T08:33:23.714-05:00transportationSome blogger got hit by some SUV. Nobody died but the pedestrian did wind up with a broken knee. However the disturbing factor, the struck pedestrian was charged with jaywalking and presented with a ticket in the hospital. From the pedestrian's telling of it, he was not jogging and seemed to have the right of way as the countdown said he still had time to cross and was in the crosswalk. However http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/02/as-pedestrian-i-find-this-disturbing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-2048958924937212862Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:43:00 +00002010-02-04T08:43:46.557-05:00Snowed over sidewalkOriginally uploaded by In ShawGeorgetown Metropolitian is encouraging neighbors to name names and forward photos of violators who don't shovel their walks. The hope is that the owners will be shamed into shoveling their sidewalks and making pedestrian routes safer.I don't know. Some sidewalks I know are harder to shovel than others. Brick is a ^%#!!! pain to shovel. Yeah it'shttp://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/02/would-shaming-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-5029851109603059068Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:09:00 +00002010-02-03T13:19:40.007-05:00data/demographicsAt Monday's BACA meeting there was someone from the Census trying to educate us about the census and census jobs. But a very telling question came from the citizenry, do you count the student/intern/ roommate on the same form. YES. This is not like taxes. If you're all under the same roof, in the same unit, you are a household. So pick someone as the head, and the rest of you roommates (and couchhttp://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/02/2010-census-count-your-roommate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-1019753358798888067Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:43:00 +00002010-02-02T08:17:40.365-05:00developmentcity servicesWaltha Daniels Shaw LibraryOriginally uploaded by In ShawSlowly it is coming together.http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/02/waltha-daniels-shaw-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-2379610938459357764Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:29:00 +00002010-02-01T08:32:27.660-05:00weatherSnow theory 1Originally uploaded by In ShawI had a theory walking to the metro regarding snow shoveling and brick v concrete sidewalks. But several sidewalks, such as this one on 7th, disproved it. it was that the concrete sidewalks melted snow quickly and thus required little to no effort to keep clear, while brick sidewalks held the cold and did not melt snow. But then I started hitting http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/02/snow-theory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-4118264422881229924Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:19:00 +00002010-01-31T21:49:35.767-05:00real estateFooling around on Redfin I spotted a few houses east of Logan Circle going for $1 million and up. What is this Southern California?First is a penthouse condo on R Street near Logan for $1.05 mil. It comes with parking and a condo fee.Next is, 1114 P St NW, going for 1.15 mil and on the market for over 200 days, plus a month. I gather the $71K gross rental income justifies the price, for the threehttp://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/and-for-millyeon-dollas-this-can-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-8126127152478844392Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:37:00 +00002010-01-29T08:23:47.842-05:00food/diningkidsBloomingdale/EckingtondevelopmenteventsbusinessOver in Bloomingdale The Yoga District is having a mommy & me, but with a more inclusive title of Family Yoga and Community Playtime.The Great Scott Roberts also mentioned some tasty info he got from a Bloomingdale restaurant hopefully to come at NJ & R. According to WashBiz Journal, Beau Thai, a carry out, is due to open in March, hopefully, maybe, fingers crossed.Speaking of restaurants on R, http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/news-from-other-blogs-or-friday-misc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-7066627893302176788Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:35:00 +00002010-01-27T08:52:18.783-05:00developmentbusinessLast night I spent some quality time with the Help, the Help's landlord, the landlords' dogs, and another guest in Beltsville. The Help made some comment about the drug dealers on my corner, to which I responded that the dealers have cut back their hours and days of operation and laid off staff, and are hardly there [pause & sigh]"it's the economy." I got a chuckle from that. The friendly http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/change-in-corner-of-my-eye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-2317541556378216303Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:51:00 +00002010-01-25T08:40:50.880-05:00schoolsI caught a ride with a neighbor/friend back home after running into her and her kids. We got onto the topic of Pre-K schools and a day-care co-opy thing at Kennedy Playground. Apparently, if you are going to raise kids in this city you gotta get plugged into the tribe of parents that live in your area. I was vaguely aware of some program at the Kennedy Rec center that some of the little (2-5 yrs)http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/charter-schools.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-568322270953430596Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:33:00 +00002010-01-22T09:58:32.400-05:00real estatetaxesOnce again I was poking around seeing what my assessed value was, not that it matters. Those of us who bought our homes before houses were too expensive, have these lovely golden handcuffs in the combo dish of the Assessment Cap Credit, and the Homestead Deduction. That means that people who have been in their homes a long time (and bothered to get the homestead deduction) pay a couple or severalhttp://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/death-taxes-and-assessment-cap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-5976883868492454168Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:22:00 +00002010-01-20T06:22:00.585-05:00miscIt isn't you.It's me.And I'm not joining Facebook or getting a MySpace account and to maintain a level of privacy (and the right to change my mind a million times without any grief) I ain't twittering.The blogs are enough.What I really want to do is be able to do before the computer and the Internet, curl up and get completely lost in a good book. Ocassionally I've been able to find a 'can't put http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/no-i-will-not-join-you-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-2363553434801181343Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:10:00 +00002010-01-19T08:18:35.105-05:00eventsI don't know about you but federal holidays and snow days screw up the schedule I keep in my head. So this is a reminder for me (and you too), that tonight is the fundraiser for neighborhood activist dude, Martin Moulton, who has been legally hounded by neighborhood activist/tyrant LeRoy Thorpe. Anyway, Longview Gallery from 6-8, bring your checkbooks.http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/reminder-martins-fundaraiser-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-8861930271097810607Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:33:00 +00002010-01-14T13:42:11.632-05:00historytransportationWhile looking for something I came across the following in the "personal" section of the classified page of a newspaper:"The party who drove a buggy into a bicycle on the 14th-st road yesterday will please send his address to this office. By doing so he will learn of what is thought of one who is not man enough to stop to see the extent of the injuries inflicted by his unmanly conduct."