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Join the 13th Annual Capitol Hill 4th of July Parade Proudly sponsored by Cake Mom, Tiber Creek Associates of Capitol Hill, The Miss United States Pageant, Barracks Row Mainstreet, The Hill Rag, Union Kitchen, Running Byrd Tea and Nutrition Synergies.
Thursday, July 4th – 10 AM
Don’t miss: • The Commandant’s Own Drum & Bugle Corps • The contestants of the Miss United States Pageant • The Fairy Princess Patrol, The Little Superheros • All of your neighbors, friends, their dogs and cats and Grand Marshal Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells The parade will begin at 10am from the intersection of 8th and I Streets SE and end at the Eastern Market Metro Plaza. Find a spot to watch the fun anywhere along Barracks Row.
To register a marching group, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/event/3867658270 For more information, contact Sharon Boesen at sharon@tiberdc.com
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Small Business Brief Advice Legal Clinic Meet One-on-One with a Lawyer for Free! Presented by the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program, the D.C. Women’s Business Center and the D.C. Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs If you are an existing or an aspiring small business owner, come and meet one-on-one with attorneys at this brief advice clinic. You can get information on business formation, contracts, leases, taxes or any other questions you may have related to small business legal issues. Or, if you do not have specific questions, come and tell the attorneys about your business—they can help you spot legal issues or give you general advice.
Date: Time: Location:
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 5pm – 7:30 pm DCRA Small Business Resource Center 1100 4th Street SW, Second Floor Waterfront-SEU Metro Station
Please bring any documents relevant to the issues you wish to discuss. This is a walk-in clinic; however, if you wish to pre-register, call Darryl Maxwell, Managing Attorney at 202-737-4700, ext. 3369 or visit http://bizdc.ecenterdirect.com/ConferencePresignup.action?iD=36570 Language translation services are available upon request.
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THIS SUMMER IS SIZZLING. In the past year, our listings have sold for an average of 101% of asking price. Our buyers are buying despite the “Seller’s Market.” Give us a call to talk about your plans for buying or selling. NO GIMMICKS, JUST GREAT SERVICE.
REPRESENTING SELLERS:
708 N Carolina Ave, SE Listed $915,000 SOLD $937,000
1000 D ST SE Listed $949,000 SOLD $1,100,000
REPRESENTING BUYERS: 4211 49th ST NW Listed $950,000 SOLD $950,000
414 Sheridan ST, NW Never Listed!!! SOLD $406,000
72 U ST NW Listed $899,000 SOLD $817,500
Look Us Up on Facebook! Megan Shapiro (Cell) 202-329-4068 meg@megandgeorge.com
George Olson (Cell) 202-203-0339 george.olson@rmxtalk.com
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E On DC: Taking Daniel To the Baseball Den / E. Ethelbert Miller The Bulletin Board The District Beat / Martin Austermuhle The Numbers / Elissa Silverman The Frager’s Fire and Aftermath / Andrew Lightman & Peter J. Waldron ANC 6A Re port / Charnice A. Milton ANC 6B Report / Emily Clark ANC 6C Report / Charnice A. Milton ANC 6D Report / Roberta Weiner ANC 6E/ Steve Horton Coal Burning at the Capitol Power Plant Can Continue / Catherine Plume
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Hill Residential Market: First Half 2013 /Don Denton Changing Hands: Home Sales / Don Denton
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Hot Diggity Dog! Yappy Hours on the Hill / Cyd Price Dining Notes / Celeste McCall At the Movies / Mike Canning Art and The City / Jim Magner The Literary Hill / Karen Lyon The Wine Guys / Felix Milner The Jazz Project / Jean-Keith Fagon
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Well-Nourished: An Endless Summer’s Good Libations / Annette Nielsen Thank Dog Boot Camp / Pattie Cinelli Crossfit in the District / James Atwater
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Kids & Family Notebook / Kathleen Donner School Notes / Susan Braun Johnson
homesandgardens 135 The Hill Gardener: Our Giving Trees / Annette Nielsen 138 Going Green / Catherine Plume 142 How To Reasearch Your Capitol Hill House / Robert Pohl 146 Dear Garden Lady / by Anonymous
Cover Info: Herman Maril, Interior with Cat, 1972, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jules Horelick. Photo courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum. Also at SAAM: “A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” on the history of photography in America. The photographs on view range from early daguerreotypes to contemporary digital images and are all drawn from our pioneering photography collection. More info at americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2013/photographs/.
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
LOOK FOR YOUR NEXT HILLRAG ISSUE ON: August 3rd
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his month we have witnessed an outpouring of community concern and generosity for our beloved Frager’s Hardware store. One resident was quoted as saying she was not willing to live in a Capitol Hill that did not have Frager’s, and I am sure that expresses the sentiment of most of us. You only realize how embedded Frager’s was in our daily lives now that it is gone. For a while this month, it seemed there was a fundraiser every day. The Capitol Hill Community Foundation stepped in again, as they did after the Eastern Market fire, to manage the outpouring of donations. Over $100,000 was raised in the days following the fire, and more fundraisers are planned well into July. Our job, from the moment we heard that Frager’s was on fire, was to file reports on our website, sometimes several a day, to keep everyone informed as information came in. And we will continue our reporting as parts of Frager’s reopen in new temporary locations, and as more information is released about the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage. Physically, Frager’s will never be the same. Even if it is built back into the original building, the narrow aisles crammed with every conceivable item, the basement warren where one went to get glass cut to size, the creaky wood floors worn down from decades of shoppers-- all that is gone. But Frager’s is as much about its employees and their accomodating service as anything else, and that will remain the bedrock of the store whenever it reopens, as it will.
Best Regards, Melissa Ashabranner Executive Editor; Capital Community News, Inc.
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a month-by-month guide to events
Capital Hill July 4th Parade and Festival
On Thursday, July 4, 10:00 a.m., the eleventh annual Capitol Hill July 4th parade steps off at Eighth and I sts. SE. While they prefer that everyone register to march, participation seems to be open and anyone can join in the fun. The parade ends at Eastern Market Metro Plaza with a family festival featuring hot dogs, beverages, games and craft sales. Celebrate our very special Capitol Hill community, our schools, our families and our country. The parade and festival is sponsored in part by Union Kitchen and its members, Barracks Row, The Hill Rag and the National Community Church. tiberdc. com/4thofjuly
Celebration on national archives steps (rain or shine). Photo: Courtesy of national archives
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marching down Barracks row on July 4. Photo: andrew lightman
July 4th Celebration at the National Archives
Celebrate July 4th at the National Archives Building on the Constitution Avenue steps between 7th and 9th Streets. They will commemorate this historic day with Steve Scully of C-SPAN as emcee and their annual dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence. Between 10-11 a.m. there will be a performance of the Continental Color Guard and Fife and Drum Corps and a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence by special guests including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Ned Hector (portrayed by historical reenactors). From 11 a.m.-4 p.m., go inside and take part in hands-on family activities, including storytime and crafts. Between 11 a.m.-2 p.m., meet Revolutionary figures: Abigail and John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Ned Hector, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. archives.gov
DC Drive-In @ Union Market
Courtesy of Union Market.
Washington, DC has never been home to a drive-in movie experienceuntil now. This summer, “DC Drive-In” will screen on Fridays at Union Market. This unique event is unlike any other summer screening series in the District--a full recreation of a drive-in movie experience. Watch classic Washington, DC-centric films on Union Market’s huge three-story wall. Enjoy pre-show festivities, including live music, contests and special giveaways. And of course, dine on the fresh and fabulous offerings of Union Market’s vendors served by rollerskating car hops. DC Drive-In is free to attend. Reservations are suggested for cars. There is also a secured picnic area on the parking lot for bikers and walkers. No reservation required. Here’s the lineup: July 12-Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; July 19-Distinguished Gentleman; July 26-American President; and Aug 2-No Way Out. unionmarketdc.com/events/dc-drive-in
Smithsonian Genome Exhibition Unlocks 21st-Century Science of Life
Courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, in partnership with the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, presents “Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code”-a multimedia exhibition that explores how the genomic revolution is influencing people’s lives and the extraordinary impact it is having on science, medicine and nature. The exhibition looks at the complexities of the genome-the complete set of genetic or hereditary material of a living organism-and chronicles the remarkable breakthroughs that have taken place since the completion of the Human Genome Project 10 years ago. With cutting-edge interactives, 3-D models, custom animation and engaging videos of real-life stories, the exhibition examines both the benefits and the challenges that genomics presents to modern society. “Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code” will be on view at the National Museum of Natural History through Sept. 1, 2014, when it will begin a tour of venues throughout North America. mnh.si.edu
DC Big Flea Market
Don Cockley’s booth at the show. He primarily deals in shabby chic, hardware, type trays, and unusual collectibles. Photo: Courtesy of DC Big Flea Market
If you’re interested in a bit of treasure hunting this summer, consider a trip to Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly for the DC Big Flea Market, July 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, July 21, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. This is the mid-Atlantic’s largest market for antiques and collectibles. Dulles Expo Center is at 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly, VA. It’s about 30 miles west of DC (10 minutes from Dulles Airport). Take Route 66 and after about 18 miles, merge onto Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy/US-50 W via EXIT 57B toward US-50 W/Fair Oaks/Winchester. The trip should take about an hour. $8 admission for both days. damorepromotions.com
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Post Game Fireworks at Nat’s Park. July 3. Game begins at 6:05 PM. Fireworks about 9:00 PM. Watch from inside the park or anywhere you can see the top of the park. washington.nationals.mlb.com July 4th National Symphony Orchestra Concert Full Dress Rehearsal. July 3, 7:30 PM. US Capitol west lawn. You will find a much smaller crowd at the concert rehearsal. You will be allowed on the Capitol grounds starting at 3:00 PM. You will go through security and alcohol may be confiscated. Free. nso.org July 4th Fireworks and National Symphony Orchestra Concert. July 4, 8:00 PM. US Capitol west lawn. Fireworks at about 9:15 PM. No one will be allowed on the Capitol west lawn until 3:00 PM. Come early with a picnic and a blanket to the grounds of the
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U.S. Capitol for the National Symphony Orchestra Annual Independence Day Concert. The fireworks can be seen from all over the mall, from many rooftops and from across the river. Just make sure that you have a clear view of the top half of the Washington Monument. You will go through security and alcohol may be confiscated. The fireworks and concert go on except in the case of extremely bad weather. Your best source for up-to-the-minute information is local TV and radio stations. Free. nso.org This Frisbee Clears Mines Tournament. July 4, 9:30 AM. at Anacostia Park. In honor of International Mine Action and Awareness day, on July 4, LandminesinAfrica.org will host the second annual This Frisbee Clears Mines Tournament, an Ultimate Frisbee tournament, with support from the Washington Area Frisbee Club to benefit MAG America‘s landmine clearance activities. All participants should arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. for registration and team assignments. This is an open tour-
Navy Band “Concerts on the Avenue.” Tuesdays, 7:30 PM (new time). US Navy Memorial. The United States Navy Band and its specialty groups will perform. Free. Seventh and Penn. Ave. NW. 202-737-2300. navymemorial.org.
nament and will be great fun to play or to watch. lendyourleg.org. Capitol Hill July 4th Parade and Festival Picnic. July 4. Parade,10:00 AM. Festival, 11:00 AM. Parade route is along 8th St. SE between Penn. Ave. and I St. SE. Festival is at Eastern Market Metro Plaza. Free. NOMA July 4th Bash. July 4, 5:00-8:00 PM. Face painting, music, moon bounces, food trucks, games, and more will be at the Loree Grand Field on Second & K Streets, NE. Come connect with your neighbors and celebrate our nation’s independence with your friends and family! This free and public event is sponsored by the NoMa BID. “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?”. July
Photo: Courtesy of the United States Navy Band.
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
4, 11:00 AM-noon. On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass climbed onto a stage in Rochester, NY and into the history books. His audience that day came to hear just another 4th of July speech. What they got was as brilliant indictment of slavery and of those who would not lift a hand to attack “the accursed system” as the country had ever seen. On July 4th hear the speech ring out from the steps of Frederick Douglass’s own home in Washington, DC. Frederick Douglass national Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE, (corner of 15th and W). nps.gov/frdo Patriotic Organ Concert at the National Cathedral. July 4, 2:00 PM. Washington National Cathedral. The all-American program opens with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, and includes opportunities for audience singing the National
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Left to Right: Gwen Grastorf, Drew Kopas and Toby Mulford. Photo: ClintonBPhotography
A Commedia Romeo and Juliet. July 11-28. Presented by Faction of Fools Theatre Company as part of the 8th Annual Capital Fringe Festival. Shakespeare’s greatest love story by DC’s biggest fools. $17. Presented at The Shop-at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW. 866-811-4111. capitalfringe.org Anthem and “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.” Free. 202-537-8980. nationalcathedral.org The National Archives Celebrates the Fourth of July. July 4. Band performance, 8:30–9:45 AM; Ceremony, 10:00-11:00 AM; Family activities, 11:00 AM-2:00 PM. The celebration will include patriotic music, a dramatic reading of the Declaration by historical reenactors, and exciting free family activities and entertainment for all ages. Free. Constitution Ave. and Seventh St. NW. 202-357-5400. archives.gov Independence Day Celebration and Air Force Band Concert. July 4, 8:00 PM (fireworks over Washington Monument follow). Air Force Memorial at One Air Force Memorial Drive in Arlington, VA. (14th St. Bridge into Virginia, merge onto Washington Blvd. and then Columbia Pike in the direction of the Navy Annex. Then follow signs and crowds.) Contemporary and patriotic tunes and spectacular views of the nighttime Washington, DC skyline. Free. airforcememorial.org Alexandria’s Birthday Celebration. July 13, 4:00-10:00 PM. Enjoy a concert by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, birthday cake, food and fireworks. The evening culminates in Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” Oronoco Bay Park. Free. visitalexandriava.com
SPECIAL EVENTS 2013 Capital Fringe Festival. Through July 28. Eighteen days of creative and uninhibited performances. Dominant themes in the eighth annual Festival include: updated use of classic texts and performances styles, local politics, race, religion, less traditional dance and physical performance, historical biopics and technically innovative shows involving use of mobile phones and audio systems. In addition, much merriment and revelry is to be had at the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar at Fort Fringe, where visitors and fanatics alike can enjoy even more live local music than ever before, food, drinks and pulled BBQ pork, and catch the latest buzz about all of the Fringe
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performances. capitalfringe.org LUMEN8ANACOSTIA 2013. Through Aug 10, with weekly themed programming including a film week, a fashion week and a closing celebration on Aug 10. Events around Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE and Good Hope Rd. lumen8anacostia.com Smithsonian Folklife Festival. July 3-7. 11:00 AM-5:30 PM. Evening events at 6:00 PM. Festival features programs on Campus and Community, Citified, and Creativity and Crisis. Free entrance. National Mall between 7th and 14th sts. folklife.si.edu/center/festival Hardware-Hill-Home: A Creativity Workshop to Benefit Frager’s Hardware Store. July 13, 6:30-9:30 PM. For 93 years, Frager’s Hardware store has inspired the creativity of countless of people on the Hill. Now is the time to come together and put that creativity to use for Frager’s. Join them on Saturday, July 13, for a night of sharing stories and creating mixed media artwork inspired by our history, our home, our future to benefit the rebuilding of this cornerstone of Capitol Hill. Led by Hill resident, artist, writer and guest lecturer, Tracy Cooley, this workshop is for participants of all ability levels. Suggested minimum donation $55. CHAW, 545 7th St. SE. 202-5476839. chaw.org Water Lily & Lotus Festival 2013 at Kenilworth Park. July 13, 10:30 AM-4:30 PM. Blooming lilies and lotuses; live music; face painting; gardening workshops; pond, greenhouse and photography tours. Bird walks at 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Arrive at 9:00 AM and help clean up the gardens. Free. 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE. 202-426-6905. www.nps.gov/keaq Marine Barracks Evening Parade. Friday evenings through Aug 30. Guests admitted starting at 7:00 PM. Guests should be seated by 8:00 PM. Program begins at 8:45 PM. The Evening Parade has become a universal symbol of the professionalism, discipline and Esprit de Corps of the United States Marines. The ceremony begins with a concert by the United
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2013 Twilight Tattoo at Fort Myer. Wednesdays, through Aug 28, 7:00 PM with pre-ceremony pageantry starting at 6:45 PM. Members of the 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard), the US Army Band “Pershings Own,” Fife and Drum Corps and the US Army Drill Team will perform an hourlong sunset military Pageant. Over 100 Old Guard soldiers dressed in period uniforms will provide a glimpse of Army history from colonial times to the soldier of the future. Summerall Field on historic Fort Myer in Arlington, VA. usarmyband.com Free Summer Saturdays at the Corcoran. This summer, from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend, enjoy special exhibitions and programming free of charge in addition to Gallery tours, select workshops, demonstrations, and performances for all ages. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-6391700. corcoran.org
SUMMER MUSIC AND MOVIES Adams Morgan Summer Concert. Saturday, July 6, 5:00-7:00 PM at the corner of Columbia and 18th NW. adamsmorganonline.org NoMa Summer Screen “Outlaw Heroes”. 7:00-11:00 PM. July 3-The Fugitive; July 10-Bridesmaids; July 17-Moonrise Kingdom; July 24-True Grit; July 31-Hunger Games; Aug 7-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Aug 14-Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Aug 21- (rain date). Movie location at L St. between 2nd and 3rd, NE. nomabid.org Military Band Concerts at the US Capitol. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays in summer (weather permitting). 8:00 PM. Mondays, US Navy Band; Tuesdays, US Air Force Band; Wednesdays, US Marine Band; Fridays, US Army Band. Free. West Terrace US Capitol Building. Yards Park Marine Band Thursday Night Concerts (before the movie). Thursdays, 7:30 PM, through Aug 29 (not Independence Day). Yards Park is in the Capitol Riverfront at 355 Water Street SE, three blocks from Nationals Ballpark. Take the Green Line to Navy Yard (New Jersey Avenue exit). yardspark.org Postgame Concerts at Nationals Park. Thompson Square (July 6), Gavin DeGraw (August 31) and Montgomery Gentry (September 21) will comprise the lineup for the 2013 NatsLive Free Postgame Concert Series following select Nationals home games throughout the summer. The performances will begin approximately 15 minutes after the final out of each Nationals game. Fans who wish to attend the free concerts must have a valid ticket for that day’s Nationals game, which can be purchased at nationals.com/NatsLive. The Double Play Giveaway & Concert Packs are also available
at nationals.com/flex for those who want to ensure their seat for each of the four postgame concerts. Documentary Film Series at Southeast Library. July 15-Religulous. Comedian and TV host Bill Maher takes a pilgrimage across the globe on an mind-opening journey into the ultimate taboo: questioning religion. Aug 12-Grizzly Man. This documentary explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Southeast Library, 403 7th St. SE. 202-6983377. dclibrary.org/southeast National Shrine Summer Organ Recitals. Sundays in July and Aug, 6:00 PM. Free. Free will offering accepted. All welcome. 400 Michigan Ave. NE. 202-5268300. nationalshrine.com Music in the Courtyard. July 21, 7:0010:30 PM at Gallery O on H, 1354 H St. NE. galleryoonh.com Screen on the Green. July 22-E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; July 29-Norma Rae; Aug 5-Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Aug 12-Tootsie. On the National Mall between 7th and 12th Streets. friendsofscreenonthegreen.org Navy Band “Concerts on the Avenue.” Tuesdays, 7:30 PM (new time). US Navy Memorial. The United States Navy Band and its specialty groups will perform. Free. Seventh and Penn. Ave. NW. 202737-2300. navymemorial.org Canal Park Outdoor Movies. Thursdays at sundown. July 4, no movie because of the holiday; July 11, Batman Begins; July 18, Thor; July 25, The Dark Knight; Aug 1, The Avengers; Aug 8, The Dark Knight Rises. Every week there will be trivia for each comic, as well as special giveaways on designated theme nights and more. Canal Park is accessible from the New Jersey Avenue entrance of the Navy Yard Metro. Canal Park is at 200 M St. SE. canalparkdc.org U Street Movies. July 17, Aug 21, Sept 18. Contact harrison@ustreet-dc.org to help organize or donate. Movies shown at the Harrison Recreation Center field, V St. between 13th and 14th sts. NW. Free admission. Attendees are encouraged to come early to picnic in the park and listen to music spun by local DJs. movies. ustreet-dc.org Rhythm in NoMa Concerts. July 25, Aug 29, Sept 26; 6:00-8:00 PM. Connect with business partners, family or friends while listening to a variety of popular musical styles, from Motown to funk to quiet jazz ensembles. location TBA. nomabid.org Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series. Fridays, 8:30 PM. Here’s the lineup: July 5, Scott’s New Band; July 12, Texas Chainsaw Horns; July 19, 40 Thieves; July 26, Practically Einstein; Aug 2, Sam O; Aug 9, 19th Street Band; Aug 16, Crowded Streets; Aug 23, Alma Tropicalia; and Aug 30, Framewerk. Yards Park is in the Capitol Riverfront at 355 Water Street SE, three blocks from Nationals Ballpark. Take the
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Green Line to Navy Yard (New Jersey Avenue exit). yardspark.org Air Force Band Concerts. Fridays in summer, 8:00 PM. Air Force Memorial at One Air Force Memorial Drive in Arlington, VA. (14th St. Bridge into Virginia, merge onto Washington Blvd. and then Columbia Pike in the direction of the Navy Annex. Then follow signs.) Expect a pleasing mix of contemporary and patriotic tunes and spectacular views of the nighttime Washington, DC skyline. Free. airforcememorial.org Jazz in the Sculpture Garden. Fridays, through Aug 30 (rain or shine), 5:00-8:00 PM. National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Live jazz performed by an eclectic mix of top artists from the Washington area entertains visitors outdoors in front of the fountain or in the Pavilion Cafe (if it’s raining). The Pavilion Cafe features a seasonal tapas-style menu and bar service during the concerts. Everyone can enjoy these concerts. You do not have to order food or drinks. Free. 202- 289-3360. nga.gov Live American Roots Music. Friday and Saturday nights in summer. The National Building Museum has partnered with Hill Country Barbecue Market to present Hill Country’s Backyard Barbecue, a unique branded outdoor experience featuring Hill Country’s awardwinning Texas-style barbecue, ice-cold Shiner beers, and signature cocktails on the Museum’s spacious and picturesque West Lawn. Throughout the summer, the space features live American roots music on Friday and Saturday nights, presented by Hill Country Live, Hill Country’s Austin-inspired music program. National Buildiong Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org Wednesday Lunchtime Concerts at Canal Park. Wednesdays, Through July 31, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM. Canal Park is located at 202 M St, SE. canalparkdc.org
MUSIC Libaya Baba-Garifuna Music and Dance from California and New York. July 2, noon. Coolidge Auditorium (located on the Ground Floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress). Free. loc.gov Harmonia-Music of the Danube to the Carpathians from Ohio. July 11, noon. Coolidge Auditorium (located on the Ground Floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress). Free. loc.gov Bona’s “Grace and Blood” CD Release. July 12, 7:30-10:00 PM. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202-558-6900. ebenezerscoffeehouse.com Chamber Music Recital by the Ternion Ensemble. July 12, 7:30-8:30 PM. Schumann Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op.; Schumann Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 105; and Dohnanyi Serenade in C for String Trio. CHAW, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org The Band Concord, Phillip Noss, Zia Hassan & G.B. Parker. July 19, 7:30-10:00 PM. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202-558-6900.
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ebenezerscoffeehouse.com WorldPlay: Traditional Music of the World at Hill Center. July 21, 3:30-6:00 PM. Children’s Choir of Tblisi: Music from the Republic of Georgia. The concert will feature a half hour, moderated discussion about the history of the culture, heritage, music and performers. Tickets are $15. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-549-4172. hillcenterdc.org Liz Frame and the Kickers, Stewart Lewis. July 23, 7:30-10:00 PM. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202-558-6900. ebenezerscoffeehouse.com Copper Into Steel, South Rail Band & Sara Masterson. July 26, 7:30-10:00 PM. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202-5586900. ebenezerscoffeehouse.com Gospel Choir Brunch at Union Market. First Saturday of every month. Experience Gospel Choir Brunch on the first Saturday of every month with a dynamic performance featuring the Israel Baptist Church. Brunch specials are available from vendors. Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE. unionmarketdc.com HR 57 Weekly Jam Sessions. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 PM-midnight. Since 1993 HR-57 has provided a place where aspiring musicians gather to learn the history and cultures of the genres of jazz and blues. It’s a venue for the exchange of ideas and information between aspiring and professional musicians, students, aficionados and the general public. $8. 1007 H St. NE. 202-253-0044. hr57.org Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tuesday, 12:10 PM. Free but free will offering taken. 1317 G ST. NW. 202-347-2635. epiphanydc.org Jazz Night (and fish fry) in Southwest. Fridays, 6:00-9:00 PM. Every Friday night. Expect a large, fun and friendly crowd. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). The cover is $5. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. 202-484-7700. westminsterdc. org/jazz Blue Monday Blues. Mondays, 6:00-9:00 PM. Westminster Presbyterian Church. Local musicians perform, and the Southwest Catering Company provides a fish fry from 5:30-8:30 PM. $5/general; free/children under 16. Modestly priced food. 400 I St. SW. 202-484-7700. westminsterdc.org/blues
THEATER One Destiny at Fords. Through July 6. One Destiny was commissioned by the Ford’s Theatre Society to bring the drama and emotion of the American Civil War to life through informative and entertaining theatre. This unique 35-minute play captures the emotions of that fateful night in 1865, as told through the eyewitness accounts of actor Harry Hawk and Ford’s Theatre co-owner Harry Ford, among others. Ages 8 and up. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. fords.org
Sandaya: Bermese Lessons. July 10-21. Sandaya: Burmese Lessons traces the journey of a young American pianist as she learns Burmese language and unique piano style (sandaya). The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. atlasarts.org The Rocky Horror Show at Studio. July 10-Aug 4. A castle. A mad scientist. The Time Warp. The original horror comedy musical strips a newly engaged couple of their inhibitions-and clothes-in their unforgettable odyssey of carnal pleasures and self-discovery. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org The Audience in the Sidney Harman Hall. July 22-28. Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highlyanticipated West End production of The Audience, broadcast as part of National Theatre Live. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. shakespearetheatre.org
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Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” at CHAW. Aug 1-3. Cast members hail from the CHAW community, glbt arts community, and the community-at-large. This summer’s production continues the tradition of the slightly-twisted versions of previous Gilbert & Sullivan offerings at CHAW over the past eleven years including “HMS Pinafore,” “Iolanthe,” “The Mikado,” “Patience,” a sampler of songs from 8 operettas, and “The Gondoliers.” CHAW, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org
SPORTS, DANCE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS Nats Baseball. July 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 27 and 28. Nationals Park. 202-675-6287. washington.nationals.mlb.com
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Capital Riverfront Farmers Market. Open Tuesdays through October, 4:00-7:00 PM. Every Tuesday, Canal Park’s southern block will transform into a festive marketplace with a dozen local farmers and vendors selling fresh produce, locally prepared food, and artisan crafts. Canal Park is located in the Capitol Riverfront at 2nd and M Sts. SE. H Street FreshFarm Market. Saturdays through Dec 21, 9:00 AM-noon. H St. and 13th St. NE. Vendors are Atwater’s; Blueberry Hill; Cedarbrook Farm; Dolcezza Gelato; Full Cellar Farm; Garden Path Farm; Gordy’s Pickle Jar; Keswick Creamery at Carrock Farm, LLC; Quaker Valley Orchards; Red Apron Butchery; Richfield Farm. freshfarmmarkets.org Fresh Tuesdays at Eastern Market. Every Tuesday, 3:00-7:00 PM. Tuesday afternoon farmers’ line of fresh produce. Eastern Market, 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarket-dc.com Union Market. Wednesday-Friday, 11:00 AM8:00 PM; Saturday-Sunday, 8:00 AM-8:00 PM. The newly-opened Union Market is an artisanal, curated, year-round food market featuring over 40 local vendors. 1309 Fifth St. NE. 301-652-7400. unionmarketdc.com Eastern Market. Daily except Mondays and important holidays. Weekdays, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM; Saturdays, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM; Sundays, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. Flea market and arts and crafts market open Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM. Eastern Market is Washington’s last continually operated “old world” market. On weekends the market area comes alive with farmers bringing in fresh produce, craft and flower vendors, artists, a flea market and street musicians. 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarket-dc.com Penn Quarter, DC FreshFarm Market. Thursdays through Dec 19, 3:00-7:00 PM. North end of 8th St. NW, between D and E Sts. NW. freshfarmmarkets.org
CIVIC LIFE Grosso Near You (informal) Meeting. First Thursday, 8:00-9:30 AM, Pound the Hill, 621 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. The meetings will provide the opportunity for constituents to bring ideas and issues directly to Councilmember Grosso as part of an effort to make the DC Council more accessible. ANC 6A. Second Thursday, 7:00 PM. Meeting at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th St. NE. 202-423-8868. anc6a.org
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Southeast Library Book Sale. July 13 (monthly on the 2nd Saturday), 10:00 AM3:00 PM. 403 Seventh St. SE. 202-698-3377. dclibrary.org/southeast
ANC 6C. Second Wednesday, 7:00 PM. Meeting at Heritage Foundation, 214 Mass. Ave. NE, first floor conference room. 202-547-7168. anc6c.org
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aniel my godson is six years old. He runs into Nationals Park ahead of me. Today is his first game, a baptism that will bless his life with playoffs and World Series if he is lucky. I’m sixty-two and have never witnessed a no-hitter or a triple play. In 1965 I caught a ball in Yankees Stadium off the bat of Yankees back-up catcher Bill Bryan. On August 28, 2005, a ball hit by Jose Guillen dropped into my hands. What are the odds of being happy twice in life? I yell for Daniel to wait for me. He does, and I don’t have to shout his name into the crowd. It’s seeing a baseball field for the first time that stops everyone, isn’t it? The green, green outfield. The brown infield sipping water from the ground crew while waiting for the bases to arrive like jewels. Yes, this is heaven on earth. This is a place for miracles, where each season something will break your heart but also restore your faith in love. On this day young Daniel becomes a believer. A wonder engulfs him before the first pitch or hit. We stand behind centerfield. A sea of red shirts and hats flows out from the Metro station behind us. Where else can one see a crowd like this in Washington? Don’t compare it to the Cherry Blossom Festival, a po-
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litical protest, or a marathon race to raise money to fight against an illness. For my godson time has stopped as a result of the majestic beauty of Nats stadium. Did God invent the air here? We arrive at the park an hour before the game starts. I take Daniel by the hand and we begin to walk around. No, first we stop and purchase fries and hotdogs before going to Section 229. For some reason Daniel’s mother has stuffed into his backpack a book, fruit, and a jacket. Are we going to a picnic? Why go to a game with apple slices? If you tell me it’s better for my health then we might as well discuss the use of the designated hitter in the American League. When you attend a game with a child it’s important to see the baseball universe through their eyes. Forget the pitch count – I have to take Daniel to the bathroom twice. During the 4th inning, seeking more food, we stand on a fast moving line. I can hear the action taking place on the field but I can’t see anything. Does it matter? My mind is on Daniel not dropping his food or getting ketchup on his red Nationals shirt. In front of us someone accidentally knocks a beer out of a woman’s hand. The spilling of holy water? There is no argument. Somewhere a manager is taking a ball
out of a pitcher’s hand. Accidents can happen, like triples. By the eighth inning fans begin to leave the park. The Nationals are ahead by several runs. I let Daniel sit in one of the lower rows closer to the field. For most of the game he has been watching the scoreboard. That’s the difference between the past and now. Children spend more time watching the game on a big screen than looking at the field. Still, it’s the experience of baseball that I come for. A few months ago I read John Sexton’s “Baseball as a Road to God,” a book which examines the spiritual aspects of the game. I think of the stories Sexton compiled as I leave the ball park. What new faith have I introduced young Daniel to? From den to dugout, people ponder the meaning of life. Baseball slows time while waiting for everyone to return home. Daniel and I descend into the Metro. The difference in our ages is now measured by the innings we shared. Tonight Daniel will fall asleep while wearing his baseball jersey. His mother will kiss him good night before leaving his room. How can a child dream without knowing baseball? How does a man remain forever young by simply watching the flight of a ball? H HillRag | July 2013 H 27
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Yards Park Water Features Open
The water features in The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE, are now open. Please note that routine maintenance on the canal basin, water wall, and fountains will occur on Tuesdays from 9-10:30 a.m. Since there is no lifeguard on duty, please be mindful of all water feature rules. Children under 12 years old must have adult supervision. No diapers are allowed are and clothing/swimsuits are required. The water source for water features is chlorinated DC water but it is not for drinking. Yards Park summer hours are sunrise to 10 p.m. capitolriverfront.org
The Little Farm Stand at SW Duck Pond
The Little Farm Stand is back at the Southwest Duck Pond on Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. through Nov 17. The Little Farm Stand represents local farming at its best--Loudoun County farmers who own 25 acres in Middleburg, tending a small organic orchard and growing a variety of produce-plus preserves, honey, and Grade A and B maple syrup. The Little Farm stand is 100% local. Not a farmers market, but a stand-alone, local fruit and vegetable vendor. Sixth & I Streets, SW. southwestduckpond.org
Weekly Job Seekers Clinic at Southeast Library
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finding useful books and other resource materials. Southeast Library, 403 7th St. SE. 202-698-3377. dclibrary.org/southeast
Epworth Church may not Remove Stained Glass Windows
Historic Epworth Church at 700 A St. NE has been denied a permit request from the World Mission Society Church of God to remove the stained glass windows from the church. This victory upholds the DC Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act’s “core purpose of retaining and enhancing contributing buildings in historic districts.” The Mayor’s Agent Decision and Final Order are posted at tinyurl.com/k9y5z56.
Infrastructure Improvements on First Street, NE
DDOT began making extensive infrastructure improvements and repairs on First St. NE between G St. NE and New York Ave. NE on May 28. These repairs and improvements should be completed by the end of February 2014, weather permitting. Construction hours in the area will be Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. During construction, only one southbound lane on First St. NE will remain open to traffic and curbside parking will be halted along this corridor. However, access to adjacent businesses and residences in the area will be maintained. DDOT will be installing the following improvements in this corridor during this project: new roadway, cycle track and rain gardens; new streetlights, traffic signals, granite curbs, storm drains and brick
Sandaya: Burmese Lessons. Photo: Courtesy of the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sandaya: Burmese Lessons at the Atlas
Sandaya: Burmese Lessons traces the journey of a young American pianist as she learns the Burmese language and a unique piano style (sandaya). Her story captures her relationships with a Burmese performance artist and U Ko Ko, her piano teacher, as all three become caught up in the struggle between artistic expression and tyranny. The multi-media performance also features Burmese dance, drumming, and puppetry, and music by composer Kit Young as it tells a contemporary tale of the resiliency of a culture and its artists. July 10-21 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. atlasarts.org gutters; and Upgraded sidewalk and pedestrian ramps. For additional details please contact the Project Manager Abdullahi Mohamed 202-5317563 or the project’s public outreach office at 202-591-1433.
ANC 6A Accepting Grant Applications
The Community Outreach Committee of ANC 6A is accepting grant applications for evaluation at their Aug 12 meeting and subsequent consideration by ANC 6A at their Sept 12 meeting. Requests must be received, electronically, by Aug 5. The primary benefit of any grant must be to residents of ANC 6A. The application form, which includes filing instructions and funding guidelines, is available at anc6a. org/documents.html. Potential grant applicants are strongly encour-
aged to contact Elizabeth Nelson at 202-543-3512 or Elizabeth_knits@ yahoo.com to obtain advice on the application process prior to submitting an application. A review of successful grant applications (similar in purpose), also on the website, is also encouraged.
Free Yoga at Yards Park
Get fit with friends! Yoga activist offers two free weekly yoga classes in Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE at 7:00 pm during the summer. Monday and Wednesday night classes on the Great Lawn through Aug 28. Free and open to the public. capitolriverfront.org
Southwest Waterfront AARP Trip to St. Michaels
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a.m.-6 p.m., the Southwest Waterfront AARP #4751 chapter members are planning a day-long trip to St. Michael’s, MD which includes lunch at the Crab Claw Restaurant. The cost per person is $65 and includes round trip charter bus, lunch, gratuities, and the driver’s donation. The bus departs from and returns to River Park Co-op at 1301 Delaware Ave. SW. Final payment is due no later than Wednesday, July 3. Make checks or money orders payable to SWWF/AARP #4751, c/o Ms. Inez Davis, Membership Chair, Southeast Postal Station, PO Box 15339, Washington, DC 20003-5339. For more information, contact: Ethel Davis/Inez Davis at 202544-2313; Evelyn Dorsey at 202-488-9685 or Betty Jean Tolbert Jones at 202-5540901. All are welcome.
Capitol Hill Fitness Opens on 8th Street
Open 7 days per week, Barracks Row’s new workout spot, Capitol Hill Fitness, 725 8th St. SE, invites you to stop by for a sample visit soon so they can show off their small group personal training programs. All summer long on Sundays from noon-3 p.m. and Tuesdays from 4:30-8:30 p.m. you can name your own price; otherwise classes are $15 each with discounts for purchasing a series. Capitol Hill Fitness features
come. St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 600 M St. SW. 202-5543222. staugustinesdc.org
Florida Avenue, NE Safety and Planning Study
DDOT has initiated a multimodal safety and planning study of Florida Ave. NE. Focusing on the Florida Ave. corridor from New York Ave. to H St./Benning Rd., the study will evaluate safety, streetscape, and operational enhancements to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists while ensuring all users
creasingly popular regional destination following the development of Union Market and the NoMa business district. DDOT is committed to ensuring that Florida Ave. NE is a safe transportation corridor and wants to engage with those who live, work and recreate in the area. The study process will include three public meetings at key stages in the planning process. In addition, the public is encouraged to submit ideas and input regarding transportation improvements along Florida Ave., using the online mapping and comment features on this web site. In addition, a Community Outreach Advisors group will be providing guidance to the DDOT team throughout the planning process. floridaavesafety.org
Paddle Night on the Anacostia River
Come “rediscover” your Anacostia River with free canoeing and kayaking! Hill resident Peggy Join the Anacostia WaterO’Brien, who founded the shed Society every Thursday, Folger’s education programs 5-7:30 p.m., at the Anacosand edited the groundtia Community Boathouse, breaking teacher series, 1900 M St. SE, this sumShakespeare Set Free, has mer and relax on the wabeen appointed Director ter with the whole family. of Education. She succeeds They’ll provide everything Robert G. Young who is you need for a great padretiring at the end of June. dling experience! Paddle FRESH IMPROV’s workshop and performance. Photo: Cecile Oreste After years of teaching high night includes a wetland school English in the Disecology tour. Participants An Improv Workshop on H Street NE trict of Columbia’s public will learn about the ecology Joy of Motion Dance Center offered a FRESH IMPROV Workshop for adult schools, O’Brien established of the surrounding wetlands dancers at its Atlas studio location (1333 H Street NE) on June 15. The dance imthe Folger’s performanceand forests. From a canoe or provisation workshop, which culminated with the performance of two site-specifbased education philosophy kayak, participants will have ic dances, included three 30-minute sessions led by Sylvana Christopher of Glade and many of its programs the chance to see wildlife Dance Collective, Nancy Havlik of Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group and in the 1980s, including including beavers, muskrats, Ken Manheimer. joyofmotion.org. the NEH-funded summer waterfowl and herons; as Teaching Shakespeare Inwell as the rich flora of the stitute and the beloved sturiparian corridor including dent Shakespeare festivals. She led circuit training focused on build- have safe access within and through trees such as river birch, green ash, the Folger’s education department ing core muscles, flexibility, strength this important corridor. Eastern cottonwood and invasive until 1994, when she was named and endurance through low impact A critical link in the District’s plants like tree of heaven. Feel free Director of Education Programs for training. For the class schedule, go roadway network and part of a bur- to bring any field guides, binoculars, the Corporation for Public Broad- to CapHillFitness.com geoning area of the city, Florida and/or a hand lens to investigate the casting. During this time, in collabAve. NE is a complex corridor with flora and fauna you will encounter. oration with Cambridge University multiple land uses, varying roadway Other dates for the trip are June St. Augustine’s Game Night Press and Georgetown University, On Friday, July 5, 6:30 p.m. pot- conditions, and important transit 27, Aug 1, Sept 5 and Oct 3. Regshe launched and published Shakeluck, 7 p.m. games, bring a potluck connections. The corridor serves as istration is required. To register, visit speare Magazine, a print and online dish to share. Board and card games the main street for the Gallaudet anacostiaws.org. For more informamagazine for teachers of Shakeprovided, but feel free to bring your University campus and residents tion, email info@anacostiaws.org or speare. folger.edu own games too. All ages are wel- of Wards 5 and 6, as well as an in- call 301-699-6204 ext. 112.
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Steel Water Main Rehabilitation Project (K St. NW from 1st St. NW to 2nd St. NE)
As part of its Capital Improvement Program, DC Water is reconstructing a 36-inch steel water main on K St. from 1st St. NW to 2nd St. NE. The repairs to the 100 yearold pipe beneath the street include the rehabilitation of approximately 1,200 feet of steel water mains, install valves and corrosion control measures. This project will improve water quality, increase water pressure, and provide adequate flows throughout the system. Water service is expected to continue without disruption. However, if a temporary water service shut-off is necessary, then residents will be given 48 hours notice. For more information about this project, contact DC Water Project Manager Diem-Chau Du at 202-787-7606 or Diem-Chau.Du@dcwater.com.
Mautner Project Joins Whitman-Walker Health
2013 BookFest a Literary Success for Capitol Hill
May 5 was another great day for books and authors on Capitol Hill. The third annual Literary Hill BookFest in the North Hall of Eastern Market attracted throngs of readers eager to meet the forty writers assembled there. In addition to writers, representatives from local libraries, a writers’ group, and the Washington Conservation Guild were on hand to share their expertise. Publishers Ruka Press and Platypus Media/Science, Naturally! offered an array of enticing titles, as did book sellers Riverby Books, Capitol Hill Books, and Fairy Godmother Books and Toys. Authors ran the gamut from travel writers, movie reviewers, poets, and cookbook writers, to historians, children’s authors, journalists, sports writers, memoirists, and photographers. People lined up to meet Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Gene Weingarten, to chat with James L. Swanson, author of the best-selling “Manhunt,” and to have books signed by hot new fantasy writer Janine K. Spendlove. The Literary Hill BookFest is sponsored by Capital Community News with support from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, Riverby Books, and many individual donors. For more, visit literaryhillbookfest.org.
Mautner Project: The National Lesbian Health Organization today announced a collaboration with Whitman-Walker Health (WWH). Mautner Project’s mission to provide health and wellness education and outreach to Washington’s lesbian and bisexual community will now occur through WWH, giving both organizations access to larger populations and expanded service offerings. Mautner Project’s health and wellness programs, like weight loss, smoking cessation, access to critical cancer screening, and culturally sensitive peer and support groups will continue. New programs like mammography and breast health services, gynecology, dental and pharmacy services, and legal support can now be accessed through WWH. Founded in 1990, Mautner Project is committed to improving the health of women who partner with women including lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, through direct and support service, education and advocacy. The organization offers a series of groundbreaking programs to raise awareness of the unique needs of its population within the health care field, programs to provide support and referral to services. Mautner Project is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. More information can be found at mautnerproject.org.
Specialty Hospital of Washington Introduces New Coma Neuro Stimulation Program Unit
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tol Hill has developed a Coma Neuro Stimulation Program Unit in a cooperative project with internationally renowned neurologist Dr. Peter Bernad. The Coma Neuro Stimulation Program Unit will offer multisensory treatment protocols developed by Dr. Bernad to reestablish meaningful intellectual and physical functionality in patients with traumatic brain injury. The Specialty Hospital of Washington at 700 Constitution Aven. NE, is a Long Term Acute Care hospital, a specialized category of healthcare facilities that focus on caring for patients with medically complex needs that require a high level of nursing and specialized medical technology. specialtyhospitals.com
Call Washington Humane Society for Animals in Need of Rescue
The Washington Humane Society’s Humane Law Enforcement Department investigates over 1,400 complaints of animal cruelty each year. The program has four full-time Humane Law Enforcement Officers who respond to cruelty complaints 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These dedicated officers rescue hundreds of dogs, cats, and other animals each year from neglect and abuse, many of whom are later adopted into new homes. The most serious cases are brought to the attention of the United States Attorney’s Office for prosecution. If you see an animal in need of rescue, please call our 24-hour open phone line for Humane Law Enforcement, 202-723-5730.
Citizen Scientist: Contribute to Understanding of the Natural World
Today there is a renewed interest in communities working with researchers and scientists to study and preserve the local environment. In this evening’s panel discussion, come learn about some of the work that is being done locally to document and preserve the world around us and how you can participate. Event is on Tuesday, July 16, 7-9 p.m. at the Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. It’s free. For information and reservations, call 202-633-4844. anacostia.si.edu
USDA Opens Friday Farmers Market
Market at 12th and Independence Ave. SW (Smithsonian Metro) is open Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., through Nov. The USDA Farmers Market is part of USDA’s continued effort to encourage everyone to eat healthy and provide nationwide access to healthy foods every day via more than 7,800 farmers markets across the nation.
District DMV Inspection Station Returns to Summer Hours
The District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles Inspection Station, at 1001 Half Street, SW, has resumed its summer hours from 6 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. Winter hours for the Inspection Station will resume on Tuesday, Sept 3. It will be open from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. All other DC DMV locations will be open for their normal hours of operation. With more than 40 online and mail services available, DC DMV encourages customers to “skip the in-person trip,” and conduct their business online at dmv.dc.gov.
Illegal Fireworks in DC and Penalties
In general, any firework or firecracker that explodes is illegal in the District of Columbia. Any person found using or in the possession of illegal fireworks in the District of Columbia could face fines and penalties of up to $2,000 and/or arrest for further prosecution. The Metropolitan Police Department and Fire/ EMS seize illegal fireworks products that are discovered within the District and destroy them after 30 days. Illegal fireworks characteristics are any fireworks that move, explode, emit a spark or flame greater than 12 feet, have a side mounted fuse or a fuse inserted at any point along the length of the product’s surface, contain mercury, arsenic, magnesium, phosphorus, or any other highly oxidizing agent or that the Fire Marshal considers to be dangerous to the safety of any person or property. To report the possession, use or sale of illegal fireworks, or any other fireworks related information, contact the DC Fire/EMS Department Fire Prevention Division at 202727-1614. H
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Ron’s Return
Three More Guilty Pleas In Corruption Cases by Martin Austermuhle
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fter months of monk-like silence, the office of U.S. Attorney for DC Ron Machen roared back to life in June. With three more guilty pleas in what has become an ever-widening investigation into corruption in DC, Machen effectively answered the question on everyone’s mind: just how much does he have left? Plenty. Machen opened the month with a bombshell of a conviction: former Councilmember Michael Brown pleaded guilty to taking $55,000 in bribes from federal agents that passed themselves off as businessmen seeking preferential access to DC contracts. Not only did Machen’s team bring Brown down, but they did so by tempting him with rolls of hundred-dollar bills packed in plastic bags and Washington Redskins travel mugs—and caught him on camera in the process. But that was just the beginning. A week later it was Lee Calhoun, a former employee of Jeffrey Thompson’s accounting firm. Thompson, you might recall, is the well-connected DC businessman who was once the city’s biggest contractor—and one of the kindest campaign contributors. Calhoun pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of partaking in Thompson’s straw campaign donation scheme, under which Thompson reimbursed employees, associates and their friends and families for donations to local and federal campaigns. Just as the ink had dried on Calhoun’s plea, it was time for Stanley Straughter, a Philadelphia-based contractor, to step up and accept guilt for the same crime. All told, Calhoun and Straughter directed close to 34 H hillrag.com
year election schedule, and that he wants to bring the strongest cases that he can. Without that, he’s said, taxpayers would be on the hook for years of litigation. Those are fair points, but had Brown actually beat Grosso, Machen’s choice not to have charged Brown before the election would have left DC taxpayers to kick in for yet another special election. Additionally, the candidates in the April 23 special election can rightfully ask whether or not the results of that race—which was won by Councilmember Anita Bonds—would have changed had Brown never thrown his name in the hat. $300,000 in straw donations to local and federal campaigns over the course of a decade, all at Thompson’s behest. And to close out the month, Machen also got a federal grand jury to indict DC restaurant owner and campaign contributor Anthony “Tony” Cheng and his son for allegedly bribing two DC officials to get taxicab licenses. Beyond the sheer extent of Machen’s investigation into the deepest recesses of DC political class, it’s becoming more and more apparent that his work could have a significant impact on the 2014 primary, which is less than a year away.
Brown Gets Busted
Everyone seemed to like Michael Brown, but it’s now clear that he was simply a crook. No matter what the justification, that he took bribes—what he shamelessly called “a piece of the piece”—in exchange for influence erases what little goodwill most residents
could have for the man. In that, it’s good that Machen brought him down. But when he brought him down is troubling. According to Machen’s investigation, Brown was on the take from July 2012 to March 2013. For the majority of that time, Brown was running for office, first battling to keep his At-Large seat in the November general election (he lost to Councilmember David Grosso) and then fighting to take the At-Large seat vacated by Council Chair Phil Mendelson. Thankfully, he lost his race against Grosso and then dropped out of the April 23 special election, a move he made because Machen didn’t give him much of a choice. But that leaves unanswered a basic question: if Brown had already taken $20,000 in bribes before the November general election, why not come down on him before voters went to the polls to begin with? All Machen has said is that his investigations don’t obey the city’s two-
Thompson’s Troubles
It’s only getting more complicated as the investigation into Thompson’s ever-expanding straw donation scheme proceeds. From Calhoun and Straughter’s guilty pleas, it’s becoming clear that Thompson spread his money far and wide. A document listing the candidates that benefited from Thompson’s largesse through Straughter’s straw donors is a good hint of just how many people benefited: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Anthony Williams, Muriel Bowser, Arlen Specter, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Linda Cropp, Adrian Fenty, Jesse Jackson, Vincent Orange, Martin O’Malley, and so on. The list of politicians that were touched by Thompson’s money is long—very long—and distinguished. That, of course, must make anyone looking to run for higher office in DC especially nervous. Did their campaigns ever get Thompson’s mon-
ey? Should they have known? With nine months to go until the April 2014 primary that decides many of the city’s contested races, all that uncertainty is not a good thing. There’s also the element of the investigation into Mayor Vince Gray’s 2010 campaign, which benefitted from a Thompsonfunded infusion of illicit contributions totaling $653,000. To this point, though, Gray has claimed ignorance as to that money even existing. Given that Machen hasn’t made a move against anyone from Gray’s campaign since last July, we could well give him the benefit of the doubt. I do. Given the time that has elapsed since the shadow campaign was revealed, I’m inclined to think that Machen has moved on from Gray and is focusing his energies on bringing down Thompson. That would be a much bigger catch, after all. Additionally, the recent revelations of how far and wide Thompson’s money went lend credibility to Gray’s argument that he had no idea: lots of other local and federal candidates got Thompson’s money, and no one is saying that they’re necessarily crooked. But does Machen know otherwise? And if he does, when will he let the rest of us know? Will he look to build the best case against Gray, even if that means letting him run for re-election in what could be a competitive field? Considering how he proceeded against Brown, it’s not beyond imagination.
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he person at the coffee shop who pours your favorite morning brew probably earns about $11 an hour. The person at the drugstore who rang up your toothpaste and hand cream also makes about $11 an hour. That’s because retail workers in DC typically earn $11 an hour, according to federal government statistics. Even with full-time employment -- a rarity in retail – that adds up to just $22,000 a year. Low retail wages in DC translates into a retail worker poverty rate that is three times higher than for workers in other industries. The DC Council is poised to do something about
by Elissa Silverman that, by requiring large retail corporations to pay their workers at least $12.50 an hour. Opponents say that this will hurt retail in the city and lead to fewer jobs for the very people the legislation is intended to help. Yet their evidence – a business-backed analysis -- has been discredited by economists, who find that raising minimum wages leads to higher take-home pay without causing job losses. The living wage opponents offer no solution to the fact that an entire industry is built heavily on poverty-level jobs. And they don’t have an answer to the question of how some retailers, such as Costco, can pay wages well above industry norms and still be wildly successful. Efforts to raise wages for DC’s working poor, such as the Large Retailer Accountability Act, are important to ensuring that the District remains affordable to all residents and that the benefits of DC’s economic boom are widely shared.
Who Works in DC Retail and Why Do They Earn So Little?
Retail workers are not just teens trying to earn spending money. The typical retail worker in DC is 34, and nearly threefourths work full-time. In other words, most retail employees are adults trying to support themselves and, in many cases, a family. In a high cost of living city such as the District, where a resident needs to earn $29 an hour to afford a typical twobedroom apartment, a retail salary makes it nearly impossible to pay for basic necessities such as housing, transportation, and food costs. There is no easy explanation for the low wages in retail. Even after taking into account factors such as education level and age, workers in retail in DC earn onethird less than other workers. Nationally, worker productivity in retail grew faster over the past decade than in the overall economy, yet the average retail wage fell 36 H hillrag.com
after adjusting for inflation.
Making Retail Work Pay: The Large Retailer Accountability Act
The DC Council is attempting to address these concerns by requiring large retail corporations to pay workers at least D.C.’s living wage, which is currently $12.50 an hour. Initially, the legislation set this requirement only for retailers with large stores -- those with 75,000 square feet or more -- but the legislation later was changed to cover a broader group of retail corporations, those with gross revenue exceeding $1 billion nationally. The bill exempts franchisees and workers who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement. For large retailers who currently operate in the District, the bill gives a four-year period to raise starting wages to $12.50 an hour. The legislation is important for several reasons. Full-time work at $12 an hour would lift about two-thirds of DC’s working-poor families out of poverty. Lifting families out of poverty means that they will be less reliant on taxpayer-funded programs. Full-time work at the living wage would be enough to help a family move off welfare entirely. The District’s economy also would benefit, because lower-wage workers spend their earnings at local businesses. Higher wages will go right back into the local economy, creating more jobs. Retailers also stand to benefit. Costco, whose parking lot at its recently opened store in Northeast DC always seems full, understands the benefit of paying living wages to its workers who are the public face of the company to customers. Its starting wage is at least $11.50, and company officials report an average wage of $20 helps keep good employees and prevents high turnover.
Living Wage Opponents “Unequivocally Misrepresented” Minimum Wage Research
Two economists examined the impact of citylevel minimum wages in DC and two other cities, and their 2011 study concluded that “citywide minimum wages can raise the earnings of low-wage
workers, without a discernible impact on their employment.” Yet a new report, commissioned this spring by the DC Chamber of Commerce, relies on this earlier research to conclude that the Large Retailer Accountability Act could lead to large job losses and adverse economic impact. That would be funny if the new report, by the Sage Policy Group, weren’t being used to challenge the proposed retail living wage. The Sage report’s estimates of job losses rely entirely on research conducted by John Schmitt and David Rosnick in 2011.They found that raising the minimum wage in two of the three cities studied—San Francisco and Santa Fe—improved the take-home pay for workers without resulting in job losses. The findings for DC were less clear, however. And the report did not “allow us to draw conclusions about the employment effects of binding citywide minimum wages.” Yet Sage Policy Group cherry-picked one piece of data from the Schmitt and Rosnick report to come to a conclusion that the authors had not made. In a statement issued on June 17, 2013, Schmitt concludes that the “Sage Policy Group’s report does not accurately reflect our conclusions and should not be used as an argument against the implementation of a living wage for retail workers in the District.”
Raising Wages Allows Everyone to Benefit from DC’s Retail Boom
The Large Retailer Accountability Act comes at a time when the District is experiencing a population boom, and when development in many neighborhoods is attracting national retailers. Many national retailers want to be in DC because of our thriving economy. The DC Council should act to ensure their workers can afford to live and thrive in our city, too.
Silverman is Communications Director and Policy Analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www.dcfpi.org), which conducts research on tax and budget issues that affect low- and moderate-income DC residents. H
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Mayor Vincent Gray (left) and Frager’s owner John Weintraub at the opening of the Garden Center across from Eastern Market. Photo: Andrew Lightman
Fifty firetrucks and 200 firefighters battled for hours to put out the blaze. Photo: Andrew Lightman
The Frager’s Fire and Aftermath by Andrew Lightman and Peter J. Waldron
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t was a quiet evening at Frager’s Hardware on June 5. Melanie Leonard, a longtime employee, was just outside the store, located along the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Ave. SE. She smelled smoke. Alarmed, Leonard walked around the corner to the receiving area only to discover huge plumes of billowing black smoke.
“There’s a Fire in Receiving”
“There’s a fire in receiving,” Leonard alerted staff over one of the store’s famed walkie talkies. A customer ran from the back of the store yelling that the rear was on fire, recalled Melinda Hunter, a familiar presence behind the Frager’s checkout counter for over 16 years. “I ran and got John [Weintraub, Frager’s owner] and then called 911. John ran in with a fire extinguisher, but there 38 H hillrag.com
were these flames in minutes.” Staff, tenants and customers quickly evacuated the premises. With the buildings fully ablaze, employee Patrick Somers rushed back inside to check for any remaining employees or customers trapped in the store’s labyrinth of corridors and basements. Somers was “the true hero” of the fire, stated Leonard. Andrew “Air Force” Melendy, who has been a Frager’s employee since 2009, was on the forklift in the Garden Center when he heard the alarm. He rushed inside and he and Weintraub entered the receiving room which was engulfed in black smoke. “John and I went into the receiving room, but there was nothing we could do,” Melendy recalled. “We were in the building when the fire happened. We looked out the windows and saw the fire in the alley,” said John Stiening, the owner of software developer Atlas Craft housed above the rental store. At
first, he and his employees were not unduly alarmed. “The fire department took forever to put water on it. In the meantime, it climbed up the side of the building and on to the roof.” “I was looking out the windows about to turn off my computer,” said Hill resident Ziad Elias Demian of Demian Wilbur Architects. “I saw smoke. It looked like a fire. I went back into the hallway and I saw flames coming from the receiving area of Frager’s outside the window.” Demian was able to get his laptop and wallet before exiting the building. Not surprisingly given Frager’s inventory, the fire quickly turned into a massive blaze. Huge drifts of black smoke were visible throughout the city and surrounding suburbs. Late into the evening, 50 fire trucks with 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Two firefighters were injured, though not seriously. Debris continued to smolder into the wee hours of the morning.
Residents Turn Out to Mourn
Braving the acrid smoke, hundreds of residents and passersby stood in shocked, silent witness as Frager’s, a true Capitol Hill icon, burned before them. Large crowds returned the following morning including many of the store’s employees. It is impossible for someone who does not live on Capitol Hill or in nearby DC to understand the magnitude of this loss. Frager’s is
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can say with confidence that this community and our city will rally behind Frager’s and its employees. My office will be working with the store, neighbors and community organizations to help put together a coordinated response effort. I want to thank our Firefighters and emergency responders for their efforts to contain and put out the fire.”