-- "http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/1883-bicycle-mishap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-1213104436343481512Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:23:00 +00002010-01-13T11:27:49.117-05:00food/diningbusinessI'm thinking about lunch, and my lunch buddy just cancelled on me. We were going to check out one of the nearby places for Restaurant Week. It's cold and so I'm going to eat at the desk.Anyway food got me wondering about Waggamama. The signs are still up on the windows on 7th Street, but so far no change. Checked the website and it appears they will open Septemeber 2010.http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/waggamama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-7364287309580566990Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:24:00 +00002010-01-13T09:39:06.479-05:00historyAs I've stated before I'm not too keen on architectural history, in that I just don't have an interest in it. However, I do have an interest in property transfers and its history, as that tends to relate to personal wealth.Today, I'll be covering myself in red rot from old volumes regarding, some DC properties in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There are published books (Lusk real estate http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/women-past-and-home-ownership.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-1347933512962148027Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:34:00 +00002010-01-11T22:47:23.380-05:00crimetransportationKids hold on to your iWhatevers.I ran into one of my neighbors in the metro and we decided to walk and chat. Now it being winter, my head (including ears) were bundled up so I concentrated on listening to my neighbor. However, I did hear some ruckus behind me, but didn't see anything as we headed to the escalators. Then this guy, bald black male, average height and build wearing a very new http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/well-i-guess-that-was-robbery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-4627265072572062456Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:10:00 +00002010-01-10T18:10:00.108-05:00neighborseventsAs some of you are aware Martin Moulton, CCCA prez, and involved citizen, was dragged into court under hyped up allegations by Mr. Leroy Thorpe, as part of Thorpe's on going efforts to silence his challengers. No matter how innocent you are, lawyers still cost money, and so the Long View Gallery is hosting a fundraiser, where 100% of monies raised will go to pay for Martin's legal fees. Anyway http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/support-martin-fundraiser.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-9001622728000182461Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:43:00 +00002010-01-08T15:58:55.927-05:00Truxton Circleneighborhood historydata/demographicsIf you haven't seen it arleady Left for LeDroit has a post on the Truxton Circle and how you can still find it's outline today.And I think I can say I can now start the writing portion of Truxton Circle 1900. I cleaned up a lot of data, deleted addresses that you'd think were in the study area, but aren't and tracked down people for whom some enumerators were too drunk to write down their http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/truxton-circle-people-and-lost-traffic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-4974549881471301487Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:01:00 +00002010-01-07T08:05:40.456-05:00animalsI could have sworn I read this before, but it is dated for today. Cute kids, chickens, and Tommy Wells. Well there is this little bit:Ernst's neighbor and fellow chicken champion, Amanda Cundiff, last week presented Councilmember David Catania (chairman of the committee on health) with a petition signed by 130 people supporting measures to allow chickens in the city. "Eggs hatch in February, and http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/another-chicken-in-dc-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-4446096134720089941Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:45:00 +00002010-01-06T09:40:46.802-05:00data/demographicshistoryThis year is when we will get the 2010 Census in the mail or if you don't get it or fill it out, census takers will come to your door. Anyway, my cousin has completed the 1900 census for the Truxton Circle area and I still got to mash the data up, clear out the non-addresses, and decide what kind of paper I want to write. The last enumeration district she had to do, was ED 63, and according to http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/dont-fill-out-2010-census-forms-drunk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-2140668049291929620Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:34:00 +00002010-01-03T13:14:50.642-05:00kidsneighborsschoolsOne of my neighbors is a good neighbor. His goodness is in the fact that he actively does good, as opposed to the definition of "good" being "doesn't give trouble." He picks up trash on the sidewalk, not just in front of his house but on our whole block. When he is so inspired, he'll take the trash pick up to another adjoining block. He works for a non-profit do-gooder organization, that allows http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2010/01/kids-are-alright.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-1961567054213314293Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:55:00 +00002009-12-31T09:08:58.814-05:00kidscrimetransportationI mentioned before about the terrorizing teens on the metro here and here. Checking the other blogs around Prince of Petworth has a report of an incident on the Red line, with many comments following. What got me was one of the comments of a woman who was targeted by two teenage girls who reached into her bags, and got a "what you want me to do about it" from the station manager when she reportedhttp://www.inshaw.com/blog/2009/12/trend-of-troubling-incidences-on-metro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-4835058442012075432Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:36:00 +00002009-12-22T15:37:06.662-05:00neighborhood historyAt the corner of 2nd (Kirby) and N Street NW.http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2009/12/national-homeopathic-hospital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159745.post-437398975101327818Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:00 +00002009-12-22T11:35:24.010-05:00neighborhood historyBecause my study area of Truxton Circle for the 1900 census (actually all of the censuses) has angles and odd streets, my cousin will capture data for houses outside the study area. For example I have some of the 300 block of M Street, which is in Mount Vernon Square. Also parts of the even side of New Jersey Avenue, the 1100 block of 3rd, and a few odd houses that happen to fall outside the http://www.inshaw.com/blog/2009/12/what-should-i-do-with-this-data.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mari)2