The Community Turns Out for Frager’s
From top: Burnt out windows of Frager’s Hardware; crowds celebrate the opening of the Frager’s Garden Center at Eastern Market; Employees and volunteers help move garden supplies to the concrete pad at Eastern Market; John Weintraub, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Vincent Gray and Frager’s employees at the ribboncutting of the Frager’s Pop-Up Garden Center; Frager’s employees in happier times. Photos: Andrew Lightman 40 H hillrag.com
The Capitol Hill community quickly rallied behind its beloved hardware store. Employing social media, Julia Robey Christian, a Capitol Hill resident, quickly raised $30,250. The monies were given directly to Weintraub. Simultaneously, The Capitol Hill Community Foundation (CHCF) created a Frager’s Fund for the relief of those impacted by the fire. CHCF, a 501(c)(3) non-profit operating with zero overhead, is planning a relief effort analogous to the one it conducted after the Eastern Market fire in 2007. It plans to distribute aid directly to the employees and businesses impacted by the June 5th fire. All donations are tax deductible. To date, The Frager’s Fund has received more than $100,000 in contributions; $16,000 of which was donated in a single afternoon at the organization’s booth at Eastern Market. Already, many residents have been busy organizing events to support The Frager’s Fund. The Hill Center hosted a concert. Tabula rasa hosted an event last week. Lawyer James Loots provided baseball tickets for the Frager’s staff. This past weekend there were successful fundraising events at the Eastern Market, The
Fridge and Tortilla Coast. In the next few weeks, Christ Church and The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will also hold fundraisers.
The Physical Damage
The fire gutted the store’s upper and lower floors of Frager’s hardware store particularly on the eastern end. The paint and rental stores and their upper stories mainly suffered water and smoke damage. All the basements were flooded, Frager’s spokesperson Kristin Sampson stated. While the fire’s cause remains under investigation, the fire marshals have departed and Frager’s insurer has begun salvage and reclamation operations. The windows have been boarded up with plywood. Water has been pumped out of the basements. More than six 30-ton dumpsters of debris have been removed. Hazardous materials are being separately disposed of. Structural engineers are now assessing the buildings’ integrity. Neither Frager’s nor their tenants yet have access, Sampson said. Full details on the extent of the interior damage remain elusive, although the key machine survived the fire. Full details will only emerge once the structural engineers assess the structure and permit Frager’s and its tenants to again enter the buildings. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Frager’s Reestablishes Itself
While the fire brought its business to a standstill, Frager’s was fully insured. Fortunately, the store had backed up its data to the cloud, which makes putting the inventory back together a much simpler task. The fire largely spared Frager’s Garden Center. Frager’s Just Ask Rental store suffered mostly smoke and water damage to its equipment, much of which has already been cleaned or sent out for repair. Unfortunately, the state of the store’s remaining inventory will remain unknown until store employees can inspect the store interior. Thankfully, the key machine in the hardware store did survive the blaze intact.
On the morning after the fire, with the smoldering store behind him, John Weintraub committed to rebuilding his business the morning. During the next few days, Weintraub and Ed Copenhaver, his friend and former partner, reestablished the store’s accounting department in the basement of Weintraub’s Capitol Hill home. Employees went to work putting new computers and software together so that Frager’s billing and credit operations could continue to generate cash. In the meantime, The District offered Weintraub the use of the pad that had been built for the temporary Eastern Market between Seventh and Eighth Streets SE. The Sunday after the fire, Mayor Vincent C. Gray cut the ribbon opening Frager’s Garden Center as a ‘retail pop up’ in that location with limited inventory. During the following week, Frager’s resumed sales of soil, fertilizer and other heavy garden items at its original locations. Customers, restricted from the site, are served at the Garden Center gate with deliveries made to waiting vehicles. Garden sales at the pop-up have been strong particular on weekends, states Sampson. Simultaneously, Frager’s Just Ask Rental resumed initial operations in a warehouse located in a nearby 11th Street alley renting tables, chairs and shelters. With these limited operations in place, Weintraub and Copenhaver began an intensive search for other locations to resume sections of Frager’s businesses. With the aid of The District and Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, they identified a number of possibilities. On June 21, Frager’s signed a lease for a warehouse on the 1300 block of E St. SE. “We are currently building out the space, but eventually it will serve as the temporary home for Frager’s Just Ask Rental and possible storage for the hardware store,” states Sampson. Once locations are found, True Value and Benjamin Moore, Frager’s corporate partners, are both committed to providing the resources and bodies to get the hardware and paint stores up and running in short order, says Weintraub. Meanwhile, as the search for locations continued, Frager’s announced staff reductions.
Frager’s Trims Staff
At the time of the fire, Frager’s employed 35 full-time staff. Another 30 were part-timers. The company had the resources to make its first payroll after the fire. “It was the people at Frager’s that gave it its charm, great customer service, and who built the relationships that set our business apart,” says Sampson. “Everyone is still shaken and grieving. No one wants to leave. Everyone is being stretched to do different things. We are all ready to do what needs to done to get us back home.” On June 24, Frager’s announced staff reductions. Eight full-time staff members were termi-
nated. Three full-time staff had their hours reduced. Fifteen part-timers were let go, according a store press release. “Despite these efforts and our insurance coverage, business dictates that we trim costs in the short-term if we are to rebuild and re-open in the long-term,” states the release. “As such, we are faced with the most difficult task since the fire. Our employees are the heart and soul of our business, the face of Frager’s for the community. We are all part of the Frager’s family and so laying off members of the family is a hard thing to do. But we have to do it. We have no choice. We have kept everyone on payroll until now, but can no longer sustain that cost,” the release continued. “We will maintain contact with everyone and each remains part of the wider family. Frager’s will be up and running again and our intent is to bring back as many staff as we can. We are dedicating ourselves to that mission. It will take some time, but we hope all the employees affected by this layoff will rejoin the Frager’s family as we begin a new time in our history,” the release states. Terminated employees are legally eligible to collect unemployment. In addition, CHCF has already consulted with Weintraub on how to use the Frager’s Fund for their relief. “Through the generosity of the Capitol Hill community, The Foundation will soon be providing each Frager’s employee with a check as a token of support from friends and neighbors. The funds are a reflection of the community’s desire to assist them in some small way during this challenging time. A modest relief fund will remain at the Foundation to meet other needs as they arise,” stated CHCF President Nicky Cymrot. Frager’s management remains committed to rehiring its workers as soon as elements of its business have been reestablished, states Weintraub.
The Impact on Tenants and a Nearby Business
The upper stories of Frager’s buildings housed a number of small businesses: Atlas Craft, accountant Brian Davis, architects Mario Pareja and Ziad Elias Demian as well as consultant Rob Pearson. Immediately next door at 510 11th St. SE was Well Dunn Catering’s tasting room and test kitchen. The fire has adversely impacted all of these firms. Developer Atlas Craft was housed above the rental. To date, they have not been able to access their server room, which was unfortunately used as the entry point for firefighters. So the company does not yet know the full extent of the damage to their equipment and more importantly to their data. Atlas Craft owner and Hill resident, John Stiening is searching for a new location for his business. He is deeply concerned about losing business in the interim. While the firm has already
had to rescind one employment offer, its staff remains on payroll. Non-profit consultant Ron Pearson is in a similar bind. His offices were located above the paint store. None of his employees were at work at the time of the fire. While the fire restoration workers have managed to remove and return a safe, there are computers containing crucial data that remain inaccessible. Umar-Pareja Architects was housed on the second floor facing Pennsylvania Ave. SE and the small alley between the rental and hardware operations. None of their employees were in the building at the time of the fire. They lost all their 2013 work and many historic models. They were not insured. Now they are working from their homes. “We are trying to keep up with the projects already in progress,” stated partner Mario Pareja. Demian Wilbur Architects was the other architectural firm located on Frager’s second floor. Fortunately, the firm was fully insured and had its data backed up to the cloud, stated partner Demian. All six full time employees have temporarily moved in with the nearby firm of Philip Brady. They are only now resuming operations. The house immediately south of Frager’s on 11th St. SE was heavily damaged as well. It was used by Well Dunn Catering (www.wellduncatering.com) for marketing and tasting. While no employees were impacted by the loss of this space, the space suffered damage. The caterer has secured temporary space and is looking for a permanent location, stated owner Steve Dunn. “The outpouring of community support has been phenomenal. It makes me never want to leave Capitol Hill again either for my business or my residency. It is a wonderful community and I am proud and honored to be part of it. Being above Frager’s was such a great thing. I want to go back and be part of the setup again,” said Demian. Pareja hopes to find office space with the other Frager’s tenants. “We are great friends. We hope to go back to Frager’s in the future. How long that will be is a very real question.”
Looking to the Future
The road ahead for Frager’s is likely to be long and arduous. Until the structural engineers have had their say and salvage operations are completed, the true extent of the fire’s destruction will remain unknown. While the Capitol Hill community and the District are supportive, dealing with insurance and construction are difficult tasks in the best of circumstances. Yet Weintraub is committed to seeing his store rise from the ashes. “It is not going to be the same Frager’s with those bouncy wooden floors and those skinny little aisles,” observes Michelle Newman, owner of nearby Newman’s Gallery & Custom Frames, echoing what so many are feeling. “John (Weintraub) will need help. That is what we are here for,” stated employee Melendy. H HillRag | July 2013 H 41
capitolstreets ANC reports
NEWS ANC 6A
by Charnice A. Milton
ANC 6A Welcomes the Mayor
Mayor Vincent Gray visited the Commission to discuss current and upcoming transportation projects. He began his presentation by highlighting the city’s economic, fiscal, and public safety successes. Mayor Gray also highlighted the Sustainable DC plan, a 20-year initiative to improve DC’s economy and quality of life through environmentally-friendly solutions. Part of Sustainable DC deals with alternative transportation plans, including the upcoming DC Streetcar. Soon, the system will start operating its first line in Ward 6 and begin expansion. Mayor Gray believes that DC Streetcar will become an important part of the city’s neighborhood-based transportation system; as the population continues to grow, the system will help alleviate traffic issues. Mayor Gray gave the following updates with representatives from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT): • Maryland Avenue: DDOT is currently designing and testing short-term improvements, which should be implemented by the fall. They are also working on long-term improvements for the 2013 and 2014 fiscal years. The Mayor did not explain what those improvements will be, choosing to “defer to the experts.” • C Street: A DDOT representative stated that they plan to reduce the number of lanes on C Street; the design is 90 percent finished and should be implemented by the fall. • 17th and 19th Streets: Another DDOT representative announced that they finish a construction-ready design that aims to reduce speed along 17th Street and replace missing signs, while creating a more walkable community. 42 H hillrag.com
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Florida Avenue: Mayor Gray recalled Ruby Whitfield, a resident who was killed by a drunk driver speeding down Florida Avenue after she left a church meeting. To help prevent more hitand-run incidents, the Mayor announced that a new traffic signal will be installed at 11th Street and Florida Avenue this summer. DDOT representatives also announced a transportation study that will evaluate Florida Avenue’s safety and other aspects in order to make improvements.
Rat Infestation
A Linden Place resident discussed the rat infestation that began in May; trash problems stemming from limited trash pick-up, illegal dumping, and a blocked alley might have caused the problem. She thanked Gabe Curtis and his task force from the Rodent Control Division for their response; however, he needs all residents and business owners in the area to help solve the problem. For instance, Curtis said that he circulated a petition to raise awareness; however, not everyone was cooperative. Those that did sign the petition should expect a follow-up within 30 days.
Chupacabra
Chupacabra, a Latin-American restaurant, petitioned the Commission for a letter of support for their public space application. The owners plan to use outdoor space starting from their property and extending towards the sidewalk as a patio. However, the distinction between the patio and Chupacabra’s property was not clear in the Committee’s motion. The motion was later amended, adding a request to ensure no amplified sound or music on the patio area and modifying the fencing request so that it is not cost-prohibited. A representative from Chupacabra explained that they partnered with their neighbor, DTLR, and built an eight-foot high fence to enclose their trash and
keep the neighborhood clean. As per the Transportation and Public Space Committee’s (TPS) motion, Chupacabra also presented a detailed trash plan, which includes trash pickup five times a week and recycling three times a week. However, they disagree with TPS as the forum for discussing operation hours for a public space; they recently began an application for an Alcoholic Beverage License (ABL) in the hopes of removing the operating hours limitation from the motion. However, Commissioner Omar Mahmud noted that businesses who usually submit a public space application already possess, or are in the process of possessing, an ABL. Also, with residents concerned about noise levels, TPS has to be diligent about operation hours. After much discussion, the Commission voted eight-zero for the motion.
Public Parks, Private Use
Commissioner Nicholas Alberti raised concerns about instances in which public park areas are set aside for private use. For instance, DDOT issued permits to a landscaper for a pocket park located along 13th Street, Constitution and Tennessee Avenues; the landscaper divided the land in half, extending a private private owner’s property line and restricting public use. Commissioner Alberti questioned DDOT about the permit process and never received an answer. He motioned that the Commission send a letter to DDOT asking a representative to come to their next TPS meeting to explain the permit process; the vote was unanimous.
Proximity Preference at School Within a School
With School Within a School (SWS) relocating to Prospect Learning Center on F Street, Commissioner Gloria Nauden motioned to send a letter to DC Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson requesting proximity preference to be reinstated there; ANC 6A formerly had proximity preference while SWS was located at the Logan An-
nex and the Peabody School. Since SWS is designated as a city-wide school, there is a high demand for enrollment, especially for children living close to the school. Commissioner Alberti is usually in favor for such a preference; however, he is afraid that the decision will have unintended consequences. If the Commission does not clearly define “proximity preference,” then DCPS could come up with its own definition, possibly limiting potential students’ chances of going to school in their area. One resident agreed, stating that the proximity preference keeps neighborhood children from being shut out by outside students who attend under false pretenses. The Commission voted six-zero-one (one Commissioner recused himself as he is a DCPS employee) for the motion.
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Dr. Joy Kinard of National Capital Parks-East announced that while they plan to finish construction at Lincoln Park by July 1, recent rain delayed progress. However, they are working on the playgrounds later that week. Also, all parks except Lincoln will begin turf renovation in September. The Commission voted eightzero to send a letter of support to DDOT regarding resident petitions from the 900 block of L Street to extend residential parking permit enforcement hours and implement residentonly parking restrictions. The Commission voted eightzero to approve Cody Rice’s membership for the Economic Development and Zoning Committee. H
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there needs to be wiggle room allowing families to add to their properties and remain on the Hill. These are some of the takeaways from ANC 6B’s June meeting, with commissioners grappling, and sometimes grasping, to make sense of inconsistent ideas. All commissioners were present, and the meeting began with announcements about Frager’s Hardware, the iconic neighborhood establishment that was destroyed in a fire on June 5. Commissioner Oldenburg said the Frager’s website is now up and running at www.fragersdc.com, and that the store is also operating two temporary facilities. The garden store is currently on 7th Street SE, at the pad across from Eastern Market, operating 9:00-5:00 daily. Commissioner Pate noted that the hours may be adjusted on Tuesdays to conform to those of the Tuesday outdoor market. Commissioner Oldenburg also noted that Frager’s has additional temporary operations out of its warehouse off 11th Street. There has been an outpouring of support for Frager’s, with a Friends of Frager’s Yahoo group and the Frager’s Fund, set up through the Capitol Hill Community Foundation (www.capitolhillcommunityfoundation.org).
Emergency Neighbor Corps
Juan Thompson from the Mayor’s Office on Volunteerism made a presentation urging commissioners to use their single-member districts to begin coordinating neighbor corps – groups of residents trained to respond to emergency neighborhood situations like fires, flooding, and power outages. Thompson, whose office coordinates more than $2 million in community service grants in all eight wards, said that neighborhood emergency responder groups are “a high priority of the mayor.” Currently there are about 200-300 responders citywide, and he would like to see that number expand. (www.serve.dc.gov; juan.thompson@ dc.gov; 202-727-0709)
The Three-Story ‘Menace’
Slight fissures were detected on the commission over three-story additions to residences in the Capitol Hill historic district. Architect Jennifer Fowler presented revised drawings for a proposed 44 H hillrag.com
three-story addition at 639 South Carolina St. SE. Fowler said the plans reflected a lowered roofline, revised elevations, and a change in the façade to reflect the style of the historic district. But Commissioner Garrison adamantly opposed the application. “I can see this so clearly from the street,” Garrison said, “and it goes against the ground rules of the historic district.” Garrison added that he feared approval of this application would lead to a “rash of applications” for three-story additions. Commissioner Frishberg backed Garrison, saying that “we seem to be changing our policy for this one applicant. This area is an essential piece of the historic district.” A clearly exasperated Commissioner Flahaven responded that it was impossible to apply a “one size fits all” rule to applications. “We’ve approved plenty of three-story additions,” he said to Commissioner Garrison. “In fact, you’ve approved some of them. Just because you can see a little of it doesn’t mean it violates the spirit of the historic district.” Maintaining that allowing such home improvements would allow families to stay on the Hill, he defended the application. “This preserves the historical façade, and we have to go on a case-by-case basis.” Flahaven concluded, “I also think you’re overstating the threat to the neighborhood.” Commissioner Peisch concurred, adding that the addition “is minimally viewable and in keeping with the historic district.” The application was approved by a 7-3 vote (Garrison, Frishberg, Oldenburg). Applicants at 202 9th St. SE want to tear down a 1960s-era two-story addition and construct a three-story addition. Commissioner Pate noted that “this underscores the subjectivity of historic district rules and three-story approvals.” Commissioner Garrison said there was a difference. “This would be visible from the side, not the front and that’s different from the South Carolina application, which is why I support it.” The vote to approve was 9-0-1 (Frishberg abstaining). The final application for a threestory add-on was at 208 5th St. SE. The property has a preservation easement, and the applicant brought plans and photos to emphasize that the ad-
dition would not be visible from the street. He also said he had changed the side depth from 21 feet to 16 feet to lessen the lot coverage. The motion to approve, with the amended 16-foot depth, passed 9-0-1 (Frishberg).
Intrusive Entrance
Commissioners were divided on an application to add a basement entrance to the front of a residence at 917 12th St. SE. Calling the proposed entrance “visually intrusive” and noting strong objections from neighbors on either side (whose houses are similarly designed), commissioners argued that allowing such an entrance would change the appearance of the street. Commissioner Oldenburg, who had voted to approve the application in committee, changed her vote to no, noting that “the design on paper meets guidelines but in reality doesn’t fit the property.” The vote to oppose was 5-0-5, so the motion carried.
duction area,” she said. Others were concerned about noise emanating from building skylights as well as the 24/7 nature of the business. Heier said that while the facility would be staffed 24 hours a day, pick up and drop off of dogs would be limited, with no late-night activity. Commissioner Pate introduced an amendment setting unspecified time limits on the operation to give neighbors a chance to periodically review compliance. The amendment passed 8-2 (Campbell, Garrison). Finally, the amended motion to approve passed 9-0-1 (Campbell). Commissioner Opkins, who has worked with the applicants, told them that neighbors would be watching and involved. “You will hear from them if you’re not in compliance,” she said. “Let’s hope at the end of the day, we can be good neighbors.” Finally, the commission unanimously approved the appointment of a new resident member, Carol Grissom, to the transportation committee. H
Friends Don’t Bark All Night
An application for special exception and variance for a dog-grooming and boarding facility at 1310 Pennsylvania Ave. SE brought strong objections from neighbors and business owners. Jesse Heier, one of the owners of the proposed City Dog facility, said that a petition in support – begun by a Capitol Hill resident – had gathered more than 50 signatures. Neighbors countered that they had a petition with just as many signatures against. Heier said the owners are working with an acoustic consultant to insure quiet, that cleanliness will meet the highest standards, that they will instruct clients to adhere to parking rules, and that all trash would be kept inside until pickup day. Neighbors called the concessions vague. Mostly, neighbors were worried about odor, noise from barking dogs, and the adverse effects on their properties. Judy Wood, owner of a video conferencing business at 1312 Pennsylvania, said additional noise would negatively impact the quality of her business, as the production room is next to the proposed dog facility. “There would be significant traffic of people and dogs adjacent to our pro-
ANC 6C by Charnice A. Milton
TruOrleans Update
In May, Commissioners and residents alike aired their grievances against TruOrleans, a restaurant that has violated their voluntary agreement multiple times by operating more like a nightclub than a restaurant. TruOrleans played loud music, operated past closing time, and refused to enclose the second-floor open-air deck. As a result, the Commission voted six-zero to protest its liquor license renewal application. Commissioner Mark Kazmierczak reported that the roll call hearing regarding the application on June 3 went on as planned, with both parties attending. The next step is the mediation hearing on July 12; if the Commission is unsuccessful in pleading its case, then there will be a status hearing on July 24 and a protest hearing on September 18. The Commission plans to meet with TruOrleans’ owners ahead of the mediation and hopes to solve their issues then. However, investigators from
ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 6A DAVID HOLMES, CHAIR, 202-251-7079 the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) proved that TruOrleans is still violating the voluntary agreement after shutting down the restaurant’s open-deck second floor and outdoor patio during a recent live-music event. Commissioner Kazmierczak moved to allocate funds up to $5,000 for an attorney, if needed; the Commission approved the motion with a vote of five-zero (Commissioner Scott Price was not in attendance).
Union Kitchen
Jonas Singer and Cullen Gilchrist, co-owners of Union Kitchen, presented an application for a Class A liquor license with an entertainment aspect. Union Kitchen, a well-known establishment in the area, is a food incubator, where food truck owners and other restauranteurs can cook their food while growing and sustaining their businesses. They plan to turn the parking lot located on Third and L Streets into an open-air establishment where residents can enjoy food, drink, and live acoustic music close to their neighborhood. Union Kitchen has already held events on the lot, including free movie screenings, usually with little to no protests. While the Commission and residents consider Union Kitchen as a good neighbor, the Alcoholic Beverage Committee (ABC) recommended protesting the organization’s license application until they enter into a voluntary agreement. ABC Chairperson and former Commissioner Tony Richardson explained that the protest gives the Commission to have participate during ABRA deliberations. Commissioner Tony Goodman noted that while Union Kitchen is located in an industrial zone, it is close to a residential neighborhood; as a result, some people voiced concerns regarding potential noise and customer behavioral issues. However, thanks to Union Kitchen’s reputation and the owners’ presentation, those neighbors left the monthly ABC meeting feeling more confident. He, along with Drew Courtney will represent the ANC during the licensing process, with Richardson serving as the alternate. The Commission voted five-zero to protest Union Kitchen’s application.
Third and L Streets and Union Place
During the Planning, Zoning, and Environment (PZE) Committee report, vice-chair Ryan McGinness presented a Planned Unit Development (PUD) application modification from K Street Developers, LLC. The applicant wanted to include about 5,000 square feet located on the corner of Third and L Streets for a project which includes the Loree Grand at Union Place, an apartment building that opened three years ago; the space was not included in the original PUD application, as the applicant bought the land in recent years. The main complaint from PZE was the lack of parking. While the applicant originally said that there will be available residential parking spaces at Loree Grand, those spaces are not available to the community. Naomi Mitchell, community liaison for Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, stated that he introduced new legislation that would allow ANCs to develop an agreement with developers to lease and/or sell property without residential street parking. While Mitchell believes the legislation could be considered by September, Commissioner Mark Eckenwiler noted that the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) will not allow such a request under certain circumstances. Commissioner Goodman believed that the applicant might have misled the PZE Committee regarding available residential parking; however, proposed amenities, including a child care facility and a public plaza, made the project more attractive. Commission Chair Karen Wirt motioned to keep the matter open until the July 10 meeting; the Commission agreed, voting five-zero approving the motion.
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Calvin Smith of the Specialty Hospital of Washington (SHW) introduced himself to the Commission as part of an ongoing outreach campaign. SHW has two locations: the Hadley Campus in Ward 8 and Capitol Hill Campus in Ward 6. Smith can be reached at 202-574-5705 or csmith@shwdc.com. HillRag | July 2013 H 45
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Commissioner Goodman nominated Wilina Robsen to replace Fred Irby on the ABC Committee. If approved, Robsen will serve as the 6C06 representative. The Commission voted five-zero to support the Union Station Le Pain Quotidien’s new Class D liquor license application and West Wing Cafe’s license renewal application. The Commission voted five-zero to approve and sign a resolution supporting efforts to rebuild Frager’s Hardware after the June 5 fire. The store currently runs a pop-up shop at Eastern Market. H
ANC 6D by Roberta Weiner
SWNA, Town Center Residents Apply for Landmark Status
Last month’s ANC meeting featured a contentious encounter between the developer of the two I.M. Pei buildings that comprise Town Center East and the building’s residents, both owners and tenants. One of the key source of the tensions is the design plan of the new project, which features three new buildings whose design, materials and placement are not consonant with the architecture of the original building. The new buildings are to be built in what are currently parking lots and a green space between the two buildings. This month, SWNA, along with the South Building Owners Association, is putting an application forward to have the existing two buildings, along with the surrounding space, be given landmark status. Michael Hindi, of the South Building Owners Association, gave a detailed history of Pei’s accomplishments, highlighting the impact of these buildings, which have been singled out in articles about the architect’s work, and the importance of the development in the growth of mid-century Washington design. Cecile Chen, representing SWNA, spoke about the negative impact of the planned new buildings on the original design, pointing out that the green space between the building, and 46 H hillrag.com
the empty space in front is a planned hallmark of Pei’s residential designs and can be seen in other projects such as Kips Bay Plaza in New York. She pointed out that giving the building landmark status will not interfere with the project’s development, only set the bar higher in terms of acceptable design parameters. Roger Moffatt, the Commissioner who represents the development, offered a resolution incorporating the past and potential future of the project, and it passed unanimously. Channel Square Tenants to Purchase Development Channel Square, the mixed income development on 3rd and P Street SW, across the street from Fort McNair, is being sold, and according to Tenants Association President Caroline Mitchell, the tenants have selected a partnership of the National Housing Trust-Enterprise Preservation Corporation (NHT Enterprise) and Somerset Development Company to assign their Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) rights to in order to implement the purchase of the project. According to Ms. Mitchell, Channel Square is a true mixed income community, with one-third of the tenants utilizing Section 8 housing vouchers, and non-assisted households having annual incomes ranging from $20,000 to over $120,000. In a letter to Chairman Andy Litsky, Ms. Mitchell said that the plan will enable all the parties to “…collectively work together …for the long-term affordability of the apartments for current and future residents.” Ms. Mitchell came to the Commission seeking support for a letter of endorsement from the ANC to DC Department of Housing and Community Development Director Mike Kelly, and the Commission responded with a unanimous vote of support. Down by the Riverfront, Round 2 Another lengthy colloquy between commissioners and the people who have leased the property just south of the ballpark to open Riverfront, an outdoor venue featuring games like bocce and Frisbee along with a “popup” restaurant and a bar, raised many of the same issues that ended last month’s ANC meeting with a closely divided vote that enabled the project’s three principals in the project to apply for a stipulated (temporary) liquor license with ANC support. At this meeting
they were asking for support for a permanent license. The Riverfront representatives presented a document detailing their plans for the site, including security, safety and emergencies, and said they would have crossing guards at South Capitol Street to mitigate the impact of traffic coming off the bridge. The commissioners, however, were skeptical. Rhonda Hamilton, as she had at the May meeting, raised environmental concerns about the site, which is currently undergoing remediation to recover from its former use as the longtime home of Florida Rock. She also had questions about what kind of barrier would protect guests from falling into the river, and was told that a 5’ tall fence would surround the exposed area. Ed Kaminski pointed out that wasn’t tall enough to protect people from falling in. He also made several pointed comments about the accuracy of reported conversations they had with the local BID and with MPD. In their quest for a stipulated license last month, the Riverfront representatives said the license would allow the ANC time to assess their operation and their adherence to their plan. In a vote not nearly as close as last month’s, the ANC voted to protest the license at its upcoming ABRA hearing. It also voted to ask ABRA to extend the life of the stipulated license until September 15th to allow adequate time for observing the Riverfront operations. The motion also included language saying that parking will not exceed the 30 spaces that are currently assigned to the location.
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In other actions, the ANC… Learned from Southwest neighborhood activist Eve Brooks about plans for a group of volunteers, the Randall Advisory Committee, in partnership with Sasha Bruce Youthworks, to open the Randall Recreation Center at South Capitol and I Streets for activities from 4 -9 pm Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays beginning on July 1. Ms. Brooks says the center is looking for volunteers to lead programs in such areas as arts, dance, crafts, photography, computer skills, yoga, zumba, creative writing, and games. They also need front desk help, fundraising sched-
uling, programming, and communications assistance. To volunteer, gwburton@sashabruce.org. • Heard a report on Mayor Gray’s Sustainable DC Plan, a 20-year project that will make DC the “healthiest, greenest, most livable city in the nation by using sustainability solutions to address core challenges.” The project focuses on four areas: economic development, health and wellness, equity and diversity; and climate and the environment, and is now starting to implement a concerted program to work toward those goals. For more information or to get involved, sustainable.dc.gov, or 202/442-7600. • Approved liquor licenses and settlement agreements for two new restaurants at 301 Water Street SE in the Yards: Osteria Morini/ Nicoletta, a branch of a New York Italian restaurant; and Agua 301, a new project of the owners of Zest on Barracks Row. • Received a report from Muhammed Ali of the Camden South Capitol residential development across the street from the ballpark, on their plans to fulfill their commitment to open affordable units in the building to 6D residents. He said that 12 units—four studios, two one bedroom, and six two bedroom are being set aside for the program, and they will be available for $75,000-$80,000. • Signed off on a letter of support to the Department of Parks and Recreation to designate the Randall pool as a site for the 2013 End of Summer Doggie Swim which will enable local dogs to have a fun paddle before the pool closes for the season. The next meeting of ANC 6D will be held on Monday, July 8th at 7 PM in the 2nd floor DCRA conference room at 1100 4th Street SW. H
ANC 6E by Steve Holton
Beer Garden Experiment
The owners and operators of the
restaurant Dacha made a request for support before the commission to allow an Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) Class D (beer and wine) license to turn a vacant lot into an outdoor beer garden at 1600 7th St. NW. The space was originally a used car lot that was shut down due to illegal activity. The applicants want to use the area as an outdoor venue to serve German draft beer and organic food. ANC 6E04 Commissioner Rachelle Nigro and a few area residents expressed concern over the potential noise factor and late operating hours. “We all hope this is a great experiment but there should be recourse in place if the noise element causes it to fail,” said an area resident. Dacha representatives noted that the area will feature more planters and landscaping enhancements than tables, which will create a sound barrier and not accommodate a large gathering. They also said that the bar will have no live or loud music and will close around 11:00 p.m. during the week and midnight on the weekends to eliminate the late-night crowd. Patrolling employees will discourage rowdy behavior on the premises. “We want to create relief for people from the city hustle and bustle while being an exemplary small business and good neighbor,” said a Dacha spokesperson. ANC 6E01 Commissioner Alexander Padro supported the license and noted that “the applicants have made a goal to not be a burden on impacted residents through outreach meetings. They have carefully thought out their plan, which is much more than your normal liquor license request.” With a quorum of seven members the board passed the motion, 4-3, with a provision to evaluate the operation after a period of time.
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tion abuse. Some children between the ages of nine and thirteen years have tried alcohol, and parents do not always know how to address it. DCPC provides ways to predict and prepare for possible underage consumption through signs of abuse. The spokesperson also warned meeting attendees of an emerging and serious problem of synthetic marijuana, which may be sold to minors at convenience stores. “Kids are flocking to it now and refer to it as K2, Spice, Scooby Snacks and Space Cadets. Different brands carry different chemicals which causes various and hazardous reactions among adolescents,” said the DCPC spokesperson. To learn more visit www.samhsa.gov or call 877-726-4727.
Kids Tee Off
The commission approved a $1,500 grant request for the Perry School Community Services Center for youth summer recreational and learning lessons. The grant will facilitate a six-week program of free golf and sailing lessons for a total of 27 kids. The program aims at being an open door for kids and parents to come out to participate and be a family. A program spokesperson said it would concentrate on Shaw area children.
Shaw Crime Report
DC Police Department officers were on hand to provide a monthly crime report for the Shaw area. There were five robberies in the area with only one involving a gun on the 1000 block of New Jersey Avenue NW. The common theme or victim was an individual on their phone or walking with ear buds in. Auto thefts have increased, and officials stressed the importance of not leaving valuables in your car. Residents at 6th and N Street NW said there is a nuisance element of individuals who loiter on private property and intimidate the seniors. Another resident stated concern over a lack of DCPD presence at the 1500 block of 7th Street NW: “There are still drugs and drinking present and they have no problem walking the street with a bottle in hand. We need consistency with law enforcement presence.” Officials assured meeting 48 H hillrag.com
attendees that officers will be on foot, bikes, and Segways to watch the area. Contact Officer Joshua Strassman at joshua.strassman@dc.gov with tips or concerns of suspicious activity.
Going Up?
A request for support of zoning relief at 471 M St. NW passed the board. The project will be a rooftop bedroom addition and will be secondary by standing nine feet away from the structures edges. Residents asked that the addition be brick to respect the structure itself and that it not bring more cars into the area. Homeowners assured the board that the addition would not increase lot occupancy.
Consumer Advocacy
Cheryl Morris from the DC Office of the People’s Counsel spoke at the meeting and urged residents to exercise due diligence when choosing utility and mobile-phone-service providers. “We handle complaints and write petitions for consumers who feel rate increases and lack of service are unfair,” said Morris. Morris also educated the audience on “alternative energy suppliers” and the numerous complaints received on how they operate and target senior citizens. Contact the Office of the People’s Counsel at ccceo@opcdc.gov or call 202-727-3071 for more information.
Other Topics of Note
The board passed a motion to support a public-space plan at Gonzaga High School. The plan will beautify the space by making streetscape improvements and replacing curb cuts. The commission agreed to support a letter that will ask for use of the Recreation Center at the New York Avenue Playground for the New York Avenue Basketball Tournament. Visit the ANC 6E newsletter online at www.anc6e.org. Follow on Twitter, @ANC6E, and Facebook by searching ANC6E. The next ANC 6E Meeting occurs on Wednesday, July 3, 6:30 p.m., at the Shaw Library, located at 1630 7th St. NW. H
Coal-Burning at the Capitol Power Plant Can Continue … for Now
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n Thursday, June 6, after months of deliberations, the District Department of Environment (DDOE) issued a permit to the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) allowing the Capitol Power Plant (CPP) to proceed with the construction of a cogeneration system that will use natural gas to produce electricity while using the steam generated to help heat the Capitol complex. The DDOE permit sets emission caps (hazardous air pollutants, particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide) at 2007-08 levels – when coal accounted for 50 percent of the fuel source. The DC Chapter of the Sierra Club and neighbors had argued for these emission limits to be based on the lower levels of coalburning at the plant during the last three years (2009-11). While the cogeneration plant will allow the CPP to burn natural gas 100 percent of the time, the DDOE emissions permit allows the CPP to burn coal until and 18 months after the cogeneration facility is completed. In the short to medium term this isn’t good news for DC air quality, especially as AOC doesn’t have the funds in hand to construct the cogeneration facility. By issuing this permit DDOE essentially rejected the community’s and the Sierra Club’s demands for a firm endpoint to coalburning at the plant. So ends this chapter of an ongoing saga to end coal-burning at the CPP. You’ve all seen CPP, located along I-395. It’s been operational since 1910. With its low smokestacks the CPP is the largest emitter in the District. You’ll often see “stuff ” billowing from the stacks, and while
by Catherine Plume the plant is burning natural gas most of the time, sometimes it’s burning coal. Regardless of what’s being burned, particulates fall out across the DC area with a concentration on Capitol Hill. Some nearby neighbors report soot “rain” falling when the CPP burns coal, while others are convinced that some of their health issues are related to CPP emissions. In 2009 residents and the Sierra Club protested coal-burning at the CPP. In response the AOC, spurred by a letter from then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, pledged to stop burning coal at the CPP unless absolutely necessary. While coalburning at the plant was reduced, it was never eliminated. Then, in February 2012, the AOC submitted its plan to DDOE to produce electricity at the plant using natural gas turbines (cogeneration). This proposal remained largely undisclosed until the Sierra Club, in December, sent out an announcement that DDOE would hold hearing on the AOC’s plan. This hearing reignited old tensions between the AOC and the Capitol Hill neighborhood and the Federal and DC governments. DDOE was taken aback by the public outcry and was forced to extend the public comment period for the permit. More than 1,700 District residents submitted comments to DDOE – exceeding the number of comments previously received on any one issue. Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and US Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton support the ban on coalburning at the CPP, and in an unprecedented move (at least in recent
history) all members of the DC City Council signed a letter addressed to Mayor Vincent Gray stating that coal-burning at the CPP should end “promptly and permanently.” At the same time DDOE issued the permit, the mayor’s office issued a press release announcing “The Ban on Combustion of Coal Act of 2013.” This legislation would: • Ban coal-burning in the District, beginning 18 months after the commercial operation date of the Capitol Power Plant’s (CPP) cogeneration project (except in instances of force majeure and for testing and tuning). The commercial operation date is the date upon which construction of the new cogeneration equipment has been completed, adequately tested, and authorized as able to deliver electricity to the distribution system. • Strictly limit facilities to burning coal to no more than 72 hours per emissions unit, per year, and only for the purposes of tuning and testing. Testing and tuning are required by the Federal Clean Air Act and District regulations. The press release goes on to note: “The facility’s ability to restrict coal usage … is entirely dependent upon completion of the cogeneration project and achievement of the commercial operation date.” Coal-burning at the CPP flies in the face of Mayor Gray’s recently announced Sustainable DC Initiative – a “20 year plan to make the District the healthiest, greenest, most livable city in the nation.” One of the plan’s goals is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2032.
Advocates for cleaner air in DC can only hope that AOC gets the funding for the cogeneration plant sooner than later and that coal-burning at the CPP will end once and for all. Catherine Plume blogs for the DC Recycler: www.dcrecycler.blogspot.com. H
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by Myles Mellor and Sally York Across:
1. Dealer for gardeners 8. Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt 14. Stake 19. Quiet 20. Pricing word 21. Without viscosity 22. Didn’t work erratic hours 25. Grafton or Lyon 26. One way to run 27. Surprise hits 28. Sp. simoleon 29. Sensitivity 32. Flight part 33. Chinese brew 36. Progeny 39. Suffix with theater 42. Type of tube 44. Has the same hobby, maybe 51. Broken 52. Ordinal suffix 53. Porous stone 54. Has room for 55. Store posting: Abbr. 56. Dravidian language 58. Full ___ 60. Postponement 61. Bum 63. Burdened 66. Depression 68. Typically 76. Benchmark 77. Skein formers 78. Pink-legged bird 79. Masked critter 82. Small finch 85. Developed 88. Aries or Taurus 89. ___ Falls, S.D. 91. Island group 94. Discontinuity 95. Boundary line 96. Within normal range, climatically 100. Mezzo Berganza 101. One-third of a Beatles refrain 102. Frankincense and myrrh but not gold 103. Extreme suffix 104. Hoisted, nautically 108. Season opener? 110. U.S.N. officer 111. Put off 114. Wood sorrels 116. Sugar amt. 119. Having survived an ordeal, perhaps
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Community Life Maria Troell Anderson
Grand Duchess of Marmalade • July 22, 1923-May 29, 2013
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tall, elegant woman with perfect posture, usually in pearls, and with a wicker basket over her arm, weaving gracefully through the busy Eastern Market crowd, greeting vendors and neighbors by name, with smiles and sometimes hugs, on any of a thousand Capitol Hill weekends. That was the Pia people couldn’t help but notice: no shopping bags, no pullcart, and as some of us knew needing only that simple basket and the new day to make an adventure. If only her cousin, the famous Swedish movie director Jan Troell, had filmed her on one of her market days. The Saturday market adventure routinely started like this: prosciutto di Parma, liverwurst, and thinly sliced bacon, always from one meat counter; veal, pork, or perhaps home-made venison sausage from the other butcher. Leyden with cumin or Saint Augur (or both) from Tessa at the cheese counter. From the fishmonger came salmon, herring, or whatever else suited her fancy and looked as good (clear-eyed or otherwise) as she required it to be. From the Calomiris’ stand, fresh dill for her salmon or her shrimp in aspic, leeks, and oranges for the Duchess’ marmalade. And naturally, from the bakery at the south end a French boule. From florists she selected white daisies or pink carnations only, except for tulips in spring or perhaps lily of the valley during the last week in April or the first week in May, from one of the outside stands. Pia always hunted down the largest and the freshest asparagus, not the smaller, younger spears, as
By Gene Berry well as the sweetest, most perfectly ripe strawberries. Parsnips and large carrots only were also carefully chosen. Plus one perfect tomato. Pia knew precisely what she wanted and settled for nothing less, continuing to prepare every meal, as she had during her magnificent Paris days, as if for a queen, or at least a duchess. On innumerable weekends I had the privilege of accompanying Pia as she made her rounds through the stalls. As I followed along I soon found myself saying, “I’ll have what she’s having.” Later we cut to the chase and would agree beforehand to split that quarter of cheese – she only wanted half of the quarter, never two sides of rind. Plus it became easier for everyone if I just said, “I’ll have the other half ” or “make mine the same.” Likewise we often shopped at the flea market together. Pia had bargained in the bazaars of Tehran, so the vendors at Eastern Market were no match for her. But I held my own when I first spied the Skruf hand-blown wine glasses! (Mark, I’m sorry, I knew she would have sent them to you, and I really wanted them. She did get the sauce boat, all the Kosta Boda, and many, many other things, over which lesser elbows might have dueled.) Noeme knew which linens were for her and which were for me, so détente was easily maintained on the school ground. Pia was a warrior as well as a duchess and, just so you know, she was gracious in defeat on that singular occasion with the Skruf Swedish hand-blown crystal wine and water glasses made in the southern part of
ABOVE: Pia welcoming members of the Swedish Women’s Educational Association into her home to view her miniature carpets. BELOW: Pia’s market basket. PhotoS: Gene Berry
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Småland in the Kingdom of Glass. Pia was also wickedly clever, and funny. She loved Formula One racing – who could have known that? With her son Lee she watched her last race during her final Sunday with so much joy. (I know because I interrupted at just the right/wrong time to hear about the crash.) She also loved tennis, especially the players Federer and Djokovic, but not Nadal. A swimmer in her youth, she remained active and robust until the end of her days, maintaining her house as exactingly as Downton Abbey’s Carson and Mrs. Hughes. She also created exquisite, miniature works of textile art, intricate needlework designs that required a magnifying glass to fully appreciate. Some of her tiny carpets may be found in museums as well as in important private collections. Of course, as with anything Pia tried, she mastered the craft and in 1994 was inducted as a fellow into the International Guild of Miniature Artisans. Pia had so many interests, and with every one perfection was her modus operandi. Official acknowledgment of a nearly 90-year life will tell us that Maria Ellen Troell was the younger of two daughters born to Anna and Albert Troell in the southeastern Swedish port town of Karlshamn on July twenty-two’th (as Pia would say) in 1923. After completing her public schooling she attended the University of Lund. With an exceptional and unbridled interest in and flair for languages she entered the Swedish Foreign Service, serving in Poland, Berlin, and at the United Nations in New York, before meeting her husband-to-be, Burnett Anderson, in Stockholm while she was serving in the Swedish Foreign Press Office. After their marriage on August 3, 1954, the couple settled on Capitol Hill. The first of their homes was on Carroll Street (now the site of the Library of Congress’ James Madison Building). Burnett joined the United States Information Agency (USIA) and himself began a distinguished foreign service career alongside Pia, who mastered the role of the unpaid but quintessential diplomat’s partner (adding Spanish, French, and Farsi to her language skills) and ensured their triumphs in Paris, Madrid, London, Tehran, and of course Washington. It
was an adventure of cinematic scope that left indelible memories. Sitting at her A Street SE kitchen table having coffee and her almond cookies, Pia surprised me once with a sing-song trancelike “Here I sit ...” which led to a wistful reminiscence about a barge trip up the Tigris River to Baghdad. Another time there was the train trip going north through Berlin when she ran into a cousin who happened to be going south. Also the time that she served Olivia de Havilland lemon pie in Paris, which may have also been the time Chief Justice and Mrs. Warren Burger also visited the Andersons, or was that the time spent with Julia Child? Another day she brought out her collection of gloves to show me. “In another time I would have a Downton Abbey party and everyone would wear gloves,” which segued to “these are the gloves I wore when I met the Queen at Buckingham Palace.” There were so many stories. If only I had taken the time to make notes or record the memories we would have a much better tale than the few words I have put together here. Our regular Saturday morning routine was that I would call her after my water aerobics class at Rumsey pool and we would meet along 7th Street, proceed to the market, and begin our shopping. The last several months Pia said she was tired or sore and begged off my persistent pleas for company. She said I might need a wheelbarrow to get her there, which evolved into our fantasy scene of Pia arriving at the market as Cleopatra entering Rome on a golden chariot, or in this case a garden variety wheelbarrow. In retrospect I realize she was absolutely correct to refuse me. She knew she was just too tired, even though she loved the earth so much. Perfect timing – and on her own terms. Is there anything we would have expected otherwise from Pia? Hers was an epic life, and her final exit from the stage was like so many perfectly choreographed entrances she had made over the years, whether at Buckingham Palace, on a barge on the Tigris River, or in Eastern Market on any given Saturday or Sunday morning. Pia mastered the art of living well. I will treasure the time I spent with the Duchess of Marmalade. H HillRag | July 2013 H 53
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SOUTH Improvements Coming to 10th Street SW Corridor By William Rich
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he National Capital Planning Commission hosted a Southwest Ecodistrict Initiative public meeting in mid-May that discussed options contemplated for Banneker Park at 10th Street SW and for stormwater management throughout the ecodistrict. The Southwest Ecodistrict Initiative is a comprehensive plan to create a sustainable mixed-use community in a 110-acre area south of the National Mall which currently includes a significant amount of federal office space. 10th Street. In the interim there are plans to activate portions of 10th Street SW with programming. The street has a 150-foot right-of-way and at some places the distance between buildings is 230 feet. It was suggested that some street festivals on Pennsylvania Avenue NW could be accommodated on 10th Street from Independence to Maryland avenues SW. Perhaps the Southwest BID in the works could help bring some of that programming to 10th Street. Other suggestions made to improve the street in the interim include furnishings, street painting, lighting, and wayfinding signage. In the long-term it was recommended that the right-of-way remain at 150 feet but the median The homes at Greenleaf Extension were recently painted. Photo: William Rich
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along 10th Street SW be widened from 39 feet to 52 feet and the sidewalk and vehicle lanes be narrowed to accommodate a five-foot bike lane on each side of the street. Alternatives are available to allow trees of varying height on 10th Street, which is built mostly on a bridge structure. In addition there are three programmatic alternatives for the street – one emphasizes hardscape (which would allow more flexibility for programming in the median); the second emphasizes softscape (continuing the feel of the National Mall); and the third emphasizes water (10th Street used to have water elements). Questions remain about whether the character of 10th Street should be more like a park or a street, linear,
As a part of The Wharf development, Maine Avenue and 10th Street SW will be connected with a grand stairway that will lead to Banneker Overlook. Photo: William Rich
episodic, or formal. A phased approach to improving the streetscape is preferred, since there is no financing dedicated to make improvements. Perhaps some of the funding can be obtained as a result of private development adjacent to the street, such as JBG’s plans for L’Enfant Plaza or the GSA’s planned redevelopment of the area closest to Independence Avenue SW known as Federal Triangle South. Banneker Park. While there is no financing available for streetscape improvements along 10th Street, the developers of The Wharf along the Southwest Waterfront will finance the construction of a temporary staircase connecting Maine Avenue with Banneker Park to facilitate access from the National Mall and L’Enfant Plaza Metro. Due to the grade change the stairs can be straight or include switchbacks or have a combination of both. Design of the stair can be monumental, contemporary, natural, or have features found in other areas of the city referred to as “District” in nature. Stormwater Management. Even though the amount of development in the Southwest Ecodistrict will increase to 15 million square feet of
space compared to about 10 million now, the amount of water use is anticipated to decline. The design of the Southwest Ecodistrict will allow more stormwater to be captured on site and recycled instead of being sent untreated to Washington Channel and the Anacostia River. Large cisterns can be built beneath 10th Street and other areas to help store water. Green roofs, flowthrough swales, and trees can help reduce runoff. In summer the condensation from air-conditioner coils can be collected to create potable water. Stormwater and grey water can be captured, treated, and used for non-potable uses such as washing and irrigation, while rain and well water can help satisfy potable water demand.
DCHA Applies for Choice Grant for Greenleaf
Representatives from the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) announced in late April that they have applied for a $500,000 HUD Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant for Greenleaf, a trio of public housing communities in Southwest. Greenleaf was built in 1959 and includes a cluster of townhouses and midrise and walk-up units from I to M streets, between 3rd Street and Delaware Avenue SW. In addition Greenleaf Seniors has a high-rise at the southeast corner of Delaware Avenue and M Street SW, as well as a mid-rise building (203 N St.). The three sections have a total of 497 units. According to the HUD website the Choice Neighborhoods program supports locally driven strategies to address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or HUD-assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. Three main goals inform the program: (1) replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality, mixedincome housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood; (2) improve educational outcomes and intergenerational mobility with services and support delivered directly to youth and their families; and (3) create the conditions for public and private reinvestment to offer amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity. Communities that receive a Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant must develop a Transformation Plan, which will take about 24 months to complete. The plan helps guide the revitalization of the public-housing units, transformation of the surrounding neighborhood, and positive outcomes for families.
DCHA’s grant application comes at a time when the Office of Planning has started a Small Area Plan for the broader area, which includes Greenleaf Gardens and Greenleaf Seniors and the mid-rise. The Transformation Plan will have the same boundaries as the Small Area Plan, but the process will be different. Then it will take another year to prepare an application for the HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant, which could be worth up to $30 million to help implement the Transformation Plan. In other words it will take at least five years before any redevelopment would begin. Meanwhile the units will be maintained. Cosmetic improvements have been made at the Greenleaf Extension buildings (garden apartments), including a new paint job. At a May 23 meeting hosted by the Near SE/SW Community Benefits Coordinating Council, well attended by residents of Greenleaf and other community residents, a representative from DCHA explained the grant the agency is applying for and the process between now and future redevelopment. If DCHA receives the Planning Grant for Greenleaf it would be the city’s third Choice grant, after grants awarded to Kenilworth Parkside in NE and Barry Farm/Wade Apartments in SE. According to a physical condition report on Greenleaf done as a part of the application submitted to HUD in late May, the community is distressed, which is one of the conditions necessary to qualify for a Choice grant. In addition Amidon-Bowen Elementary is considered an under-performing school. DCHA will need to demonstrate to HUD how it will redevelop Greenleaf with or without the grant. DCHA intends to redevelop Greenleaf whether or not it receives the grant since the buildings are near the end of their useful lifespan. It will seek a private partner to help implement the redevelopment, and the goal is no displacement of current residents. All units will be replaced one-for-one, interspersed with market-rate units. In previous Hope VI projects the rules for former residents to return to the redeveloped community were stringent and many people were unable to return. In Greenleaf ’s case the rules have been eased so that a former resident need only comply with the terms of the lease. William Rich is a blogger at Southwest…The Little Quadrant that Could (www.southwestquadrant. blogspot.com). H
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he H Street NE Corridor has seen remarkable growth in recent years. What began as an arts, bar and restaurant driven revival has expanded. We are now experiencing a major influx of grocery stores, often with an organic bent, and the Corridor is home to a burgeoning vintage clothing scene.
Toki Underground Takeover of Atlas Performing Arts Center Café
On a recent Friday night diners queued up at the Atlas Performing Arts Center’s Café (1233 H Street NE, http://atlasarts.org) hoping to get a taste of the Taiwanese and Cambodian dishes served up by Toki Underground’s (second floor, 1234 H Street NE) Erik Bruner-Yang. The café takeover was a special event tied to a Newspeak Ensemble concert at
by Elise Bernard the Atlas. I spoke to an Atlas representative, who told me that she would like to hold more café takeovers in the future featuring offerings from different H Street restaurants. I think it’s an intriguing idea, and one that well fits the personality of H Street. I could see it working especially well if local chefs chose to offer something not on their restaurant’s normal menu, something a bit different that would attract visitors to the Atlas, and also generate buzz and new business for the brick and mortar restaurant.
The Chic Shack Opens Along the H Street NE Corridor
Looking to spice up your wardrobe? Need that special accessory to complete your look? Give the Chic
The Chic Shack offers vintage clothing in a welcoming atmosphere
Shack (second floor of 1307 H Street NE, http://www.the-chicshack.com) a whirl. This new vintage clothing store sells a wide variety of clothing styles for every shape and size. I stopped in with friends the other night and we saw some very cool offerings.
HR-57 Rolls Out New Caribbean Menu Items
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Local live jazz hotspot HR-57 (1007 H Street NE, http://www. hr57.org) is upping their culinary game. The venue has been serving soul food and waffles for a while, but recently added some Caribbean tapas, and a Cubano sandwich to the menu. If you haven’t visited their new space, you are missing out. It’s larger than the previous one at 816 H Street NE. It is also far more open to the street. At night the windows are open, and passersby are treated to hints of the musical talents on display inside.
Trinidad Garden Tour Draws a Crowd
The Trinidad neighborhood’s Garden Tour brought out a large number of neighbors and friends for a fun-filled look at what people have growing in Trinidad. We saw everything from well-established gardens, to starter gardens. The popular event is a great way to meet your neighbors, as well as to explore the streets and alleyways of Trinidad.
DC Scoop Returns to Union Market
As the mercury rises, it is only natural for one’s thoughts to turn towards iced delights. Luckily, Union Market (1309 5th Street NE) has you covered. They will once again host their popular DC Scoop event that brings together some of the area’s tastiest ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and other frozen treats. The family friendly event takes place Sunday, July 21 from 1 P.M. to 4 P.M.
Extension Planned for the H Street Festival
Suburbia Comes to Union Market
If you attended last year’s H Street Festival (you did, right?) you may have noticed that it got a bit crowded, and had some bottlenecking issues. Well, the Festival organizers have plans to avoid that problem at this year’s festival. They have convinced the District to allow them to extend the festival by several blocks. I believe it will now stretch all the way down to Third Street NE. Not only will this alleviate congestion worries, it will also likely enhance the participation of businesses located on the western end of the H Street NE Corridor.
Before you panic, this isn’t quite what it sounds like. Suburbia (@SuburbiaDC) is just the name for a fun outdoor pop-up at Union Market (1309 5th Street NE, http://unionmarketdc.com). They have planted temporary lawns, brought out Adirondack chairs, and even rolled in a vintage Airstream trailer. The project is the brainchild of well-known mixologist Gina Chersevani (@MixtressDC on Twitter). Chersevani, who owns Union Market’s Buffalo & Bergen (http://buffaloandbergen.com) artisan soda (boozy, or not boozy) counter, serves up a variety of frozen concoctions for you to enjoy al fresco.
Manny & Olga’s Brings Late Night Slices to H Street NE
Rumors of a Possible Whole Foods Coming to H Street NE
Manny & Olga’s (1409 H Street NE, http://mannyandolgas.com/hstreet-dc-pizza) adds to the late night food options along the H Street NE Corridor. When I say late night, I mean VERY late night. Manny & Olga’s delivers until 4 A.M. SundayThursday and until 5 A.M. Friday and Saturday. In addition to the typical pizzas, sub sandwiches, and
If you live near the H Street NE Corridor, chances are that you’ve heard chatter about a possible Whole Foods coming to the 600 block of H Street NE. Such talk has intensified in recent months, and Washington City Paper’s Housing Complex columnist recently did a little digging to see if there is more to it than just whispers and speculation. It turns out that the developers have been
Neighbors enjoyed a light brunch before embarking on the annual Trinidad Garden Tour
salads, you can also order calzones, pastas, and a couple of Greek items.
Steak & Ice Launches Delivery Service
Craving a cheesesteak from Steak & Ice (1320 H Street NE, http://www.steakandice.com), but can’t make it down there? Problem solved. Steak & Ice now offers delivery service all day. Call 202-3996880 to satisfy your hunger.
talking to Whole Foods, but they’ve also been talking to other potential retail tenants. Though a grocery store is probably a good bet for the space, the developers made it clear that they aren’t wedded to the idea, and we might well see something entirely different occupy the space. For more on what’s abuzz on and around H Street you can visit my blog http://frozentropics.blogspot.com. You can send me tips, or questions at elise.bernard@gmail.com. H
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Councilmember Wells Solicits Community Input on Eastern Market Metro Park / Plaza Renovations by Sharon Bosworth
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ow would you like to see the public space improved in the two-block area along Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, from 7th Street to 9th Streets? This area, which includes the Eastern Market METRO Station, was intended by Pierre L’Enfant to be one of the city’s great community public spaces. Today, however, instead of a beautiful, exhilarating, green public space, the area looks tired and in need of renewal and refurbishment, both aesthetically Aerial View of Eastern Market Metro Park Plaza Study Area and functionally. Ward 6 Councilmember TomAmong the questions that you DCanter Opening in July my Wells wants will be holding two might want to think about and dispublic meetings to solicit input from At 545 8th Street, SE, at the incuss at the meetings are: “What do tersection of 8th and G Street, SE, as wide a range of Capitol Hill residents and stakeholders as possible. you wish you could do in this space a new concept business is about to The first meeting will be on Monday that you can’t do now?” or “What open. Recently the official sign went evening, July 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. The would you like to see as you come up up. DCanter, A Wine Boutique, second meeting will be on Saturday the escalator from METRO?” and it reads in graceful Art Nouveau morning, July 12, from 10 to 12 noon. “What is your favorite public space script. The entire front window area Both meetings will take place in the in DC or another city and what are is etched in trailing vines and grape Lincoln Room at Hill Center, 921 its appealing characteristics?” The leaves – a minimalist touch with an Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. The ob- comments and suggestions that are early 20th century vibe. The organization of the store jective of these meetings is to gather made at these meetings will be collected and made available on the does not presume that customers community feedback on the types of project’s website -- www.eastern- already know the difference bechanges you would like to see in the marketmetropark.com -- which will tween Spanish and French wines METRO park/plaza area. go live in mid-July. or that they’re familiar with Greek Further meetings will take place and Hungarian grapes. Products are More Summer Feedback later in the summer. A map of the organized based on color spectrums area will be displayed at Eastern and flavor profiles. The wine displays Sessions Planned While Barracks Row Main Market’s North Hall during July will run from white to red wines and Street has retained a team of expert with idea cards available to register from light-bodied to full-bodied. planners and landscape architects, at your vision for the plaza. It is the The craft beer similarly organizes this point no planning has begun. goal of Councilmember Wells, the from clean and crisp to dark and Gathering the community’s aspira- planners, and BRMS to hear every- complex. Of course, the knowledgetions, its likes and dislikes, is the es- one’s ideas before lifting a pencil to able staff can help as well! begin the planning process. True to the shop’s name, ownsential first step. 58 H hillrag.com
ers Michelle and Michael Warner are collectors of decanters and find the Art Nouveau period particularly rich in these decorative wine vessels, used for centuries to aerate or “open” wines. DCanter will not only display and sell decanters but also many other wine and beer accoutrements, from books and games about wine and beer to glasses and educational classes.
Michael and Michele Warner, Owners of DCanter, 545 8th Street, SE
Bringing Wine Country to the Hill
Pointing out the television screen, Michelle Warner is excited to bring the passion of winemakers and brewers into the classroom. “We’ll be able to virtually connect with
From left, Chef Alex Ripley, Stephen Cheung, Muzulina Casey and Ruby Begonia of Lavagna join Chef Bart Vandaele, Belga Café, recent launch of Washington Post Cookbook at Hill Center
the individuals who crafted these beverages and let them tell their stories.” There will be classes of all descriptions – everything from introductory courses for those new to wine to master classes for experienced aficionados. “There are smart and curious people of all ages living on Capitol Hill,” noted Michael Warner. “We hope our shop will be the go-to spot for our neighbors who are thirsty, inquisitive and want to discover something delicious.” The classroom/ tasting area will feature frequent tastings. DCanter’s goal is to have its events become a meeting place in addition to a learning space – a spot where you can meet a neighbor from across the street or around the corner…or maybe that neighbor who moved in six months ago whose name you don’t know. DCanter will carry selections from nearby boutique vineyards and micro breweries at a variety of prices. For those interested in a more global perspective, DCanter’s inventory will contain wine and beer from around the world with a focus on small producers. A July opening is expected. Sign-up for updates at www.dcanterwines.com.
Washington Post Cookbook Signing at Hill Center
With an active, well-financed staff to not only review restaurants, but also to test and publish reader recipes, a global readership and a location in an international city,
it’s hard to believe, but until now, the Washington Post has never published its own cookbook. That oversight was corrected recently when Bonnie Benwick, the Washington Post’s Deputy Food Editor and Phyllis Richmond, long time Post restaurant critic, produced and compiled the first-ever Washington Post Cookbook. In mid-June the cookbook’s launch party/book signing event was held at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. The evening began with an overflow crowd in Hill Center’s Lincoln Room emceed by NPR’s Daniel Zwerdling, a two-time James Beard award winner. Barracks Row restaurants, Belga Café, 514 8th Street, SE; Cava Mezze, 529 8th Street, SE; Lavagna, 539 8th Street, SE; and Zest Bistro, 535 8th Street, SE, joined in to welcome the cookbooks’ creators as well as the Post’s clandestine food reviewer, Tom Sietsema, who appeared in semi-disguise, joined by food writer Tim Carman, as well as Food Editor, Joe Yonan. Later in the evening Washington Post wine writer, Dave McIntyre held a wine tasting to complement gourmet appetizers served by the four Barracks Row restaurants. The Washington Post Cookbook, featuring decades of well-loved recipes submitted by readers and tested by the Post is available for sale at the Hill Center throughout the summer. H HillRag | July 2013 H 59
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@ Your Service by Ellen Boomer
Covering Hill Residents’ Assets
“There’s absolutely nothing sexy about insurance,” claims Nationwide Insurance agent Jackie Walker. “What’s exciting is what it can do.” As an exclusive agent for Nationwide
knowledgeable of various products and services that can help me save money,” Dan Reeves, another loyal client, points out. Walker provides a wide range of options for both individuals and businesses such as homeowner’s and flood insurance as well as pet insurance, one-day event coverage, and worker’s compensation for nannies. In addition Walker’s agency offers financial services such as IRAs and pensions. “We’re getting back to long-term relationships,” Walker notes, where she and the client, “grow and evolve together over a long period of time.” Contact Jackie Walker Agency (420 8th Street, SE) at WALKEJ22@nationwide.com or 202-548-5240.
Keeping Capitol Hill Cool
Jackie Walker, Nationwide Insurance
Bob Gable, co-owner of heating and air-conditioning business Allied Service Company, is always available for his customers. “I get calls on July 4th or Christmas Eve,” Gable says, “and I go out and people tell me, everywhere else they called they got an answering machine. I help out customers in a pinch, and they stay with me.”
with 25 years of experience, Walker sells to each customer’s needs. She says “there’s not any line of insurance I can’t help someone with.” If Nationwide can’t cover a client, Walker will broker through a different company. “When it came time to consolidate my policies,” Hill resident Nelson Erickson notes, “Jackie came to my house, helped my wife and me select the right options for our growing family, and has been a consistent and reliable advisor ever since.” Working for the past 11 years at her Barracks Row agency, Walke gives back to the community. Her agency has paired with the fire department to donate car seats and has participated in educational programs for first-time home buyers. “She and her staff are very Bob Gable, Allied Service Company 60 H hillrag.com
“My AC went out on a Sunday at dinner time,” Hill resident Sherri Levy recalls. Gable “was able to come out within a couple of hours that night and installed a new unit the very next day. He was friendly and prompt and the workmanship was superior.” Gable started his career repairing refrigerators in the Navy, but his service was cut short after just four years when a 2,000-pound boiler section fell on him and broke his back. This injury affected only his golf game, however, not his career path. Gable started working at Allied in 1985 and is proud to continue the tradition of this 113-year-old company. “I know just about every model of house around here, inside and out,” Gable notes. He makes sure he and his 25 technicians are prepared. “You have to be in shape to walk a lot and climb a lot of ladders,” he comments, adding, “You can’t get too upset with parking tickets.” “I’ve put in thousands of units over the past 20 years,” says Gable. “They’re almost like family to me. I don’t nickel and dime people for the little stuff, and they come back to me for the big stuff.” Contact Allied Service Company at www.getcoolfast.com or by calling 202-291-1000.
A Dental Practice with Deep Neighborhood Roots
For Dr. Karen Cooper dentistry is all in the family. Her father, Dr. Thaddeus Mumford, served the same Northeast neighborhood for 60 years before retiring in his mid-80s, and Cooper took over his dental practice in 2005. “Coming from a line of health professionals had a big influence on me,” says Cooper, whose family includes dentists as well as physicians. In 1995, after
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attending Howard University College of Dentistry, Cooper started to “observe and assist” her father. “Dr. Cooper is a perfectionist,” declares 88-year-old Billie Horton, who’s trusted this same dental practice for over 20 years. “She explains fully what she’s going to do … she never rushes me. That way I can relax.” Cooper treats everyone from octogenarians to children. “People are staying and younger families are moving in [to the neighborhood],” Cooper notes, and “I’m excited that it’s beginning to transition.” This transition is evident in Cooper’s practice, as well, which she’s updating. By the end of this summer she’ll have expanded from two operatory rooms to four. Other updates include digital X-rays, digital charts, and computer screens in each room. Despite these updates, however, she wants to ensure patients continue to feel comfortable, even offering headphones to those who would prefer to drown out the sound of the dentist’s drill. Above all Cooper wants her patients to feel like they are part of the family. “We’re keeping the practice intimate,” Cooper notes. “No assembly-line practice here.” Contact Dr. Karen Cooper by calling 202-399-2300. H
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Pets Get Arthritis Too! {by Keith de la Cruz, D.V.M.} verybody knows about arthritis. I’m only 40 but I’m pretty sure I’ve got some already. Did you know that dogs and cats get arthritis too? A lot of people are familiar with arthritis in older, large-breed dogs, but it can also appear in small dogs and even cats. Arthritis refers to inflammation in the joints. It develops over time due to wear and tear on the joints. Being overweight or obese can lead to arthritis, since carrying around all that extra weight puts more stress on the joints. Any joint that has been injured, such as a cruciate injury in the knee, is more likely to develop arthritis. Dogs with hip dysplasia (a condition in which the hip joint is unstable) are also prone to arthritis in their hips. How can you tell if your pet has arthritis? Sometimes it’s obvious, as when you see limping or stiffness (especially when first getting up), difficulty getting up, or trouble with stairs or slippery surfaces. Sometimes the signs are much more subtle, such as a general decrease in activity or not wanting to go for long walks. Arthritis can be especially tough to appreciate in cats, which often just move around less. You have options for treating arthritis. Keep in mind that arthritis is a progressive condition, meaning it tends to get worse as time goes on. As the symptoms get worse, different treatments may be needed. Keeping your pet fit and lean is the single most effective treatment for arthritis. Getting an overweight or obese pet with arthritis to lose weight will help more than any medicine can. Exercise and activity are also beneficial. Traditionally moderate, low-impact exercise is recommended, although recent studies suggest any type of exercise is helpful. Glucosamine is frequently recommended for arthritis. Glucosamine is a compound that the body uses to make cartilage. Several large studies have suggested no apparent benefit to using glucosamine for arthritis in people. However, it is very safe, and some pets do seem to
improve when taking it. Glucosamine alone may be enough for mild cases of arthritis, and it probably works better as a preventative than as a treatment. The quality of glucosamine supplements can vary widely; your vet can recommend a brand. Next up is Adequan, a medicine that helps keep cartilage healthy. It is an extremely safe medication, with few side effects, and approved by the FDA. It is definitely effective. I estimate
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that on Adequan about 75 percent of my patients improve. Adequan is given as an injection, which you can learn to give at home. People are usually nervous about giving shots to their pet, but I promise it is not hard to learn and most pets barely feel it. The most commonly prescribed treatment for arthritis in dogs is a group of drugs known as NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). Humans take NSAIDs all the time. They include
well know medicines such as aspirin, Ibuprofen, Alleve, and many others. Most of these human NSAIDs are not safe for dogs (please do not give your pet any human medicine without consulting with your veterinarian!). However, there are many NSAIDs made just for dogs, such as Rimadyl, Deramaxx, Metacam, and Previcox. NSAIDs are effective for treating arthritis. They help reduce pain and inflammation in the joints. They can be used just when needed, or they can be used on a regular, long-term basis. These medicines are generally well tolerated, the most common side effects being upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, or loss of appetite. Very rarely dogs may have an adverse reaction that can affect the liver. If dogs are on NSAIDs long-term, then periodic monitoring blood tests are recommended. Unfortunately, NSAIDs can be harmful to cats, so these medicines are not approved for longterm use in cats (some are acceptable for a onetime use, such as after a surgery). Anyone who develops an NSAID that can be used safely for long periods in cats will change everything about managing pain in kitties! Finally a few complementary medicine therapies deserve mentioning. There is good evidence that acupuncture can benefit many pets. Physical therapy and fish oils may help. Lastly cold laser therapy is a relatively new treatment that is still being evaluated. Of course not every treatment is right for every patient. Your veterinarian can examine your pet for signs of arthritis and can recommend the best options for your furry friend. Arthritis may be inevitable, but with these tools you can help your pets stay mobile and pain free! Dr. Keith de la Cruz graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. He is an associate with AtlasVet (the Atlas District Veterinary Hospital) at 1326 H St. NE. Dr. de la Cruz is treasurer/ secretary of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association and is a past president of the Northern Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. ★
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At Your Pets Service {By Ellen Boomer}
Memorializing Man’s Best Friend
says. “I want to tell the dog’s story so it’ll be remembered.” Contact Only Dog Art at www.onlydogart.com or by emailing Doug@onlydogart.com.
“People love talking about their dogs,” says Doug Wilkerson, artist and co-owner of Only Dog Art, who can tell you about every dog he’s ever had. Wilkerson’s first portrait was of his own dog, a Weimaraner named Carl. Because people responded well to his paintings Wilkerson decided to start a family business For the Love of Dogs with his son, Braden, and wife, Risa. Although the Wilkersons and Country didn’t officially When military personnel start Only Dog Art are deployed, they no longer until 2012, Doug need to worry about the pets and Braden discovthey leave behind. Founded ered they enjoyed in 2011, Dogs on Deployment working together (DoD) “helps military families when they both atnot face the difficult decision tended and graduof having to put their pet in a ated from Kendall shelter because they’ve been College of Art and deployed,” says Kim Hawkins, Design in 2008. owner of Howl to the Chief. In a “That could be its newly formed venture Howl to own story,” laughs the Chief and Rural Dog Rescue Braden. Braden and Doug Wilkerson of only Dog Art have paired with DoD to help “Our work replace military pets – everything flects the love we all have for dogs,” Doug remarks. “I paint dogs from birds to ferrets to dogs – in life-size or larger to signify their importance, and I try to reflect local foster homes. characteristics viewers can connect with, whether they know “Rescue is my passion,” says the dog or not.” Hawkins, explaining that she resWhile clients have sent Wilkerson pictures of their dog to cued racehorses before focusing use as he paints, he’s able to travel and take pictures of the dog, her efforts on household pets. In as well. Doug is “a very compassionate person,” says client Debless than two years Hawkins has bie Colpitts, who commissioned a portrait for her cousin whose rescued and re-homed 400 dogs. German Shepherd died of cancer. “He’s willing to sit down and make sure everybody gets what they want. The level of detail [in the portrait] was phenomenal … it moved all of us when we saw it.” Braden explains that “Doug uses perspectives that bring the viewer to the dog’s level and spotlights the dog using a minimal background.” “The paintings have a modern, contemporary feel that works well in various décors.” Only Dog Art also sells different sized prints. “We feel large format magnifies the moment and allows Howl to the Chief and Rural Dog Rescue have paired with us to appreciate often unnoticed details,” Doug Dogs on Deployment (DoD) to help military familes..
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“You can’t help but fall in love with Kim and her dogs,” comments Michelle Betz, who has fostered dogs through Rural Dog Rescue. “Fostering gave us the chance... to help out a fabulous organization.” “We need to build a foster base [for DoD],” Hawkins notes. She’s hoping area residents will see this program as a great way to support the troops. “Anybody who fosters a dog for a military family is going to get donated food and discounted supplies [from Howl to the Chief],” she says, adding that she offers a 10 percent discount to military personnel and emergency responders. Plus, the pet owner will cover any veterinary expenses. “You have to be able to commit six months to a year,” Hawkins explains when describing the typical DoD foster relationship. Hawkins thinks “it’s bad enough that people have to leave their families and jobs and their lives,” adding that “I cannot imagine having to serve your country and the price [you have to pay] is to give up your dog.” Howl to the Chief will hold a pup-and-pub-crawl fundraiser later this summer. Contact Howl to the Chief at www.howltothechief.com or by calling 202-544-8710.
Teaching Your Terrier to Tango “Paw. Shake. Paw. Shake.” Toni Woods, owner of Anytime K9, is teaching dogs to dance, one paw at a time. In addition to her unofficial title as the DC Dog Whisperer, Woods can now add canine dance instructor to her long list of talents. Like any brilliant idea, the K9 Chorus Line class was born from inspiration. “I bought a Groupon for [dance classes at] All 2 Dance,” Woods remembers, “and I started dancing … and thought, ‘This is so relaxing! I should have a dancing class.’” Woods, who has paired with dance instructor Ann Golkov to teach humans, watched YouTube videos of canine freestyle to learn a few routines. “The dogs learn basic tricks, signals
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Toni Woods, owner of Anytime K9 teaches dogs to dance.
and commands while the humans do the real ‘choreography’ around them,” explains class member Andrew Damer, who attends class with his partner, Michael Ribar, and their terrier, Winston. “When you put the two together it looks like you and the dog are dancing.” Damer notes that “everything is taught with positive reinforcement; [Woods’] goal is just to improve the relationship between dog and human.” In addition to teaching 15 private lessons and five group classes per week and providing dog-walking services, Woods works with rescue organizations including Pets for Vets, Rural Dog Rescue, and Fashion for Paws. “At end of year I’ll have a gala and raise money for local shelters and rescues,” she comments, adding that she’ll have several, small fundraisers throughout the year, as well. “That’s why I started the class.” Contact Anytime K9 at www.anytimecanine.com or by calling 202-2360783. ★
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Caring for Your Pet’s Eyes {Dr. Joanne Carey} o many conditions can affect the well-being and safety of your animal when it concerns the eyes. Any breed of dog or cat can have eye problems, but, certain breeds are predisposed because of their facial anatomy. Animals with a lot of hair over their eyes and animals that have flat faces and with facial folds are predisposed to corneal conditions. Many dogs have a condition called KCS, or “dry eye.” This chronic, serious condition must be aggressively treated to keep the eyes moist. A dog with KCS continuously builds up thick secretions, and its eyes will stop looking shiny. Sometimes facial hair will get stuck on the surface of the eye and on the cornea because of these secretions. KCS is treated with prescription drops and frequent cleaning of the eyes. Left untreated, the secretions build up and can cause skin infections under the eye as well as painful, irreparable corneal damage including blindness. Many cats have a persistent drainage from the inside corners of their eyes with staining of their hair. Have your veterinarian see if there is a partially blocked tear duct causing the secretion. This must be carefully managed, as with the dogs. When I see animals with discharge in the eyes owners frequently tell me they have to clean the animal’s eyes out every day because it keeps collecting. Some of these conditions are treatable. The eyes still need to be cleaned on a routine basis with special eye washes. Your vet may prescribe a specific ointment or drop for the condition. I recommend that pet owners keep the following products to maintain eye health:
4) veterinary prescription eye drops for dry eyes (from your veterinarian or ophthalmologist) 5) veterinary dry-eye drops (I-Drop, 0.3 percent)
1) veterinary eyewash solution 2) veterinary artificial tears 3) I-Lid’N Lash Hygiene VetHydrating Cleansing Gel (to remove secretions)
Dr. Joanne Carey, co-founder of Takoma Park Animal Clinic, has been serving the community with quality veterinary services and house calls since 1988. The practice is conveniently located at 7330 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, Md. 20912. Visit Dr. Carey’s website, www.TakomaParkAnimalClinic.com, for more interesting articles on pet care. See the ad at the top of this page. ★
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To clean the eyes on a daily basis I recommend I-Lid’N Lash Hygiene Vet Hydrating Cleansing Gel to soften the secretions on the lids and the face. It is easy to remove the softened secretions without causing discomfort to the gentle skin around the eyes. Your pet will be grateful that its eyes have been treated gently. After removing the secretions check if there is any long hair that could stick on the surface of the eye or needs to be trimmed. Take your pet to the veterinarian or the groomer and have them trim the hair to keep it short and away from the eyes. Some breed standards dictate that the hair grow over the eyes and onto the face. That is fine if your pet is in the showring, but for most pets a tidy, clean face is most desirable. Believe it or not your dog cannot see through the long hair hanging in front of its eyes. Some things to look for that would create an emergency visit for your pet: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9)
blood in the eyes new heavy discharge from the eyes excessive squinting, tearing, or rubbing inability to open the eyes swelling in or around the eyes sudden cloudiness of the eyes any wound on the surface of the eye or eyelid, like a scratch or a bite unequal size of pupils recent head trauma
As a rule any dog or cat with bulging eyes, facial folds, and long hair is predisposed to eye conditions. The bottom line is to make sure that the eyes are always clear and clean and that there are no discharges on the eyelids or hair contacting or brushing up against the surface of the eye. There should be no tearing or squinting. If you have an animal that needs this type of care, make sure to check it every day. This is the first article in the “Wellness Yearly Visit” series. The topics cover the areas of the animal’s body that are examined when your pet comes in for an annual exam. This includes the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, hair coat, abdomen, and muscles.
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s we wrap up the first half of 2013 the Capitol Hill residential sales market is looking very good. In the $1.0 million+ market we are on track to exceed last year’s record sales of 48. So far this year properties over $500,000 exceed 600 annualized. On the other end of the price spectrum fewer than 20 properties sold for under $300,000 (and that is stretching all the way to Florida Avenue). The median price for all of Capitol Hill is running at $650,000, and within the Historic District it is much higher (I will run the data at the end of June). The average number of days on the market has been at an all-time low of 30. In the $600,000-$900,000 range you can measure time on market in hours! Throughout the spring the DC market has been the focus of a lot of very positive national press. The Washing Post declared, “In hot D.C. housing market, bidders blow past asking prices.”Again in The Post, “Census: D.C. added 30,000 residents in 27 months.” The Wall Street Journal labeled Washington “The New Boomtown.” We have become one of the most popular residential destinations in the country, and it is impact-
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ing all price ranges. Nowhere in the area is that more true than here on Capitol Hill. Our neighborhood has become “a very hot place to live.”According to DC Mud 20003 is the “Quickest Selling ZIP Code in DC.” Our public elementary schools have continued to gain in reputation and our major commercial corridors (Market Row, Barracks Row, Riverfront, H Street, and now Florida Avenue Market area). Union Market is popping and there will soon be a 100-seat restaurant in the immediate neighborhood. We have continued to gain in diversity of dining and entertaining options and popularity for all age groups. The amount of renovation in our neighborhood is staggering. Once a much maligned stretch, the 1300 block of Constitution has just seen its crowning jewel fall into place with two $1.0M+ condo townhomes built by Martin Ditto. The used-car lot across from the McDonalds at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue will soon be home to hundreds of new residents. As you drive out Independence Avenue SE stop at the corner of 18th Street and look at the spectacular new condos that have just come on the market at $550,000+. Nothing more exemplifies what is happening in our market than that corner. The really striking thing is not happening in the traditional part of Capitol Hill. Take a look at the neighborhoods contiguous to Capitol Hill. South of the Hill there are literally hundreds of new neighbors and commercial entertainment options. North of H Street all the way to the Florida Avenue Market the residential landscape is changing at a breathtaking pace. Just about everything in that long overlooked pie-shaped corridor is
now seeing sales at $300,000 to $900,000 on a regular basis. North of Florida and to the east of Gallaudet is the Trinidad neighborhood. Not only overlooked but much maligned, Trinidad has become a hot new destination for many younger buyers. Stretching a little farther, look at Petworth to the northwest of the Hill. If a house is renovated and has a little size, $500,000+ with multiple offers all day long. What’s next? Look for a pop in neighborhoods like Anacostia, Hillcrest, and Fort Davis. These areas have been doing fine, but considering the geographic location they have room to run. As these and other surrounding neighborhoods gain in popularity, more consumers from there will be looking to the traditional Hill for dining, shopping, and educational options. Looking at our private schools, you are seeing more and more addresses from these neighborhoods, where these families have found our schools a geographically desirable alternative. We are driven by location, location, location. And while we always had the same location, a huge part of the population has now decided that this is where they want to be. This is where they want to live, work, play, and raise their families. On the other end we have more and more people who are retiring and moving here to be near the grandkids and forget the car. We even have our own “country club” for them on Hill. Clearly we could be the victim of some macro-economic calamity, but for now we are looking very solid. Don Denton is branch vice president of Capitol Hill Coldwell Banker and proud St. Peter’s School parent. H
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Changing Hands
Changing hands is a list of most residential sales in the District of Columbia from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list, based on the MRIS, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill. The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms. Neighborhood
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FEE SIMPLE 16TH STREET HEIGHTS 1412 DELAFIELD PL NW 4613 15TH ST NW 5009 13TH ST NW 5200 13TH ST NW 1216 KENNEDY ST NW 5720 13TH ST NW 1348 MADISON ST NW
$787,000 $701,500 $624,900 $579,900 $537,500 $420,000 $397,000
ADAMS MORGAN 1870 CALIFORNIA ST NW 1652 KALORAMA RD NW
$1,225,000 $609,600
3129 PATTERSON ST NW 5318 42ND ST NW 6140 31ST PL NW 3395 STUYVESANT PL NW 5505 30TH PL NW 6361 31ST PL NW 6009 34TH PL NW 6128 UTAH AVE NW 5338 41ST ST NW 4118 LEGATION ST NW
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$1,336,000 $1,232,750 $1,058,245 $1,025,000 $930,000 $930,000 $910,000 $893,000 $880,000 $835,000 $825,000 $765,000 $759,000
ANACOSTIA 1602 16TH ST SE 1922 15TH ST SE 1351 RIDGE PL SE 2258 MOUNT VIEW PL SE 1345 DEXTER TER SE 1333 T ST SE 1824 MINNESOTA AVE SE 1366 VALLEY PL SE 1724 W ST SE
$320,000 $273,800 $270,000 $219,900 $170,000 $165,000 $126,990 $117,500 $48,502
50 NICHOLSON ST NW 5614 KANSAS AVE NW 5515 BLAIR RD NE
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BRENTWOOD 2217 13TH ST NE
$245,000
BRIGHTWOOD 7220 BLAIR RD NW 562 PEABODY ST NW 6513 7TH PL NW 1227 UNDERWOOD ST NW 6747 13TH PL NW 7627 9TH ST NW 7528 8TH ST NW 6200 7TH ST NW 526 SHERIDAN ST NW 5712 3RD PL NW 601 POWHATAN PL NW 731 ONEIDA PL NW 1424 SHERIDAN ST NW 619 RITTENHOUSE ST NW 6308 5TH ST NW 6227 4TH ST NW 717 TUCKERMAN ST NW 525 SHERIDAN ST NW
$700,000 $640,000 $625,000 $587,000 $434,110 $427,500 $412,500 $385,000 $382,000 $380,000 $370,000 $369,900 $365,000 $355,000 $330,000 $305,000 $279,000 $273,000
BROOKLAND 3503 15TH ST NE 1004 UPSHUR ST NE 1034 NEWTON ST NE 221 BRYANT ST NE 1726 JACKSON ST NE 2438 2ND ST NE 808 CRITTENDEN ST NE 318 BRYANT ST NE
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$715,000 $558,000 $530,000 $520,500 $465,000 $436,000 $429,000 $425,000
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$550,000 $365,000 $330,000
CLEVELAND PARK 3411 WOODLEY RD NW 3308 35TH ST NW 3121 QUEBEC PL NW 3612 34TH ST NW
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CHILLUM
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK 4604 ALBEMARLE ST NW 4804 ALTON PL NW 5001 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW 4828 ALTON PL NW 4440 49TH ST NW 5016 45TH ST NW 4507 VAN NESS ST NW 4435 ALBEMARLE ST NW 4808 46TH ST NW 4810 48TH ST NW 4711 ELLICOTT ST NW 4812 43RD PL NW 4338 CHESAPEAKE ST NW
$825,000 $816,000 $815,000 $806,000 $801,100 $799,000 $790,000 $777,000 $751,001 $740,000
$2,650,000 $1,595,000 $1,100,000 $795,000
COLONIAL VILLAGE 2111 SUDBURY PL NW
$750,000
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
1344 HAMLIN ST NE 1601 BRENTWOOD RD NE 4904 7TH ST NE 4317 12TH ST NE 712 FARADAY PL NE 3008 12TH ST NE
$405,000 $399,000 $395,000 $365,000 $331,000 $274,000
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BURLEITH 3717 R ST NW
$680,000
CAPITOL HILL
16 17TH NE 209 10TH ST SE 727 6TH ST NE 527 6TH ST SE 1000 D ST SE 628 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NE 116 4TH ST NE 511 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE 318 10TH ST NE 708 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE 229 8TH ST NE 520 6TH ST SE 327 7TH ST NE 1304 E ST NE 431 6TH ST NE 335 8TH ST NE 1622 MASSACHUSETTS AVE SE 225 F ST NE 763 10TH ST SE 1417 EAST CAPITOL ST SE 656 ACKER PL NE 208 5TH ST SE 622 C ST NE 1010 C ST SE 307 12TH ST SE 403 12TH ST NE 1433 CONSTITUTION AVE NE 1017 4TH ST NE
$2,500,000 $1,470,000 $1,220,000 $1,150,000 $1,110,000 $1,055,000 $1,041,150 $975,000 $950,000 $937,000 $925,000 $874,500 $870,000 $831,500 $825,000 $801,000 $800,000 $788,000 $781,000 $776,000 $770,000 $762,500 $756,000 $740,000 $725,000 $721,000 $718,000 $711,800
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516 15TH ST NE 1358 E ST SE 1316 C ST SE 810 8TH ST NE 1446 E ST SE 660 G ST NE 833 KENTUCKY AVE SE 921 K ST NE 1106 PARK ST NE 926 14TH ST SE 433 15TH ST NE 318 19TH ST NE 606 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE 513 13TH ST SE 1233 MARYLAND AVE NE 760 13TH ST SE 1362 L ST SE 1509 K ST SE 514 GROFF CT NE 549 23RD PL NE 1349 C ST NE
$710,000 $699,000 $699,000 $685,000 $660,000 $657,000 $644,000 $620,000 $620,000 $599,000 $579,900 $575,000 $575,000 $565,000 $536,000 $517,000 $510,000 $485,000 $455,000 $450,000 $280,000
CAPITOL HILL EAST 1527 MASSACHUSETTS AVE SE 1624 D ST SE 103 17TH ST SE
$687,500 $530,000 $480,000
CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS 3808 FULTON ST NW
$1,175,000
CHEVY CHASE 7035 WYNDALE ST NW 5712 BROAD BRANCH RD NW 6424 33RD ST NW 3309 MORRISON ST NW 3619 QUESADA ST NW 5446 BROAD BRANCH RD NW 7055 31ST ST NW 6647 32ND PL NW
$1,820,000 $1,535,000 $1,130,000 $1,079,000 $1,079,000 $1,046,250 $930,000 $866,000
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3661 13TH ST NW 1350 QUINCY ST NW 3520 13TH ST NW 1473 GIRARD ST NW #A/B 1000 MONROE ST NW 921 QUINCY ST NW 619 LAMONT ST NW 1354 OTIS PL NW 3636 13TH ST NW 1422 SHEPHERD ST NW 719 IRVING ST NW 1317 SHEPHERD ST NW #F 1317 SHEPHERD ST NW #E 1039 QUEBEC PL NW 1524 SPRING PL NW 3516 PARK PL NW 756 COLUMBIA RD NW 765 GRESHAM PL NW 759 IRVING ST NW 3033 SHERMAN AVE NW 3211 SHERMAN AVE NW 1226 QUINCY ST NW
$2,475,000 $970,000 $950,000 $936,000 $750,000 $714,000 $700,000 $651,000 $605,000 $580,000 $576,000 $547,000 $540,000 $525,000 $502,000 $475,000 $440,000 $420,000 $338,625 $280,000 $280,000 $610,000
CONGRESS HEIGHTS 46 FORRESTER ST SW 4004 COLE BLVD SE 3964 2ND ST SW 315 ATLANTIC ST SE
$250,000 $200,000 $199,581 $190,000
CRESTWOOD 1982 SHEPHERD ST NW 4830 BLAGDEN AVE NW 1728 SHEPHERD ST NW 1626 DECATUR ST NW
$1,250,000 $895,000 $895,000 $835,900
DEANWOOD 4920 MINNESOTA AVE NE 326 60TH ST NE 1024 50TH ST NE 100 57TH ST SE 5313 BLAINE ST NE 53 46TH ST NE 152 35TH ST NE 5203 JUST ST NE 1208 49TH PL NE 7 BURNS ST NE
$277,500 $259,000 $245,000 $240,000 $230,000 $166,000 $132,000 $100,000 $99,000 $80,000
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DUPONT 2022 HILLYER PL NW
$2,150,000
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1337 22ND ST NW 1311 22ND ST NW
$1,725,000 $1,675,000
DUPONT CIRCLE 1424 T ST NW 1606 19TH ST NW 2032 17TH ST NW
$900,000 $1,925,000 $1,050,000
ECKINGTON 49 R ST NW 1833 1ST ST NW 27 Q ST NE 124 U ST NE 1933 LINCOLN RD NE 23 TODD PL NE 1932 2ND ST NE
$709,000 $695,000 $621,000 $601,000 $593,000 $466,000 $280,000
FOGGY BOTTOM 21 SNOWS CT NW
$525,000
FOREST HILLS 4207 LINNEAN AVE NW 2867 TILDEN ST NW 4700 LINNEAN AVE NW 4668 BROAD BRANCH RD NW 4020 LINNEAN AVE NW 4542 LINNEAN AVE NW
$2,180,000 $2,150,000 $1,799,000 $1,410,000 $1,373,750 $1,160,000
FORT DUPONT PARK 925 RIDGE RD SE 821 HILLTOP TER SE 1195 46TH PL SE
$380,000 $299,000 $210,000
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3503 10th Street, NE $699,000 4BR/ 3.5BA
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Renovated Federal row just one block to Metro and 2 groceries delivers SMART and stylish Hill living! Inside, cross-cut stairs mean graceful room dimensions. Wide living room, open dining room to modern kitchen. Three bedrooms up plus bright bath and half. New windows, oak floors throughout. Rear private patio, garden, and BIG garage!
Newly renovated by Urbiz developers! This spacious home features new HVAC, windows, floors, open kitchen, bonus attic, main floor office, 4 bedrooms, and 3.5 baths. Plus only a short stroll to Brookland Metro, and12th Street shops and cafes providing all the perks of city living!
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1363 E Street, SE $675,000 3BR/ 1.5BA
FOXHALL 1514 44TH ST NW
$879,000
GEORGETOWN 2928 P ST NW 2613 DUMBARTON ST NW 3320 VOLTA PL NW 1623 SUTER LN NW 1667 34TH ST NW 1423 33RD ST NW 3223 VOLTA PL NW 3540 WINFIELD LN NW 1333 30TH ST NW 1219 30TH ST NW 3226 O ST NW 1636 30TH ST NW 3619 WINFIELD LN NW 1604 32ND ST NW 2515 Q ST NW 3418 Q ST NW 1676 32ND ST NW 1657 34TH ST NW 1037 30TH ST NW
$3,350,000 $3,300,000 $1,650,000 $1,562,500 $1,495,000 $1,452,000 $1,420,000 $1,400,000 $1,380,000 $1,300,000 $1,259,000 $1,241,000 $1,120,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $955,000 $950,000 $901,900 $825,000
GLOVER PARK 3917 BENTON ST NW 3757 W ST NW 3846 CALVERT ST NW 3807 BENTON ST NW 2230 39TH PL NW 4000 TUNLAW RD NW #1024
$1,170,000 $908,000 $855,000 $825,000 $800,000 $275,000
H STREET CORRIDOR 1652 KRAMER ST NE
$367,450
HILL CREST 1400 25TH ST SE 2109 31ST PL SE 1400 34TH ST SE 2509 FAIRLAWN AVE SE
$410,000 $332,900 $230,000 $200,000
HILL EAST 534 24TH ST NE
$450,000
KALORAMA 2449 TRACY PL NW 1823 PHELPS PL NW 2328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW 2210 WYOMING AVE NW 2206 DECATUR PL NW 2306 CALIFORNIA ST NW
$3,500,000 $2,900,000 $2,800,000 $2,225,000 $1,995,000 $1,800,000
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1609 D Street, SE 3BR/ 3.5BA Newly renovated by Quest home builders, Features new HVAC, windows, floors, open kitchen, 3 bedrooms, and 3.5 baths. Plus only a short stroll to the metro and all the perks of Capitol Hill living!
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751 12th Street, SE 4BR/3.5BA Just a 4-block stroll from the countless cafes and shops of Barracks Row stands this wide and deep porch front, constructed in the Wardman style and completely renovated in 2008 with an upper owner’s residence and separate lower suite.
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KENT 5063 MACOMB ST NW 2828 HURST TER NW 3059 UNIVERSITY TERRACE NW 5161 MACOMB ST NW 5417 MACARTHUR BLVD NW
$1,610,500 $1,475,000 $1,475,000 $1,249,000 $805,000
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Location, Location, Location 910-912 PA AVE SE For Lease: $10,000/month Prestigious historic brick bay front office buildings of 3224 SF. Pennsylvania Ave location with US Capitol view & The Hill Center. 3224 square feet on 3 levels incl. 5+ parking spaces at rear. Spacious open floor plan and private offices & full kitchen. CAC. New carpet thru out, heart pine floors, and elegant window treatments. Located at Eastern Market and Metro Plaza, 7TH & 8TH STreets restaurants and retail.
LEDROIT PARK 126 BRYANT ST NW 1913 4TH ST NW 72 U ST NW 2207 FLAGLER PL NW 2711 NORTH CAPITOL ST NE 229 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 1952 2ND ST NW 2100 2ND ST NW 2130 2ND ST NW
$895,000 $869,500 $817,500 $800,000 $700,000 $700,000 $662,500 $555,000 $500,000
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703 D Street SE $995,000 Unique commercial property facing Eastern Market Metro Plaza at 7th & Pa Ave SE across from future Hine development (600,000 SF mixed used project). C2A townhouse with bay front, 6 office suites, historic renovation, gas fireplace, kitchenette, powder room, rear yard with deck, storage shed. On retail block with Kinkos, Starbucks, Hill's Kitchen & Radio shack. Great office and/or retail location
4014 LANE PL NE 321 34TH ST NE 4227 LANE PL NE 3340 AMES ST NE 300 35TH ST NE 3367 BLAINE ST NE
$270,300 $199,000 $150,000 $145,000 $130,000 $128,000
1 Block to Potomac Avenue metro, Harris Teeter, shops, Jenkins Row condos. New construction built in 1979. Three level townhouse approximately 1970 SF main house with 2 Bedrooms 2.5 Baths, Open layout Dining Room & Living Room with hardwood floors, woodburning fireplace. Rear garden. Parking. First floor efficiency unit w/ fireplace. Zoned C2A. Good layout for small office users,retail business or live work combo. First floor efficiency unit w/ fireplace.
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LOGAN 1323 R ST NW 1451 SWANN ST NW 1606 13TH ST NW 1322 RIGGS ST NW
$1,455,000 $1,295,000 $1,071,000 $1,100,000
MARSHALL HEIGHTS
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5347 CALL PL SE 857 51ST ST SE 5425 BASS PL SE 123 49TH ST SE 4826 BASS PL SE
$235,000 $217,000 $207,000 $193,999 $180,000
MASS AVE HTS 2520 30TH ST NW 2605 31ST ST NW 2907 NORMANSTONE LN NW
$6,425,000 $2,268,450 $2,300,000
MICHIGAN PARK 3922 SOUTH DAKOTA AVE NE
$365,000
MOUNT PLEASANT 1713 IRVING ST NW 2011 KLINGLE RD NW 1860 PARK RD NW 1835 INGLESIDE TER NW 1740 IRVING ST NW
$1,125,000 $996,000 $920,000 $883,000 $792,247
MT VERNON SQUARE 403 M ST NW
$750,000
NAVY YARD 1012 7TH ST SE
$589,000
NORTH CLEVELAND PARK 3531 YUMA ST NW 4118 38TH ST NW 3616 VEAZEY ST NW 3730 VAN NESS ST NW
$935,000 $920,000 $838,500 $825,000
OBSERVATORY CIRCLE 3611 FULTON ST NW 2709 36TH ST NW 3814 FULTON ST NW
$2,150,000 $1,300,000 $1,010,000
OLD CITY #1 1316 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE 325 10TH ST NE 1123 C ST SE 1114 CONSTITUTION AVE NE 1632 POTOMAC AVE SE 314 5TH ST NE 1411 AMES PL NE 1429 AMES PL NE 1205 C ST NE 1315 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE 1529 A ST NE 235 16TH ST SE 1012 8TH ST NE 705 13TH ST NE 1236 LINDEN PL NE 251 16TH ST SE 1239 I ST NE 1323 E ST NE 1361 F ST NE 637 MORTON PL NE 1316 CORBIN PL NE 518 14TH ST NE 829 11TH ST NE 1155 ABBEY PL NE 963 14TH ST SE 811 12TH ST NE 546 25TH PL NE
$960,000 $950,000 $921,000 $857,500 $737,000 $731,000 $723,000 $710,000 $700,000 $670,000 $670,000 $665,000 $656,000 $615,000 $600,000 $595,000 $556,000 $525,000 $525,000 $520,000 $488,000 $480,000 $459,000 $430,000 $398,600 $356,000 $319,500
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331 18TH PL NE 2512 E ST NE 704 19TH ST NE
$315,000 $300,000 $225,000
OLD CITY #2 1721 WILLARD ST NW 1530 15TH ST NW 1522 10TH ST NW 201 P ST NW 1616 V ST NW 1806 10TH ST NW 958 FLORIDA AVE NW
$1,610,000 $900,000 $855,000 $775,000 $756,000 $605,000 $439,900
5224 SHERIER PL NW 5063 SHERIER PL NW 4841 RESERVOIR RD NW 4837 RESERVOIR RD NW
$2,400,000 $1,000,000 $835,000 $816,000
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PETWORTH 4111 7TH ST NW 312 TAYLOR ST NW 4405 5TH ST NW 4220 7TH ST NW 4834 7TH ST NW 826 CRITTENDEN ST NW 821 MADISON ST NW 314 MISSOURI AVE NW 322 GALLATIN ST NW 5316 1ST ST NW 717 GALLATIN ST NW 707 INGRAHAM ST NW 3813 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW 5706 8TH ST NW 628 WEBSTER ST NW 816 DELAFIELD PL NW 5020 5TH ST NW
$689,000 $685,000 $660,000 $629,000 $599,000 $575,000 $556,500 $549,000 $542,500 $540,500 $527,750 $499,900 $479,120 $400,000 $355,000 $275,000 $269,000
RANDLE HEIGHTS 1450 SMITH PL SE 2014 SAVANNAH PL SE
$170,000 $110,000
RIGGS PARK
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5062 11TH ST NE 5041 11TH ST NE 210 ONEIDA ST NE 738 KENNEDY ST NE 420 PEABODY ST NE 503 G ST SW
$310,000 $285,000 $280,000 $254,000 $247,000 $675,000
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SHAW 1830 8TH ST NW
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$625,000
SHEPHERD PARK 1228 HEMLOCK ST NW 1215 GERANIUM ST NW
$774,000 $750,000
SPRING VALLEY
4 4
7 7 3
4825 QUEBEC ST NW 3812 48TH ST NW 4841 TILDEN ST NW 3820 52ND ST NW 4211 49TH ST NW
4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 3
TRINIDAD 1329 MONTELLO AVE NE 1130 NEAL ST NE 1122 OATES ST NE 1526 TRINIDAD AVE NE 1217 HOLBROOK ST NE 1334 QUEEN ST NE 1610 MONTELLO AVE NE 1112 TRINIDAD AVE NE 1433 MONTELLO AVE NE 1201 QUEEN ST NE 1732 LYMAN PL NE 1921 BENNETT PL NE 1636 MONTELLO AVE NE 1227 MORSE ST NE
$2,020,000 $1,675,000 $1,420,000 $1,350,000 $950,000
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$568,000 $553,000 $535,000 $529,000 $497,000 $475,000 $465,000 $452,000 $350,000 $286,200 $257,000 $240,000 $235,000 $225,000
U STREET 2226 13TH ST NW 1203 W ST NW
$1,049,900 $745,000
WESLEY HEIGHTS 2831 44TH ST NW 4501 DEXTER ST NW 3028 NEW MEXICO AVE NW 4406 WESTOVER PL NW 4200 EMBASSY PARK DR NW
$2,245,000 $1,495,000 $1,019,990 $895,000 $735,000
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WEST END 2127 N ST NW
WOODLEY
2708 WOODLEY PL NW
WOODRIDGE
3402 22ND ST NE 2008 HAMLIN ST NE 1806 JACKSON ST NE 3001 YOST PL NE 3028 24TH ST NE 2920 YOST PL NE 2618 EVARTS ST NE
$1,515,000
5
$772,000
3
$599,900 $565,000 $502,100 $465,000 $450,000 $299,000 $118,000
3 4 5 4 3 3 3
$829,000
3
$535,000 $350,000
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$275,000 $139,000 $223,000
2 1 1
$1,045,000 $995,000 $869,000 $859,000 $829,000 $829,000 $725,000 $549,900 $549,000 $540,080 $530,000 $489,000 $489,000 $449,000 $405,000 $399,000 $399,000 $399,000 $389,000 $379,000 $379,000 $450,000 $675,000
2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
$34,000
1
$454,500 $307,500
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$144,500
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$342,000 $219,900 $180,000 $100,000
2 2 1 1
$860,000 $508,600 $469,000 $449,900 $420,000 $363,500 $343,900 $336,000 $299,000 $249,900 $235,500 $235,000 $221,500
2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
$740,000 $690,000 $685,000 $660,000 $585,000 $520,000
2 2 2 2 2 1
CONDO 11TH ST AREA
1130 COLUMBIA RD NW #3
14TH STREET CORRIDOR 2125 14TH ST NW #626 2125 14TH ST NW #414
16TH STREET HEIGHTS
1322 MISSOURI AVE NW #305 1301 LONGFELLOW ST NW #306 1322 MISSOURI AVE NW #101
ADAMS MORGAN
1700 KALORAMA RD NW #501 1700 KALORAMA RD NW #502 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-7 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-6 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-12 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-10 1750 EUCLID ST NW #1 2301 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #105 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-5 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-4 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-3 1750 HARVARD ST NW #4B 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-2 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-9 2440 16TH ST NW #122 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-7 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-6 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-8 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-3 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-4 1700 EUCLID ST NW #A-11 1701 KALORAMA RD NW #408 1800 BELMONT RD NW #1-R
ANACOSTIA
2100 FENDALL ST SE #13
BLOOMINGDALE
35 QUINCY PL NW #1 70 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #302
BRIGHTWOOD
1404 TUCKERMAN ST NW #301
BROOKLAND
206 BRYANT ST NE #2 2817 7TH ST NE #4 3725 12TH ST NE #107 4402 1ST PL NE #22
CAPITOL HILL
1335 CONSTITUTION AVE NE #B 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #309 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #463 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #505 1127 C ST SE #UNIT NUMBER 1 101 CAROLINA AVE SE #STE E 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #240 101 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE #A300 1032 6TH ST NE #301 414 SEWARD SQ SE #102 101 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE #206 101 CAROLINA AVE SE #STE B 101 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE #401
CENTRAL
2555 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #209 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #216 2301 N ST NW #217 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #1006 616 E ST NW #254 2425 L ST NW #223
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(202) 415-2117 (202) 944-8400 DC.DC@LongandFoster.com www.yourneighboronthehill.com
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400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #708 1150 K ST NW #502 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #823 616 E ST NW #1012 1111 25TH ST NW #510 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #217 777 7TH ST NW #616 777 7TH ST NW #430 2201 L ST NW #705 616 E ST NW #707 1133 14TH ST NW #1007
$514,000 $500,000 $460,000 $453,000 $450,000 $423,000 $397,000 $377,000 $315,000 $296,000 $265,000
CHEVY CHASE 5410 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #605 5410 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #711
$389,000 $325,000
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
CHILLUM 31 KENNEDY ST NW #301
$150,000
CLARA BARTON 616 E ST NW #210
$512,900
CLEVELAND PARK 2710 MACOMB ST NW #106 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #805 3520 39TH ST NW #A-655 2902 PORTER ST NW #26 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #214 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #413 3891 PORTER ST NW #301 3022 WISCONSIN AVE NW #202 3770 39TH ST NW #137 3110 WISCONSIN AVE NW #104 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #601 3848 PORTER ST NW #378 3026 WISCONSIN AVE NW #102 4301 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #8013 3832 PORTER ST NW #C-387 2710 MACOMB ST NW #109 2710 MACOMB ST NW #110 3601 WISCONSIN AVE NW #510 3217 WISCONSIN AVE NW #7B 3420 39TH ST NW #705
$700,000 $655,000 $547,000 $539,000 $530,000 $500,000 $482,500 $460,000 $440,000 $429,900 $420,000 $419,000 $377,000 $355,000 $349,700 $342,000 $327,000 $289,000 $212,500 $335,000
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
1332 BELMONT ST NW #302 $816,000 1323 CLIFTON ST NW #35 $652,500 1348 MONROE ST NW #B $640,000 1362 OTIS PL NW #2 PENTHOUSE $622,000 527 IRVING ST NW #01 $605,000 1451 BELMONT ST NW #224 $605,000 1480 HARVARD ST NW #2 $595,000 1461 HARVARD ST NW #3 $575,000 1307 CLIFTON ST NW #43 $552,000 1317 SHEPHERD ST NW #G $548,000 1317 SHEPHERD ST NW #F $547,000 1317 SHEPHERD ST NW #E $540,000 1324 EUCLID ST NW #208 $525,000 1480 HARVARD ST NW #1 $512,000 1510 PARK RD NW #2 $499,000 1324 EUCLID ST NW #105 $492,000 1324 EUCLID ST NW #204 $451,000 1317 SHEPHERD ST NW #D $449,000 1334 BELMONT ST NW #2 $410,000 1348 EUCLID ST NW #301 $399,900 1461 HARVARD ST NW #1 $399,000 1438 MERIDIAN PL NW #305 $377,500 1302 IRVING ST NW #200 $375,000 3900 14TH ST NW ##501 $345,000 718 PARK RD NW #5 $345,000 1308 CLIFTON ST NW #510 $339,500 3540 ROCK CREEK CHURCH RD NW #201 $300,000 1439 EUCLID ST NW #307 $299,900 3900 14TH ST NW #515 $299,900 1414 BELMONT ST NW #213 $287,282 3540 ROCK CREEK CHURCH RD NW #302 $280,000 3900 14TH ST NW #508 $277,000 929 RANDOLPH ST NW #D $259,900 3900 14TH ST NW #502 $245,000 3900 14TH ST NW #504 $214,900 1439 EUCLID ST NW #302 $160,000 1451 BELMONT ST NW #116 $655,000
CONGRESS HEIGHTS 916 BARNABY ST SE #101 3214 8TH ST SE #4
$67,000 $64,769
2 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
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$1,470,000 $775,000 $715,000 $690,000 $650,000
$575,000 $495,000 $368,000 $225,000 $205,000 $685,000 $579,000 $540,000 $515,000 $431,900 $257,000 $210,000 $202,700 $375,000
ECKINGTON
136 QUINCY PL NE #2 211 R ST NE #A 1908 4TH ST NE #2 306 TODD PL NE #1 51 RANDOLPH PL NW #403
$630,000 $575,000 $388,000 $283,000 $279,000
FOGGY BOTTOM
800 25TH ST NW #304 1001 26TH ST NW #408 922 24TH ST NW #820 922 24TH ST NW #719 2141 I ST NW #610 522 21ST ST NW #P6
$900,000 $577,000 $275,000 $254,000 $240,000 $30,000
FOREST HILLS
4025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #301 4701 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #108 2719 ORDWAY ST NW #5 2939 VAN NESS ST NW #844 3701 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #422
$615,000 $585,000 $349,000 $265,000 $230,500
FORT LINCOLN 3105 BERRY RD NE #11
$125,000
GEORGETOWN
3303 WATER ST NW #M-2 3030 K ST NW #PH-201 3250 N ST NW #2C 1080 WISCONSIN AVE NW #3020 1080 WISCONSIN AVE NW #2015 2516 Q ST NW #Q-304 2500 Q ST NW #235 2500 Q ST NW #225
$1,760,000 $1,330,000 $795,000 $690,000 $590,000 $465,000 $363,000 $330,000
GLOVER PARK
3937 DAVIS PL NW #1 3937 DAVIS PL NW #4 4004 EDMUNDS ST NW #5 2320 WISCONSIN AVE NW #115 2320 WISCONSIN AVE NW #314 2514 41ST ST NW #1 3821 DAVIS PL NW #3 4114 DAVIS PL NW #201
$534,900 $514,900 $499,900 $366,000 $357,000 $341,000 $295,000 $295,000
HILL CREST
2000 37TH ST SE #101 3001 NELSON PL SE #3
$75,000 $70,000
KALORAMA
2029 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #41 2201 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #3 1910 KALORAMA RD NW #403 1919 BELMONT RD NW #1079 1901 KALORAMA PL NW #1024 1820 KALORAMA RD NW #2 1880 COLUMBIA RD NW #404 1806 KALORAMA RD NW #1 1938 BILTMORE ST NW #D 1845 KALORAMA ROW NW ##1 1954 COLUMBIA RD NW #110 2138 CALIFORNIA ST NW #407 2227 20TH ST NW #203 1851 COLUMBIA RD NW #408 2410 20TH ST NW #7 1811 WYOMING AVE NW #T-6
$2,950,000 $849,000 $789,900 $635,000 $622,500 $455,000 $455,000 $452,000 $439,000 $429,900 $419,000 $399,900 $399,000 $360,000 $301,000 $97,000
LEDROIT PARK 2 1
DUPONT 2118 O ST NW #C 1725 20TH ST NW #D1 1825 19TH ST NW #2 1706 S ST NW #2 1830 JEFFERSON PL NW #1
1401 17TH ST NW #802 1616 15TH ST NW #200 2114 N ST NW #45 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #115 1727 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #208 1813 19TH ST NW #B 1621 T ST NW #301 1616 19TH ST NW #4 1525 Q ST NW #7 2141 P ST NW #205 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #731 1727 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #406 1511 22ND ST NW #12 1621 T ST NW #204
3 2 2 2 2
2121 2ND ST NW #2
$179,000
2 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
LOGAN
1 LOGAN CIR NW #8 1117 10TH ST NW #503 1320 13TH ST NW #24 1210 R ST NW #213 1325 13TH ST NW #603 1401 R ST NW #202 1401 R ST NW #407
$949,000 $590,000 $578,500 $539,000 $480,000 $479,900 $434,500
2 1 2 2 1 1 1
1133 14TH ST NW #611 $425,000 2125 14TH ST NW #214 $715,000 2125 14TH ST NW #514 $355,000 2125 14TH ST NW #211 $499,000 1413 P ST NW #603 $1,550,000 1701 13TH ST NW #2 $902,500 1300 N ST NW #201 $700,000 1718 9TH ST NW #2 $607,000 1107 O ST NW #3 $601,000 1340 Q ST NW #T1 $589,000 1111 11TH ST NW #706 $582,000 1402 SWANN ST NW #4 $530,000 1211 13TH ST NW #406 $453,500 1225 13TH ST NW #201 $426,000 1300 N ST NW #311 $410,000 1239 VERMONT AVE NW #101 $385,000 1111 11TH ST NW #309 $380,000 1117 10TH ST NW #211 $595,000 1133 14TH ST NW #904 $525,000 2001 12TH ST NW #113 $524,000 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #PH-113 $620,000 751 P ST NW #7 $549,900
MARSHALL HEIGHTS 317-319 50TH ST SE
$239,000
MOUNT PLEASANT
1663 NEWTON ST NW #3 2515 17TH ST NW #5 3324 18TH ST NW #12 3060 16TH ST NW #303 3420 16TH ST NW #604S
$565,000 $470,000 $439,900 $375,000 $340,000
MT. VERNON TRIANGLE
437 NEW YORK AVE NW #212 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #406 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #517
$365,500 $410,000 $457,000
OBSERVATORY CIRCLE
2501 WISCONSIN AVE NW #306 2501 WISCONSIN AVE NW #202 2111 WISCONSIN AVE NW #417 2801 NEW MEXICO AVE NW #513 3925 FULTON ST NW #1 2111 WISCONSIN AVE NW #510 3901 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #103
$905,000 $795,000 $516,300 $432,000 $386,597 $359,500 $240,000
OLD CITY #1
748 7TH ST SE #C 1025 1ST ST SE #404 520 E ST NE #11 520 E ST NE #13 1628 C ST SE #202 1 18TH ST SE #203 1836 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE #3 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #554
$794,000 $435,000 $385,000 $382,500 $378,500 $352,500 $300,000 $248,000
OLD CITY #2
2232 13TH ST NW #3 $889,000 1632 S ST NW #22 $824,000 1720 13TH ST NW #1 $769,500 440 L ST NW #804 $580,000 19301930 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #14 $499,000 1930 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #31 $480,000 437 NEW YORK AVE NW #424 $459,000 1130 5TH ST NW #B $455,000 1123 6TH ST NW #1 $449,000 1615 Q ST NW #203 $426,000 1420 N ST NW #812 $415,000 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #708 $415,000 910 M ST NW #307 $414,000 1816 T ST NW #E $399,900 1741 T ST NW #404 $395,850 2001 12TH ST NW #211 $386,000 444 M ST NW #6 $385,000 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #205 $360,000 2125 14TH ST NW #309 $353,000 1833 S ST NW #34 $319,900 1420 N ST NW #1010 $293,000 207 R ST NW #7 $280,000 2008 16TH ST NW #1 $242,500 1 SCOTT CIR NW #202 $240,000 1 SCOTT CIR NW #309 $237,000 1 SCOTT CIR NW #215 $222,000 475 K ST NW #418 $89,700 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #P-145 $35,000
1 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 1
$340,000
PENN QTR 440 L ST NW #407
$440,000
834 VARNUM ST NW #3 5401-5407 9TH ST NW #302 5401-5407 9TH ST NW #110 5401-5407 9TH ST NW #206 5401-5407 9TH ST NW #205 5611 5TH ST NW #36 4829 4TH ST NW #3 5611 5TH ST NW #24 5549-5551 ILLINOIS AVE NW #302
1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 0
1310 CONGRESS ST SE #401
1 1
$72,000
RLA (SW) 350 G ST SW #N-301 410 O ST SW #306 355 I ST SW #S-306 300 M ST SW #N109 800 4TH ST SW #N-411 1250 4TH ST SW #W803 1250 4TH ST SW #W608
$451,000 $361,500 $355,000 $242,000 $233,785 $231,500 $180,000
3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 1
SHAW 1510 6TH ST NW #3 1816 5TH ST NW #2
$840,000 $480,000
SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT 300 M ST SW #N212 1435 4TH ST SW #B301
$255,000 $175,000
SPRING VALLEY
$300,000
U STREET 2120 VERMONT AVE NW #104 2020 12TH ST NW #807 2020 12TH ST NW #617 2125 14TH ST NW #433 2250 11TH ST NW #201 1334 BELMONT ST NW #101 1838 6TH ST NW #C 2020 12TH ST NW #113 929 FLORIDA AVE NW #5001 2120 VERMONT AVE NW #22 902 T ST NW #B
$375,000 $830,000 $549,900 $430,000 $399,000 $719,000 $690,900 $655,000 $443,000 $299,000 $660,000
VAN NESS 2939 VAN NESS ST NW #916 2939 VAN NESS ST NW #845
$255,000 $185,000
VELOCITY CONDOMINIUM 1025 1ST ST SE #913 1025 1ST ST SE #201
$755,900 $450,000
2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1
WAKEFIELD 4740 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #110
2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
$495,000 $370,775 $253,000 $237,000 $224,500 $189,000 $180,000 $173,000 $141,000
RANDLE HEIGHTS
4016 47TH ST NW #4
PALISADES 4840 MACARTHUR BLVD NW #301
PETWORTH
$305,000
WATERFRONT 232 M ST SW #39 227 G ST SW #125 206 G ST SW #142 1435 4TH ST SW #B-211 264 M ST SW #22
$545,000 $467,500 $461,000 $375,000 $521,000
WESLEY HEIGHTS 3263 SUTTON PL NW #D 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #415W 3255 SUTTON PL NW #3255C 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #114E 4200 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #515 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #809W 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #1407E 3101 NEW MEXICO AVE NW #502 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #1118E 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #1418W
$683,500 $631,000 $625,000 $551,000 $290,000 $265,000 $260,000 $235,000 $200,000 $195,000
WEST END 1177 22ND ST NW #7C 1177 22ND ST NW #6M 1099 22ND ST NW #1002 1177 22ND ST NW #1-E 1155 23RD ST NW #7L 1099 22ND ST NW #404 1117 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #300
$1,680,000 $1,485,000 $1,350,000 $1,185,000 $885,000 $725,000 $525,000
WOODLEY PARK 3100 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #126 3100 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #331 2501 CALVERT ST NW #802 2829 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #614 2725 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #509
$418,000 $396,000 $351,000 $217,000 $515,000
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HOMES THAT SHOW BETTER SELL BETTER WITH 2737 DEVONSHIRE PL NW #23A
$730,350
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CLEVELAND PARK
3024 TILDEN ST NW #504 3900 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #502-G 3022 PORTER ST NW #102
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1415 GIRARD ST NW #306 1415 GIRARD ST NW #206 1415 GIRARD ST NW #203
DUPONT
2039 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #105 1701 16TH ST NW #303 1701 16TH ST NW #848 1701 16TH ST NW #109 1514 17TH ST NW #111
DUPONT CIRCLE
1725 17TH ST NW #410 1514 17TH ST NW #208 1701 16TH ST NW #206
FOGGY BOTTOM
700 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #602 2475 VIRGINIA AVE NW #230/231 2700 VIRGINIA AVE NW #810 2510 VIRGINIA NW #2D-N 730 24TH ST NW #203 2475 VIRGINIA AVE NW #716 730 24TH ST NW #916
FOREST HILLS
3001 VEAZEY TRL NW #1026 3001 VEAZEY TER NW #613
GLOVER PARK
3900 TUNLAW RD NW #306 3900 TUNLAW RD NW #613
KALORAMA
1870 WYOMING AVE NW #103 1869 MINTWOOD PL NW #21 1901 WYOMING AVE NW #75 1852 COLUMBIA RD NW #304 1901 WYOMING AVE NW #26 2220 20TH ST NW #37 1875 MINTWOOD PL NW #6
MASS AVE HTS
2700 CALVERT ST NW #815
MOUNT PLEASANT
1860 CLYDESDALE PL NW #104
NAVY YARD
1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #907
OBSERVATORY CIRCLE
4101 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #404 4000 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #439 B 4101 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #908 3900 WATSON PL NW #A-GE
OLD CITY #2
1444 W ST NW #108
RLA (SW)
302 N ST SW #302 1311 DELAWARE AVE SW #S429 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N521 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N220 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N324 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N624 1311 DELAWARE AVE SW #S342
TAKOMA PARK
7058-7060 EASTERN AVE NW #209
VAN NESS
3001 VEAZEY TER NW #1628 3001 VEAZEY TER NW #728
WATERFRONT
560 N ST SW #N-504 H
JT POWELL!
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$362,000 $344,000 $309,000
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$160,000 $160,000 $160,000
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$699,900 $375,000 $325,000 $316,000 $212,000
3 1 1 1 0
$490,000 $229,000 $189,000
2 1 0
$980,000 $715,000 $449,000 $263,000 $247,500 $245,000 $200,000
2 3 2 0 1 1 0
$439,900 $251,500
2 1
$230,000 $227,500
1 1
$590,000 $434,900 $375,000 $348,750 $335,000 $279,900 $269,900
2 2 2 1 1 1 1
$860,000
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$513,000
2
$260,000
1
$265,000 $250,000 $215,000 $188,000
2 1 1 2
$194,849
3
$399,500 $135,000 $135,000 $135,000 $92,000 $90,000 $89,000
3 1 1 1 0 0 0
$140,000
2
$237,500 $237,500
1 1
$480,000
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1106 Park Street NE: Capitol Hill A classic & charming Federal porch-front offering open living areas, fireplace, a fabulously renovated kitchen and a most inviting private patio/ garden at a great price! 3b, 2.5 bath; 2 blocks off Lincoln Park. Sold for $620,000 636 L Street NE: Capitol Hill 4BR 3.5BTH Amazing victorian renovated in 2008 with all new systems, kitchen and baths, off street pkg, wood floors, open living/ dining rooms, top floor washer/ dryer. A perfect hybrid w/ bsmt in-law suite offers a 2nd kitchen and dual exterior entrances. $740,000
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1017 4th Street NE: Capitol Hill 3BR 2.5BTH renovated Federal with new systems, stunning kitchen wired for sound, huge bsmt family room with sep bedroom and bath, lots of extra storage, off street pkg, spacious back yard, wood floors, open living/ dining rooms, and all located just 3 blocks to NoMa metro and endless eats. Sold for $711,000
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eeling guilty about leaving Rover at home when you head out to happy hour or a bite to eat after work? With the dog days of summer upon us you’ll be happy to know there are plenty of watering holes with outdoor patios around town that cater to both canines and their human counterparts, including several that offer special doggie happy hours. Here is a roundup of Hill “Yappy Hour” and other four-legged-friend-friendly destinations within dog-walking distance of the Capitol that are worth howling over.
Wisdom. Located half a block from the Potomac Avenue Metro, this colorful, eclectic cocktail parlor, specializing in masterfully crafted cocktails, imported brews, and authentic absinthe, lets canines in on the fun in the
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front patio area on Tuesday nights between 6:00 p.m. and closing at 12:30 a.m., weather permitting. On hand to greet the four-legged clientele and oversee the distribution of free dog biscuits and water is house dog Abbey, a shy but lovable retriever mix. Wisdom’s owner, Erik Holzherr, who will celebrate the lounge’s five-year anniversary in October, also hosts Dog Documentary and Animal Movie Night at 7:00 p.m., “usually one Sunday a month,” he says. For details call him at 202-543-2323 or check Wisdom’s website events listing at www.dc wisdom.com. Wisdom is located at 1432 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
Hannah with server Brian McTiernanat a recent Argonaut Saturday afternoon Yappy Hour.
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on Saturdays from noon to 5:00 p.m. Metro Mutts provides dog treats and other giveaways, and the restaurant/bar’s friendly servers are on hand to refill water bowls. Human happy hour specials include half-priced hush puppies and $1 off all rail beverages and draft beer. Go to www.argonautdc.com or call 202-250-3660 for details, rules, and restrictions. The Argonaut is located at 1433 H St. NE. Union Pub. Situated near Union Station at 201 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Union Pub with its 30-plus craft beers and 27 flat-screen TVs, has long been popular with Hill staffers, neighborhood denizens, and sports fans. But not everyone knows that this neighborhood bar and tavern, formerly known as Red River Grill and open since 1995, is also open to pooches and their owners on the awning-covered patio during warm weather. The specialty drink menu varies daily. For a list of sporting events and specials see www.unionpubdc.com or call 202-546-7200.
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Henri is all grins while Hannah (r) shakes the hand of waitress Abby Brown, as her Union Pub co-worker Katie Iancloli looks on.
Cantina Marina. For canines and their owners who enjoy catching cool breezes and picturesque sunsets the place to kick off the work week on Mondays from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. is Cantina Marina, located in the Gangplank Marina at 600 Water St. SW. Selected as one of the DC area’s best bars and restaurants for outdoor drinking and dining, Cantina Marina specializes in Tex-Mex and Cajun-Creole seafood, as well as offering catch of the day. Monday evening Yappy Hour specials include half-price corn dogs for humans and free MilkBone dog treats for their bow-wowzers. (No jumping in or dog-paddling allowed, however.) Call 202-554-8396 or see www.cantinamarina.com for details. Of course, these are not the only Capitol Hill area bars
A drink and dog treats at Yappy Hour at Wisdom
and restaurants that cater to canines on or near their outdoor patios. Other famously dog-friendly venues on or near the Hill include several down the street from Union Station such as La Loma at 316 Massachusetts Ave. NE (202-548-2550), Bistro Cacao, at 320 Massachusetts Ave. NE (202543-7656), and Café Berlin at 322 Massachusetts Ave. NE (202-543-7656). Closer to Eastern Market are Tunnicliff ’s at 222 7th St.
Henri, Hannah and Sanosoke share the water trough at a recent Argonaut outdoor-patio Yappy Hour.
SE (202-544-5680), which has an outdoor weatherprotected patio area that is open year-round to both dogs and smokers, and the Silver Spork (formerly Marvelous Market) at 303 7th St. SE (202-544-7127). Still others include numerous bars and restaurants along the 200 through 600 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue SE and several on Barracks Row on 8th St. SE that have streetside or outdoor patio areas.
If you are thinking about drinking and dining al fresco and you don’t want to leave your outdoorcafé-trained dog behind, the good news is you have plenty of places from which to choose – on Capitol Hill and beyond. Hotel Doggie Happy Hours. Thinking of venturing off Capitol Hill with your canine, perhaps to meet family and friends visiting from out of town? No problem! Several downtown Washington hotels feature doggie happy hours or dog-friendly drinking and dining on their patios, including the Double Tree Hotel at 1515 Rhode Island Ave. NW (202-2327000), Hotel Helix at 1430 Rhode Island Ave. NW (202-462-9001), Hotel George, 15 E St. NW (202-347-4200), and The Liaison, an Affinia Hotel located at 415 New Jersey Ave. NW (202-638-1616). Canine Cruising. If you and your pooch enjoy being on the water, the Potomac Riverboat Company’s Canine Cruises might be the way to go. Upcoming dates for dog-friendly cruises include Thursday, July 11, at 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 8, at 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 26, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Departure location for the 40-minute cruise is the Potomac Riverboat Company dock in Alexandria. Fares are $15 for adults, $9 for children ages 2-11, and dogs ride free. Advance ticket purchases recommended. For details call 703-684-0580. H HillRag | July 2013 H 101
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Jong Sook Jung, at Paik Produce, sells home-made kimchee, bulgogi and bibambap.
Indian Delight
Good news for fans of the exotic cuisine of India: the highly acclaimed Masala Art in Tenleytown (upper Northwest) is unveiling a spinoff at Waterfront Station. The newcomer will occupy storefronts at 1101 4th St. SW, next to Station 4. Masala Art is the creation of Atul Bhola, former manager of Heritage India, another uptown Indian hot spot. Due to arrive later this year, Masala Art will join Station 4, ZBurger, and Subway in the rapidly growing Waterfront Station restaurant row.
Coming Soon
After 164 years of serving cioppino and Hangtown Fries (oyster and bacon omelettes) in San Francisco, the Bay City’s iconic Tadich Grill is unveiling a fishy offshoot in Washington. The 7,387 square-foot restaurant will arrive next year at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, formerly TenPenh. The menu will be similar to the original location’s, Tadich CEO Michael Buich told the 102 H hillrag.com
San Francisco Business Journal. Tadich is reportedly the nation’s third oldest, and San Francisco’s longest running, restaurant. We love that beautiful city and eagerly anticipate the arrival of Washington’s Tadich.
Asian Accents
At Eastern Market, Peter and I head for Paik Produce, in the south end of the hall, for savory Asian victuals prepared by Korean-born Jong Sook Jung. Jong, who hails from Seoul, whips up kimchee, bulgogi, and bibambap. On Saturdays we might purchase a bulgogi platter, heaped with marinated beef, veggies, tofu, and rice, all for $7.99. Peter often seeks out Jong’s tangy coleslaw or palate-tingling kimchee. I’ve sampled her homemade dried bananas. “I make them without sugar,” Jong told me. “They are very good for babies.” She should know. The mother of two grown children, she also has two granddaughters.
Chewing on my banana slice, I perused Jong’s extensive inventory: produce (some local during the summer, other items from various wholesalers), fresh herbs, fruit juices, and ready-to-eat fruit cones, spices, Dynasty Asian sauces, Indian chutney. Jong and her employees also operate the adjoining Capitol Hill Poultry, where customers find turkey and chicken cuts, duckling, and Cornish hens. For non-carnivores Jong stocks tofu and other vegetarian items. Did I mention that she makes her own jams and jellies? Eastern Market is closed Mondays. Call Paik Produce at 202-544-4435.
Picnic fare
Here’s a hassle-free idea for your Fourth of July picnic. Art and Soul, in the Liaison Capitol Hill hotel, will pack fried chicken with fixins, turkey and avocado sandwiches, charcuterie and cheese, fruit, cookies, and a jarred mixer (add alcohol or fruit juice or both). Order your picnic 24 hours ahead and it will be available for pickup seven days a week. Art and Soul is located at 415 New Jersey Ave. NW; call 202-393-7777 or www. artandsoul.com.
More Greens
Sweetgreen, the farm-to-table salad eatery on “The Avenue,” is getting a sibling in the Yards in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood. Forest City Washington has announced that Sweetgreen will open its latest location at 1212 4th St. SE (at M Street). The 1,800 square-foot restaurant will be part of Twelve12, a 218-unit apartment and retail complex under construction. Look for Sweetgreen sometime next year.
Yet Another
Barracks Row is getting another restaurant. Slated for 717 8th St. SE this fall is Rose’s Luxury, a casual spot where customers may wear jeans and t-shirts. There’s already a lot of buzz about the enterprise, created by chef Aaron Silverman, who has wielded his whisk at top East Coast restaurants. Rose’s menu will be divided into five categories: cold, warm, pasta, other dishes, and meats, with offbeat items like popcorn soup, pasta with strawberry sauce, and pickle-brined fried chicken. Diners choose one item from each of the first four sections plus a protein for the table to share family-style. Bar patrons may order a la
carte. Desserts will be offered separately, and bread loaves will come straight from the oven. Rose’s Luxury is named after Silverman’s grandmother, Rose, who once ran a bakery in Pittsburgh. The two-story space will have an enclosed garden and pond in the back with wood beams and skylights. An eight-seat bar will straddle the kitchen and garden so diners can watch chefs in action. Upstairs will feature a 13-seat bar and a reserved section for group dining. Silverman also plans a roof garden.
Easy Being Green
Near Dupont Circle is Glen’s Garden Market, 2001 S St. NW, which showcases produce, meats, poultry, dairy products, and prepared foods from the Chesapeake Bay watershed area (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia). Early feedback praises Glen’s wines, cheeses, beautifully prepared salads, sandwiches, and gelato. The small “forbidden zone” offers nonlocal rice, couscous, quinoa, and spices. However, Glen’s artistically presented items are rather pricy ($7.99 for a loaf of multi-grain bread!), even given the store’s tony location and quality merchandise. We were intrigued by the Italian-made smoker and wine-tasting machine. The store is constructed from sustainable/recycled materials; employees donate compostable materials to local farmers. Now that’s green! Located near the Dupont Circle Metro (Red Line), Glen’s is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Call 202-588-5698.
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Thoughtful Summer Movies
A Tense, Underplayed Thriller and a Bittersweet Comedy Romp by Mike Canning
Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough star in “Shadow Dancer.” Photo: Magnolia Pictures
Shadow Dancer
The late 20th century’s Irish Troubles have been the subject of a number of notable British films in recent years (e.g. “Bloody Sunday,” “The Boxer,” “Some Mother’s Son”). You can add the tight, tense “Shadow Dancer” to that list (now in area theaters, 101 minutes, rated R for language and violence). Written by Tim Bradby (from his novel) and directed by Englishman James Marsh (mostly known as a documentarian), the picture opens with a 1970s scene establishing the motivation of the main character, then quickly shifts to its principal timeframe, 1993. We are in London, where an IRA sympathizer, Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough), mishandles a bomb placement in the Underground. She is observed then detained by MI-5, where an agent, Mac (Clive Owen), allows her to be released if she will inform on her brothers, Gerry (Aidan Gillen) and Connor (Domhnall Gleason), local activists in Belfast. He also promises that she can obtain a life for her son, who lives with her and her ma (Brid Brennan). Though not herself a thoroughgoing activist, she is expected to pick up intelligence on operations and pass it to Mac in clandestine meetings. 104 H hillrag.com
tures this ambiguity along with steady tension, and it does it the more effectively by not forcing it. The situations are dire and threatening enough that the filmmakers do not need perfervid action or slambang. It is a British thriller, underplayed and the more compelling for it. Settings are plain or ordinary (though the film was shot entirely in Dublin, not Northern Ireland), music is unadorned, production values are appropriate but restrained. What shines in “Shadow Dancer” is the acting, also underplayed but just right and taut in its subtlety. Sturdy Clive Owen is a competent but conflicted agent who comes to identify too much with his source; he offers here a lovely contrast with his more macho roles. Andrea Riseborough (“Brighton Rock,” “W.E.”) plays a young woman under pressure with grace and believability, her earnest face shorn of makeup, her hair a bit unkempt, her emotions constantly bottled up. To be honest, the film carries a sense of dread, the weight of which Riseborough’s Collette has to bear. She looks capable of many solid performances down the line. A cautionary comment on the film’s dialogue:
The enigmatic IRA chieftain, Kevin Mulville (David Wilmot), keeps a close eye on the McVeigh family and, after some operations, such as an assassination attempt, are thwarted he comes to suspect Collette and her family and looks to unmask a snitch in their midst. Since the film follows Collette throughout, including her sessions with and calls to Mac, we gradually learn that there is an informant who cannot be she. The film ends as grimly as it started with inevitable violence and a shocking twist. It’s hard to find a hero in “Shadow Dancer” because it contains all the moral ambiguity that constituted the Northern Ireland struggles. Nobody comes out quite clean as families are torn and threats hover over so many lives. The film cap- Liam James as Duncan and Sam Rockwell as Owen on the set of “The Way, Way Back.” Photo: Claire Folger
Americans may find the Irish accents difficult to follow. Not making it any easier, at least in the print I saw, is that the exchanges are often soft and circumspect, sometimes delivered only in whispers. Such tones are right for the material – the characters are plotting and passing secrets, after all – but could also lead to incomprehension. Pay attention, listen carefully, because catching the film’s softness masking hardness is worth the trouble.
The Way, Way Back
Coming-of-age stories are legion in many cultures, including ours, with an ample literary and filmic history. A new entry, “The Way, Way Back,” comes just in time for summer and is itself steeped in that season. It follows a shy, mildly despondent young man who must spend a seaside vacation where he does not want to be, yet, through the quirk of a summer job, he discovers himself on the threshold of manhood. It’s a lighthearted pleasure to watch him grow (opening in early July, 103 min., rated PG-13). Duncan (Liam James) is the young man, a teenager of separated parents who lives with his mom, Pam (Toni Collette), though he longs to be with his dad. He is dragged along by his mom’s steady boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carrell), to the latter’s family cottage in New England. Trent thinks the trip will bond him to the sullen Duncan and thus solidify relations with his mom, whom he looks to marry. But Trent utterly alienates the boy by crassly rating him as a “3 on a scale of one to 10” to the kid’s face. Once at the cottage – one of those classic gray clapboards on the sand – Duncan encounters Trent’s daughter, Steph, a true teen-age pill, and long-time summer neighbor Betty (Allison Janney), a supercharged divorcé with a girl Duncan’s age, Susanna (AnnaSophia Robb). This entourage is augmented by another get-happy couple of Trent’s long acquaintance, Kip (Rob Corddory) and Joan (Amanda Peet). Duncan is at sea among these facile revelers (reliving old shared lives), and he finds distraction of his own at an old-school water park near their place.
The Water Wizz park, after a few visits, offers not only a refuge but a job, as Duncan is taken on by the jaunty and semi-efficient park manager, Owen (Sam Rockwell), a fount of bad jokes but worlds away from anyone in Trent’s narcissistic circle. Duncan hides his employment from his mother and the other adults, who are too busy indulging themselves to notice, and he bonds with the other Water Wizz folks, who take him under their wing: jolly Roddy (Nat Faxon), crabby Lewis ( Jim Rash), and the patient Caitlin (Maya Rudolph). They become much more a family than any other he has, and even though the summer must end, Duncan earns the gumption to challenge the obtuse Trent and protect his mom. As sometimes happens in coming-of-age cinema, the kids (Duncan and Susanna) turn out to be more adult than their elders. The beach-house adults in the picture are in summer romp mode, too horny, too boozed up, too irresponsible to care. Carrell is a cold passive-aggressive fish, Collette is wimpish and inattentive, Peet is a vixen, Corrdory a slob, and Janney seems high on something. They are manic but not funny. The gang at the park, however, may be semifunctional but they are sweet, know how to have fun, and are, finally, accepting. Filmmakers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash are long-time comic actors who hit paydirt in 2011 by writing the screenplay (with Alexander Payne) of the critically acclaimed “The Descendants,” which won them the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. With “The Way, Way Back” they recreate some of the sweet-andsour flavor of that earlier film, as both writers and directors, and bestow a charming entertainment that is a partly painful, partly exhilarating journey. Hill resident Mike Canning has written on movies for the Hill Rag since 1993 and is a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association. He is the author of “Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC.” His reviews and writings on film can be found online at www.mikesflix.com. H
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hy do you care about these pictures? Is it the stark black and white contrasts? Carefully balanced compositions? Something about the people? Yes. But something else jumps out. Of course, it’s the gesture, the spontaneous act of living in the moment. But it’s not just any moment that might be caught in a snapshot. You sense that it is an extraordinary instant in their lives. That’s why we care, because Steve Miller cares about these ordinary people and their audacity in demanding their personal moment, their grand reality in that time and place. Each captured gesture tells a much larger story, and Steve Miller is a master storyteller. He travels around the world, more than 35 countries, to find these marvelous people, who even in their isolation are tied together and to us in some larger woven thread of humanity. A journalist by training, Miller became an executive in nonprofit organizations in the Midwest, but left all that, came to the DC area 10 years ago, and settled full-time into photography. He captures the image with a digital camera, but doesn’t alter it digitally. He rarely uses
play to the world. An ermine cloak does not a king make. Who exactly is the king? A dangerous question, no doubt. But it’s tricky. Identity can change from experience to experience. I watched it transmute in the faces of my combat soldiers during a battle. You can see it change in the face of a President as he evolves from ambitious candidate to pillar of responsibility in the midst of social and political chaos. I look at the images of faces captured
color. “Color seduces,” he says, “but after the initial thrill, are you still in love?” Miller is a “cultural portrait artist” who has gained attention from the world of photography. Nine of his images are in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. He doesn’t take photographs to sell, but he sells the photographs he takes. He also teaches photography and conducts workshops. You will find him in a booth twice a month at the Eastern Market flea market on Capitol Hill and at www.slmphoto.com.
Jim Magner’s Thoughts on Art
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Portraits are pictures of people, the way they look. But is it just the face? The whole figure? The things they usually wear? When is a photo or painting of someone not a portrait? These questions matter little unless you’re the curator of the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, or entering a competition for the portrait of a political bigshot. (Clue: it has to be a reasonable likeness, but most importantly the bigwig wants to look grand, wise, and curiously aloof.) “Likeness,” of course, is the bugaboo of painting, especially portraiture. You can end up with nothing but an empty shell. The challenge is to capture identity, the inside kind, not the trappings of office or the elaborate front we construct and dis-
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Steve Miller followed a Vietnamese vendor for hours- under recognized - before he captured an image that spoke volumes of hard work in hot and humid conditions.
A lone boy- not much older than four- stood along as he skipped rocks in the ocean. Steve Miller placed him in the middle of the frame- trying for balance and emphasis on both tonal range and texture. His images can be seen at www.SLMphoto.com
from around the world by Steve Miller and see the identities imbedded in an instant – a spontaneous gesture common to all of humanity, yet so intimate and individual that it becomes the portrait of that person. A gesture may expose a timeless identity and become a timeless portrait. Pet Portraits “Every Dog Has Its Day” St. John’s Community Services Pepco Edison Gallery, Chinatown 702 8th St. NW July 15-Aug. 9 Opening: July 15, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Pet portraits have become as much a part of our community as people portraits. And why not? They are always fun to do and to have. Here’s a chance to get in on the fun and do a lot of good at the same time. All you have to do is log on to the St. John’s Community Services website, upload a photo of your little darling(s) – dog, cat, goldfish, whatever – and select the size and style you want. Commissions vary from $50. And here’s the even better part. The paintings will be done by the participants of ART Options, people with disabilities ages 16 and older. Seventy percent of the money goes directly to the artist, with the remainder to buy materials for the program. These are not photo reproductions, these are real art. The paintings, acrylic on canvas, will be on exhibit at the Pepco Edison gallery until Aug. 9, but you will want to attend the opening on July 15.. Everyone is going to be there with food, beverages, live music, the works. You have to be part of this. Check it all out at www.sjcs.org.
At the Museums
Roger Ballen National Museum of African Art 950 Independence Ave. S.W. Feb. 9, 2014 “Lines, Marks, and Drawings: Through the Lens of Roger Ballen” covers his 40+ years as an artist with an examination of line and drawing in his photographs. The exhibition features 55 works plus a video to trace his use of drawing over the past four decades. Developed by guest curator Craig Allen Subler, the exhibition “offers a fresh perspective on Ballen’s body of work.”
At the Galleries
Regional Juried Exhibition Hill Center Galleries 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE June 25-Sept. 1 Reception June 25, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
This is the first juried show open to all artists in the region. Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, selected 65 artists. This has been a big undertaking by the center, and a very successful one. The winners of the cash prizes and other awards will be announced at the opening reception on June 25. Even if you miss the opening you have plenty of time to see the show. However, works may sell quickly, so don’t wait too long if you are interested in buying. The show is sponsored by Capitol Community News, publisher of the Hill Rag. www.HillCenterDC.org Dawn Whitmore Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St. SE June 29-Aug. 10 Reception June 29, 5:00-7:00 p.m. CHAW presents “Normally Strange,” a solo exhibit by Dawn Whitmore, who reproduces classical paintings as photographic prints and then uses “layers and objects to patch over areas of the original painted scene.” She often uses images of her dog, Ben, as a stand-in for famous characters. Dawn finishes by re-photographing the entire piece. www.chaw.org Honfleur Gallery The Gallery at Vivid Solutions 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE July 12-Aug. 30 Opening July 12, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Honfleur Gallery and The Gallery at Vivid Solutions present two concurrent solo exhibits. Photographer Steven M. Cummings, in “Chocolate City Rest in Peace,” documents the many changes that Washington has undergone since 1991. He sees the city evolving to one that is “chocolate no more.” BK ADAMS*I AM ART recreates the playfulness and energy of being free in “Mynd Up.” This is his first solo showing at Honfleur, where he was the winner of the first annual East of the River Distinguished Artist Award in 2012. These are great shows so don’t miss the joint opening reception on Friday, July 12, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Both will be open during the ongoing LUMEN8ANACOSTIA programming, and will close on Aug. 30. Check them out on LUMEN8ANACOSTIA.com. A Capitol Hill artist and writer, Jim Magner can be reached at Artandthecity05@aol.com. His awardwinning book, “A Haunting Beauty,” can be acquired through www.ahauntingbeauty.com. H
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A Compendium of Readers, Writers, Books, & Events
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A Wild and Dangerous Place
If ever there was a book for our time, it’s “Cyber Warfare: How Conflicts in Cyberspace Are Challenging America and Changing the World.” Author Paul Rosenzweig explains how computers enable both “increases in productivity and improvements in human welfare” and “a dark side”: the potential for cyber mayhem. From the “daily churning” of cyber An expert in homeland security explains how war is being redefined in the cyber age.
thefts to espionage, insurgency, and outright warfare, the threats to the Internet are myriad and, as we have seen recently, quite real. Rosenzweig explores the challenges of protecting the Web and identifying attackers without compromising access, and he provides a primer on the laws – or lack thereof – regarding privacy. “By and large,” he writes, “in the national security dataveillance sphere, there is no sector or activity-specific set of protections.” In fact, he reveals, “the Supreme Court precedents date from the 1970s, as does the 1974 Privacy Act. Is it any wonder that the current structure of law does not match the technological reality?” The author calls for new laws based on the consideration of three questions – What is privacy? What new structural systems do we need? What old 108 H hillrag.com
but he’s my kind of churl. “Yes, I COULD Care Less: How to be a Language Snob without Being a Jerk” is the latest offering from the editor who brought you “Lapsing into a Comma” and “The Elephants of Style.” In it Walsh tackles the “exacta of inexactitude” characterized by the increasingly popular “I could care less’ – which, of course, means the speaker could NOT care less – and the misuse of “literally,” which he dismisses as “cheap hyperbole” (unless, of course, your head really did explode). Walsh calls on a variety of experts to help him take on the abuse of commas, hyphens, trademarks, jargon, plurals, and other grammatical horGrammar Guy Confession: I was once unable to rors that have made it into his “Maiget past the first paragraph of a New son du Peeve.” For all his blustering, York Times editorial because it includ- however, the author is ultimately flexed the cringe-worthy phrase “with my ible and forgiving. He makes plenty wife and I.” So could I care less about of room for dialects (“We’re not all Bill Walsh’s hilarious new book on Thurston Howell III”) and holds usage? Perhaps. But it sure made me people who go out of their way to laugh out loud (“Anal-retentive: As a appear smart in more contempt than matter of fact, it does have a hyphen. those who make honest mistakes. Humans do stupid things, he Thank you for your interest.”). Walsh concedes, but how you speak and may be churlish – or, as he says, “I’m write form the impression you preshalf churlish, on my mother’s side” – ent to the world. Walsh makes his stand for clarity and concision, gives in when the tide is against him, and fights back when he can with “tiny acts of elegance.” His final piece of advice: “Correct what you can. Accept what you can’t. Be smart enough to know the difference.” And above all: “Don’t be a jerk.” Bill Walsh is a copy editor A Washington Post copy at The Washington Post, where editor explains why you shouldn’t care less he has worked since 1997. He about what you say and discusses language online at The how you say it. Slot (www.theslot.com) and tweets as @TheSlot. rules need to be rethought? – and he suggests a series of principles to guide policies and legislation. His thoughtful analysis is a timely reminder of the risks and potential of the “wild and dangerous” but ultimately vulnerable Internet, and he provides an excellent basis both for understanding how we got here and for predicting what the future might hold. Paul Rosenzweig is founder of Red Branch Law & Consulting, PLLC, and formerly served as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. In addition to “Cyber Warfare” he is co-author of “Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom.”
Historian Pete Daniels exposes the shameful abuse of black farmers by government agencies charged with helping them.
Broken Promises
The guarantee of “forty acres and a mule” made to African Americans during Reconstruction is old news, but sadly it was only the beginning of a litany of broken promises to black farmers that continued well into modern era. In a new book, “Dispossession: Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights,” historian Pete Daniel exposes the decades of abuse perpetrated by the government agency charged with helping farmers: the US Department of Agriculture. Buttressed by mounds of historic evidence, Daniel charges that the USDA not only ignored the civil rights of black farmers by denying them loans (black farmers who applied for loans were told, “We don’t have any of that kind of money on hand now”), by withholding information about programs designed to help them, and by allegedly forcing off the land black tenants who exercised their right to vote. Ironically he notes that black farmers suffered the most debilitating discrimination during the civil rights era. In fact, he writes, “USDA programs were sharpened into weapons to punish civil rights activity.” Calling upon facts and figures as
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iana McClellan is an award-winning journalist, columnist, critic, author, and editor who has worked for the Washington Star, Washington Post, Washington Times, and Washingtonian Magazine and written for the London Times. Her books include “Ear on Washington” (named for her famous gossip column), “The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood,” and “Making Hay,” a recent book of poems that includes the work below. “Mrs. Noel was a great old gal,” she writes. “I guess I’m the Mrs. Noel to today’s young’uns.”
The Visitor
One dank bedraggled February day Our ninety-year old neighbor, Kathryn Noel, Who plied religious tracts we threw away, Emerged from her dim basement like a mole Blinking at chilly sunshine. There she found Carpets of crocus, radiant, purple-dyed, Starred altar cloths spread on the scrubby ground. “Look what my God has given me,” she cried, Warming her blue-veined hands inside her sleeves. (Maybe kind Mary Wyman – other side – Had slipped brown corms beneath last year’s dead leaves.) “A miracle,” I said. We gazed, embraced, Marveled and laughed. Then twenty years marched by. Her garden and her self have been replaced By glamorous newcomers. And yet I, Still, every February, greet croci Which – brilliant resurrection – pierce the sere, Announcing Mrs. Noel’s God was here.
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When Is a Bottle of Wine Bad? by Felix Milner
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ine drinking should not be stressful; in fact, it should be just the opposite. When, you ask, is drinking wine stressful? When, in a restaurant, the waiter brings you the bottle and shoves it in your face. Is that what I ordered? I can’t even see the vintage without my glasses. The waiter then pulls the cork and places it in front of you. What do you do with it? I suggest you don’t smell it because it probably smells, well, like cork. If you have already had a few cocktails you can put it in your ear, but it’s probably best to leave it on the table. At this point the waiter pours a small amount of wine into your glass. In some restaurants it is too small an amount to smell or taste. Feel free to ask for more. The waiter then holds the bottle a mere 12 inches from your face and waits for you to proclaim the worthiness of the wine. Everyone at the table is staring at you. You have to decide fast. Even a wine expert can be taken aback by the hurriedness of this situation. It shouldn’t be this stressful. So what should you do? Unfortunately a bottle just opened may not have a lot of aroma, especially if it is a young red, so take your time and swirl the wine around in the glass to release the bouquet. Slowly inhale the aroma, then taste. Inhale air into your mouth to release the flavors into your olfactory. Swish the sip in your mouth so it reaches all of your palate and then swallow. Now what? Is it good? Is it bad? Is the wine ok but you don’t like it? Do you like it but don’t know if your wife will? Remember, you have to give the impatient waiter an answer – now! To be fair, most waiters are patient and the pressure is merely perceived, but it can be there nonetheless. Part of the solution is to know what can be wrong – the potential faults – and learn to identify them and distinguish a bad wine from a wine you simply don’t like.
Corked Wine
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moldy smell that sometimes reminds me of a wet dog or a damp basement. It can also range from barely perceptible to very strong. Often the wine will not show much fruit on the nose or on the palate. The cause is the presence of a trace amount of trichloroanisole, or TCA. An answer about how prevalent this is varies considerably depending on whom you speak to. While the Portuguese Cork Association (Associação Portuguesa da Cortiça) has cited a study showing 0.7-1.2 percent taint rate, Wine Spectator found a 7 percent rate based on a 2005 internal study of 2,800 bottles. Anecdotally I probably sample about one bottle a day, on average (I don’t drink all of it!), and find a mere handful of corked bottles every year. If you get a corked wine either return it to the store or send it back in a restaurant. It’s also worth noting that a bottle with a screw cap guarantees that the wine is not corked. However, a screw-capped wine can succumb to reduction. This is the result of very limited or no exposure to oxygen. Reduced wine can display a dirty, slightly sulphurous nose. If not too severe, this is easily remedied with the introduction of oxygen. Simply decant or leave the wine in your glass for a short time. Passing the wine through one of those nifty aeration devices, such as the Vinturi, is also an option.
Brettanomyces
Brettanomyces, or Brett, is a type of yeast that naturally lives on the skins of fruit. Transferred into the winery by fruit flies or contaminated oak barrels it can infect wood, spreading on unsanitized equipment, and make its way into the wine. It is most common in old wineries in Europe, and many critics believe that it adds character to some older wines from Burgundy and the Rhone. It imparts an earthy character without disturbing the wine’s fruit. This is a very hard character to identify because “earthy” is a common flavor in some wines.
Sediment
Europeans believe that Americans prefer their wines filtered so they won’t throw a sediment and will remain clear. Prove them wrong! The best wines are bottled unfiltered. Filtering removes all particulates so the wines don’t produce sediment, but it robs them of character. Just stand your wines up for 24 hours before opening and pour gently, and the wine will be just fine.
Tartrates
Another form of sediment is tartaric acid crystals. Tartaric acid is present in almost all wines and can precipitate out of suspension and form clear to white crystals if subjected to a cold environment after being bottled. Crystals will usually fall to the bottom if the bottle is left standing. Wines stored upside down may have the crystals just under the cork, and they will come out with the first ounce of wine poured. You can simply discard them since their presence does not affect the taste of the wine.
Mold
Many older bottles are returned to my shop because there is mold under the capsule, on the cork. This is a sign that the cork was not treated with chlorine, a chemical thought to increase the likelihood of TCA, and that the wine was stored in high humidity. Humidity is essential for proper wine storage, preventing evaporation of the wine through the cork. Mold on the outside of a bottle will not affect the wine, but I wouldn’t drink wine with mold on the inside.
Fill
The fill is the level of wine in the bottle. It is usually about a quarter-inch from the cork in most young wines. As a wine ages the amount of wine in the bottle diminishes due to evaporation through the cork. That is why humidity is so important in wine storage. The space between the wine and the cork is called ullage. It is normal and quite acceptable for wines over 15 years of age to be filled to the top or high in the shoulder. You are now armed with the knowledge to go forth and seek good wine. Please remember, the most important rule when tasting wine is to relax and let it be a pleasant experience! Felix Milner is new-media manager at Schneider’s of Capitol Hill’s and a wine student studying for the Wine & Spirits Education Trust Diploma, a prerequisite for the Institute of Master of Wine. H
Thoughts Of A Jazz Lover
Jazz can be enigmatic, an alchemy of mysterious sounds and moods that is spontaneous and yet deliberate in its free flowing creativity. The music can be complex, but good jazz feels as simple as first love—it goes straight to the heart and rests there, beating gently. At times, the music can be so lifelike that it speaks to you with honesty and love. One still gets a keen sense of understanding of the complexity of the music. There is such a high note of haughtiness, perhaps a sort of natural aristocracy from a kind of inbred austerity about jazz that puts it in a class by itself, elevating one to a higher ground of one’s consciousness. It almost borders on elitism, and yet jazz strikes one as a beautiful music for everyone. And it is, especially for those of us who not only enjoy but truly love the music. True, most good jazz musicians more than likely think of jazz as the arbiter of modern music. And on a good day, I think they are correct. You can walk in your door after a hard day’s work and a harrowing Metro ride, put on Sarah Vaughn and your world is transformed. Your mind clears, your body relaxes and suddenly life is pretty good. There’s no drug in the world that can do that. Jazz is beautiful music.
La Notte ••• Ketil Bjornstad, ECM
This live album is richly endowed with some delightful, energetic, and wide-ranging improvisations that obviously captured the imaginations of the crowd at the Molde International Festival of July, 2010 in Norway. The eight-part set begins as a journey guided by the memories and passions of the musicians trying
to give us a visual picture of our lives through creative music. And nowhere is this more profoundly exhibited in La Notte than in Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 6, finally ending in Part 7 with an explosive burst of fire-cracking, innovative narrative that seems to reflect every listener’s personal story. This is the power of all good music, most notable with jazz. It is a rare moment to realize that we do get to celebrate our journey’s end with our own artful expressions and our beautiful improvisational music. Ketil Bjornstad (piano) and his stellar cast of musical friends has given us that opportunity, and now it is up to us to listen to his music, and be reminded. Performers included Andy Sheppard (saxs), Anja Lechner (violoncello), Eivind Aarset (guitars), Arild Andersen (double bass), and Marilyn Mazur (percussion, drums).
Full Circle ••• Lawson Rollins
On Full Circle, his fourth album, Lawson Rollins plays classical, flamenco and electric guitars, keyboards and drum programming, with the album title reflecting a multicultural mélange constructed of Afro-Cuban rumba, bossa nova, samba, Middle Eastern, Japanese folk, tango, reggae, rock, classical and jazz. To accomplish this, Mr. Rollins uses the same musicians who played on all three of his previous releases: Camardella (keyboards, piano), Grammy-winning violinist Charlie Bisharat, bassist Randy Tico, percussionist Dave Bryant and saxophonist/flutist Richard Hardy. The album opens with “Momentum,” laced with hints of Japanese folk music. A sultry tango setting makes “Point of Attraction” a sensual guitar, piano and string section tryst. Thump-
ing bass and a pulsating drum beat propel the frenetic “Pursuit” into a runaway rumba that surprises with an Appalachian fiddle and an exotic sax and accordion interlude. In order to get the pure and powerful guitar tone heard on the soaring bossa nova “Flight,” Mr. Rollins uses a new custom Lester Devoe guitar along with sophisticated vintage microphones and pre-amps combined with cutting edge technology. “Horizon” floats alluring world jazz hues over samba rhythms. The guitar blossoming sound, a mixture of bossa nova and samba, is vividly fragrant on “Bloom.” The title track recalls Mr. Rollins earlier work as a member of Young & Rollins although the salsa number follows a more modern path. Middle Eastern nuances cast a mystic spell on “Serpent’s Tale,” which shuffles along a potent reggae beat. “The Offering” is a beguiling beauty —delicate, vulnerable and emotional. On the majestic passage that swirls rock and rumba, “Shifting Seasons” is one of the most diverse cuts on the record. It seamlessly stitches folk motifs, Asian elements, and rumba and bolero rhythms. The tender “Promise” is an elegant dialogue between Mr. Rollins nimble six-string and lyrical string section swatches from Mr. Bisharat’s graceful violin and Cameron Stone’s yearning cello.
Smile ••• Carol Duboc
Jazz singer-songw r iter Carol Duboc has chronicled the final months of her marriage on Smile, her startlingly honest and deeply personal sixth album that she wrote and produced with Grammy-nominated fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber. Ms. Duboc possesses a soulful, caressing and expressive voice that captivates, com-
forts, seduces and charms. The songs heard here are constructed of enticing melodies, contemporary jazz instrumentation, R&B grooves, exotic Latin rhythms, and alluring adult pop. A gifted writer who has penned songs on gold and platinum-selling albums by an impressive array of hitmakers (Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mills, George Duke), her intimate urban jazz songs on “Smile” were recorded live featuring Mr. Lorber (keyboards), Jimmy Haslip (electric bass), 3-time Grammy-nominee Hubert Laws (flute), Grammy-nominee Brian Bromberg (acoustic bass), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Michael Thompson (guitar), Luis Conte (percussion) and Tim Carmon (piano). The shuffling beats of the funky, “Elephant,” alluded to the enormity of marital problems; and the comforting and inspiring title track, “Smile,” emits radiant light in challenging times. The sultry “Unpredictable” is a tantalizing fantasy about a stranger on which Mr. Thompson’s cool jazz guitar riffs warn of the dangers of acting on the daydream. An ethereal sonicscape spotlighting Mr. Bromberg’s nuanced acoustic bass heightens the sex appeal of Ms. Duboc’s enticing purrs and prowls on “Behind A Kiss,” on which physical love masks the strife. On the jazzy “Gliding,” the singer yearns to fly free from her troubles underscored by Ms. Laws’ quixotic flute. Begging to know what “Nobody Knows,” Ms. Duboc’s marriage loss is a reminder that in life the end is always about the beginning. Life is neither good nor bad. It is just the way it is. And the cheerfully resilient “Mythological” is a triumphant testimony that life goes on. All CDs and DVDS reviewed in this article are heard through Bowers & Wilkens 802D Speakers and ASW 4000 subwoofer, and Rotel Preamp 1070, amplifi••er 1092 and CD player 1072. CDs are available for purchase through amazon.com For more information about this column, please email your questions to fagon@hillrag.com. H
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An Endless Summer’s Good Libations by Annette Nielsen
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round our neighborhood you’ll find a number of establishments mixing up creative and classic beverages as we return to another spin with the cocktail era. These restaurants give equal time to their cocktail menus, serving up seasonally inspired drinks made with foraged or farm-sourced ingredients, building on a seed-to-sip focus, whether mocktails or high-test. Bartenders and mixologists take time to make their own simple syrups, infusions, shrubs, and tonics, and work with the culinary staff to suggest cocktail and food pairings. The cocktail itself was first defined in the early 1800s as a drink having liquor, sugar, water, and bitters (typically an alcoholic beverage flavored with bittersweet-tasting bark, roots, and herbs). Story has it that it wasn’t until after Prohibition that drinks evolved to include other ingredients, forcing people to request an “Old Fashioned” – the original cocktail from the early 19th century. Below you’ll find a crawl that will take you down streets and across avenues in and around Capitol Hill.
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Prosciutto e Melone at Hank’s Oyster Bar. Photo: Andrew Lightman
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Gina Chersevani, noted mixologist at Hank’s Oyster Bar, who started bartending while a student at the University of Maryland in the mid-1990s, considers not only the season but also the weather when creating a new beverage. “If we’ve had a lot of rain, the berries will be saturated and not as good for using as a straight juice – I might consider using them to make a shrub – I’d still use them
and a pinch of kosher salt and add to juice; let sit overnight in refrigerator. Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice; strain into glass and garnish with a crisped slice of prosciutto.
Acqua Al 2 212 7th St. SE 202-525-4375, acquaal2dc.com
Bartender Kieran Lahmann of Acqua al 2 hold his Mezzo e Mezzo. Photo: Andrew Lightman
in a cocktail, but in a different way.” With juices squeezed to order and housemade sodas in flavors like blueberry and citrus sage, Chersevani is enthusiastic about summer’s upcoming stone fruits like apricots, nectarines, and plums, the sweet melons, and fresh herbs she sources from local farmers and producers. She even places the herbs in a jar on the bar so that she can be visually inspired to create new drinks and cocktails. Chersevani says her favorite (and most versatile) piece of kitchen equipment is a juice extractor, and she makes good use of it for her newly created Prosciutto e Melone. Prosciutto e Melone 3 ounces cantaloupe juice 1.5 ounce Blue Coat Gin (or Catoctin Creek from Virginia) 1/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice 1 slice prosciutto, crisped Make cantaloupe juice by seeding half a cantaloupe; remove rind and cut flesh into pieces. Puree pieces in a blender or juice extractor; put through fine sieve or chinois (or use cheesecloth). Take a pinch of cinnamon
Acqua Al Due’s bar manager, Kieran Lahmann, says that the environment there evokes what you might imagine people would experience at a Florence piazza. “The bar area is a place to have people feel comfortable, as it’s a very neighborly place, people work and live here. There’s actually no pressure – it’s more of a social environment.” The restaurant’s provenance is Florence, with the first rendition in 1978; a second in San Diego was established over a decade ago, and Ari Gejdenson opened the second US location here on Capitol Hill in 2010, echoing the same menu of the original. You can find a number of refreshing Italian-inspired cocktails to sip on their street-side patio – like their Spritz Italiano (with Prosecco), Il Machiavelli (Knob Creek bourbon, Cointreau, with freshly squeezed lemon and orange juice on the rocks), to a summer favorite, Mezzo e Mezzo, the Florentine version of a Dirty Arnold Palmer. Mezzo e Mezzo (adapted from Acqua al Due) In equal parts: Sweet Tea Vodka Homemade lemonade (Acqua Al Due’s version is a basil-infused rendition) Place ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice; strain into glass with a couple of ice cubes and a basil leaf or sprig of mint.
Wisdom DC 1432 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 202-543-2323, dcwisdom.com
Tania Morgan, Wisdom DC’s bartender, says that owner Eric Holzherr is known for courting small-batch American distillers and vintners for mixing and drinking. “We’re all vermouth fanatics here,” says Morgan, “and while it’s often stigmatized in the United States, it’s actually a fortified wine and can be very delicious.” Morgan encourages people to try vermouth as an aperitif – on the rocks and with a twist – a more European style of drink. She also notes the housemade tonics. “Gin and tonic is one of the quintessential drinks, especially during the summer,” says Morgan. The authentic version, made at Wisdom, includes powder of cinchona bark cooked into a
Julia Child’s Reverse Martini at Wisdom. Photo: Andew Lightman
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Beuchert’s Saloon 623 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 202-733-1384, beuchertssaloon.com
Brendan McMahon is carrying on the tradition of this venerable establishment, once owned by John Ignatius Beuchert and established as a saloon in 1880. The property, later owned by Beuchert’s son Theodore, even operated as a speakeasy through prohibition, with a gramophone and Singer sewing-machine business up front while the partying ensued in back. Now Brendan McMahon, a multi-generational DC native who was mentored and schooled in classic cocktails when working as a bartender in New Orleans for a few years, has returned to the District. “Our food and drink programs at Beuchert’s Saloon are inspired by ingredients we get from my family’s farm, East Oaks Organics in Poolesville, Md.,” says McMahon of a locally sourced menu. Chef Andrew Markert always looks for a drink to accompany menu items. Here the Beucherts 75, one of its popular offerings, can be nicely paired with an entrée of rockfish served with faro, sugar snap peas, leeks, mint, lovage & pea nage, and black truffle oil. Beucherts 75 1 ounce gin (preferably the spring/summer version from Green Hat, a DC distillery) ¾ ounce fresh-squeezed lemon ¾ ounce seasonal herbal syrup (take equal parts of sugar and water; heat until sugar dissolves. Remove
Beuchert’s 75 at Beuchert’s Saloon. Photo: Andrew Lightman
from heat; add a couple of leaves of basil or a sprig of rosemary and steep for 15-20 minutes, strain and reserve liquid) Shake all ingredients and pour over ice. Serve in a champagne flue and top with four ounces of Prosecco, garnished with lemon twist.
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You could easily imagine Don Draper on the set of the Atlas Room. Take a look at the cocktail menu and you’ll find classic cocktail names, reminiscent of another era – drinks like the Clover Club made with Beefeater gin, housemade grenadine (a tart and sweet syrup made from various fruits), fresh lemon juices, and frothy egg whites, the Cherry Blossom (a brandy-based drink with Cointreau), the Knickerbocker (a rum-based drink with Cointreau and a raspberry syrup), and the Sazerac, combining rye, absinthe, and bitters. Says chef-owner Matt Cordes, “We squeeze all of our juices in house and make our own bitters – even blood orange bitters during winter – the fresh juices really take a beverage from ho-hum to memorable.” Cordes says that for their spring offerings they prepared a rhubarb syrup by taking sautéed rhubarb, simmering it with a simple syrup and a mix of vanilla and lemon juice, and passing it through a chinois or sieve. “Add the rhubarb syrup to Finlandia vodka, Cointreau, and lime juice and you have our seasonal Rhubarb Cosmo,” says Cordes. For the upcoming summer seasonthey’ll segue into a brightly flavored Pamplemousse, drawing on flavors of citrus, gin, and elderflower. Le Pamplemousse 1 ounce Beefeater gin 1 ounce St. Germain (elderflower liqueur) ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice ½ ounce simple syrup Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker topped with a mixing glass and large (2-inch square) ice cubes until very cold. Strain into a chilled 8 to 10-ounce wine goblet or glass. Top with 3 ounces Prosecco. H
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t is no fun to leave your best buddy at home alone every day when you go to work. But it’s even more painful to leave your pooch behind when you go to the gym. Now you can take your canine with you when you exercise, thanks to personal trainer Karen Kreig. She is the owner of Thank Dog Boot Camp DC, a pro-
by Pattie Cinelli nobody is left behind (or at home in this case),” said Kreig. Thank Dog Boot Camp combines dog training, weight training, and cardio training for dogs and their people. Kreig was inspired by a show on the Learning Channel about Thank Dog Boot Camp in California. “I had been kicking around ideas about
back yet.” A year ago Kreig started a class in Arlington’s Bluemont Park and now has classes as well in Quincy Street Park early mornings, evenings, and on Saturdays.
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are kept far enough away from each other to discourage socializing.” The hour-long class consists of 10-minute cycles of warm up, cardio drills combined with dog commands, and strength-building circuits. While humans lift weights dogs rest on their own mats. “Dogs can’t train for more than 10 minutes at a time,” explained
Scenes of people and their dogs at Thank You Dog Boot Camp. Two photos at left by Keith Waters. Three photos at right by Virgil Ocampo.
gram for both you and your dog. Kreig brought the nation’s first outdoor fitness program to Washington that not only gets you in shape but also helps solidify the bond between you and your best friend. “We’re the one-stop fitness program where everything gets done in an hour (saving time and money) and 116 H hillrag.com
how to combine people and canine training since I got my dogs Rosie and Sasha.” She contacted the company’s owners, traveled to California to train, and sent proposals to various localities in the Washington area. She found her first home for Thank Dog Boot Camp DC in Arlington. “I jumped off the cliff and haven’t looked
be four months or older. If classes are larger than seven, Kreig brings in another dog trainer. However, before participating a dog must have a private, one-hour session so Kreig can evaluate its health and level of obedience skills. Safety of both dogs and owners is a high priority. “We have a four foot rule,” explained Kreig. “Dogs
Kreig. “They get physically and mentally tired.” While dogs are chilling out, humans use body weights and resistance bands or bring their own free weights. Kreig starts with a warmup which consists of cardio training (walking or running with your dog) and obedience training. During the next cycle dogs go
Claire P. Cargill, DDS to their mats while humans strength-train. In the third cycle, “puppy time,” “we sprint, play games with our dogs while always working in commands. If dogs are toy-motivated we use toys to stimulate the dogs then practice our ‘Come,’ ‘Sit,’ and ‘Stay’ commands. Dogs learn that even when playing they have to be attentive.” Another 10-minute strength cycle without dogs and a heavy-duty cardio cycle follow. A 6- or 7-minute strength cycle concludes with a 3-minute walk with dogs. “We finish the class with a bonding experience.” Kreig said owners can often see positive results with their dogs after just one session. “It doesn’t work as fast for humans,” she said with a laugh. Kreig loves watching people with their dogs and seeing how far they’ve progressed together. “It’s amazing the feeling you get when you’ve done something for both you and your dog at the same time.”
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The required one-hour evaluation is $60. A drop-in class costs $35 and a package of eight classes to be used within a month is $169. “If people adopt a dog they can get two weeks of classes free. Boot camp is a great way of bonding with your dog right away.” The price includes a health evaluation for you and your dog, a behavioral consultation, and one-on-one obedience lessons. It also includes the one-hour exercise and training boot camp, a welcome folder that has dog training aterial for homework, and ongoing support throughout the program. Thank Dog Boot Camp holds classes in major cities across the country. Karen would like to start a class within the city limits. Contact her with ideas or for information at www:thankdogdc.com or call 202-670dog5.
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few years back I had a friend who would not stop raving about a new fitness bandwagon. I met his enthusiasm with skepticism – everybody thinks they’ve got the “new workout.” As a former college athlete I thought I had seen everything, and I formulated my opinion on this Crossfit thing before I had even tried it out. Eventually I decided to try it out and did an introductory class at Potomac Crossfit in Arlington. I was served a huge slice of humble pie. That was three years ago, and I never looked back. It’s hard to describe the levels of athleticism I’ve achieved in just three years. I’m stronger, faster, and more agile than I ever was as a college athlete. Now I enter Crossfit competitions and I coach others part-time. What is this miracle fitness formula that I speak so highly of ? Crossfit is considered a function of high intensity interval training (HIIT), the newest fitness trend that appears to have a bit of staying power. Crossfit is a related fitness philosophy that defines itself through “constantly varied functional movements, performed at high intensity.” It combines elements of sport, metabolic conditioning, gymnastics, weightlifting, and throwing. This combination is a fitness program that has reigned supreme in the age of HIIT. Critics of Crossfit’s methodologies have cited high injury rates through poor instruction, but these criticisms do not seem to detract from Crossfit’s momentum. Each new affiliated gym addresses quality-control and safety concerns. New members receive special introductory classes and are put through rigorous progressions aimed toward more advanced movement. Self-branded as the Sport of Fitness, Crossfit has created a community with local roots and international connectivity. It boasts an inclusive worldwide community of 4,500 locally owned affiliated gyms. The community has entered the mainstream with the Reebok Crossfit Games – an open fitness competition that in 2012 included over 70,000 participants. Worldwide qualifiers advance to regional and national tournaments that have appeared on ESPN. DC is no stranger to the Crossfit phenomenon. According to the Crossfit HQ site there are a dozen recognized Crossfit affiliates in the District. Half of them are located on 14th Street between McPherson Square and Florida Avenue in Northwest. I visited CrossfitDC, one of the oldest affiliates in the Midat118 H hillrag.com
by James Atwater lantic region. Originally located in shared space in Dupont Circle, CrossfitDC recently moved to the heart of Logan Circle at 14th and Riggs streets NW. The move was made to accommodate existing members and target a similar demographic by capitalizing on residential expansion along 14th street. I attended a scheduled workout of the day (WOD, pronounced “wad”) and got a feel for the culture of the gym. Afterwards I spoke with CrossfitDC’s owner, Tom Brose, about his philosophy and how his business contributes to the Logan community. Brose says that his gym’s location change has boosted membership to over a hundred. Competitive fitness programs like Crossfit primarily target employed young professionals. Brose aims to construct a community built on Crossfit’s origins. During our conversation he recalled being inspired in 2005 by some of the earliest Crossfit certifications in Santa Cruz. There he witnessed Greg Glassman (founder of Crossfit) and some of Crossfit’s top competitors coaching and working alongside people from all walks of life. Over the past decade Crossfit has become a more competitive activity, which has created gyms that sometimes cater to competitive athletes and exclude regular patrons. As Crossfit continues to grow into the Sport of Fitness, Brose wants CrossfitDC to emulate his experience in Santa Cruz. Through attentive, informative coaching his gym creates an atmosphere that is inclusive to all levels of fitness. When I attended a WOD at CrossfitDC, the coaching staff gave advice and direction to athletes at every tier. There was a true sense of community. Even though the athletes in the class performed the workouts at varying degrees of difficulty, there was no sense of division or preferential treatment. This atmosphere is created not just by the coaching staff, but also by the athletes themselves. The high-intensity nature of Crossfit speaks to a DC population that lives in a similar manner. That could explain why so many Crossfit gyms have navigated the fitness market and retained membership. I was impressed by CrossfitDC’s approach to programming and community building. It is a great addition to the Logan community. James Atwater is a part-time coach at Patriot and Potomac Crossfit in Arlington. H
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Mars Day! at Air and Space
MARS DAY! is an annual National Air and Space Museum event that celebrates the Red Planet with a variety of educational and fun family activities. Visitors can also talk to scientists active in Mars research and learn about current and future missions. Here are some of the kinds of things you can expect: one-onone interaction with scientists who are active in Mars research and mission planning; real meteorite from Mars; the latest Curiosity news from a science team member; amazingly detailed images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and views of the surface of the planet in 3-D; and hands-on educational activities about the geology of Mars and more. Mars Day! is on Friday, July 26 from, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the National Air and Space Museum on the Mall. airandspace. si.edu
Kids Run the Bases at Nat’s Park
Kids ages 4-12 can run the bases after select Sunday home games. Kids Run the Bases begins immediately following the game, weather permitting. Remaining dates this year are July 7, 21 and 28; Sept 1, 15 and 22. An adult must accompany runners to the field. One adult per child on the field. Starting at first base, kids will be directed to run around the bases as the adults
continue along the warning track and meet the runners near home plate. Once the game has ended, it takes the grounds crew approximately 20 minutes to prepare the field. The line forms outside of the park on the sidewalk along First St. washington.nationals. mlb.com
Family Art Afternoon at CHAW - Animal Collage
The roots of collage can be found as far back as the 10th century, when calligraphers in Japan starting gluing pieces of paper to their works. Today it typically incorporates mixed mediatextured papers, paints, fabrics, found objects, writing-compiled to create an image, story, mood, statement...whatever moves you. Using animal characteristics and qualities as inspiration, participants will explore a wide variety of materials and techniques to create collage with teaching artist Lorraine Land. The workshop is $10 per family and for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information or to register, call 202-5476839. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. chaw.org
Shake Up Your Saturdays: Fun at the Folger
These family workshops provide a morning of history, activity, performance, and fun! Join us to explore Shakespeare’s life and language the best way we know
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Troop 6560 Helps with Anacostia Riverbank Cleanup
Girl Scout Troop 6560 members helped to clean up the Anacostia River on June 1. Armed with their mothers’ gardening gloves and plastic bags, they picked up empty liquor bottles, forks, plastic bags, and other trash littering the environment. The project was the capstone of their yearlong efforts to learn about the earth’s water system and the need to protect it. how to: with Fun! Play with his words and enjoy learning about the world he lived in! It’s free but registration is required. July 6 and Aug 3, 10-11 a.m. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. 202-544-4600. folger.edu
“First Moves” Summer Game Club at Labyrinth
By popular demand, Labyrinth has added a special monthly event from 9:30-10:30 a.m., on July 13 and Aug 10, just for kids from 3-5 who love puzzles and games. Their “First Moves” classes are specifically designed to help children learn the basic skills needed to play games, including taking turns, winning and losing with grace, and following directions. HillRag | July 2013 H 121
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They play many cooperative games that help them learn to work with others. They’ll also get to exercise their creativity as they get to design their own jigsaw puzzle to take home. $15 per child per class. Children must be potty trained. You must reserve a spot for this class. Spaces are limited. Please register your child by emailing kathleen@ labyrinthgameshop.com. You may also download a registration form from our website, labyrinthgameshop.com. Labyrinth Games & Puzzles, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-544-1059.
Boogie Babes at Union Market
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Kid-friendly “The DC Scoop” at Union Market
The DC Scoop is back! Held on July 21, 1-4 p.m., National Ice Cream Day in its third year, you can taste (and judge!) the District’s best ice cream, gelato, custard, frozen yogurt and other summer treats! Stirrers and shakers of the DC Food Scene will serve on a panel of judges to determine the 2013. DC Scoop Winner! A kid-friendly event with activities for all ages. Union Market is at1309 5th St. NE. unionmarketdc.com
This is a live music performance for kids and their grownups every Wednesday at Union Market. The Boogie Babes show begins at 10:30 a.m. Admission is $5/child and siblings 6 months and under are free. Access market parking lot from 6th St. NE. The show is in the southwest corner of the market. boogiebabes.com
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Capoeira (pronounced ka-poo-eyh-rah) is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and self-defense discipline that brings together fighting techniques, acrobatics, dance, percussion, and songs, in a rhythmic dialogue of body, mind, and spirit. When taught to kids, it develops not only their muscles tone and strength but also their self-esteem and cultural awareness. Capoeira workshops will be offered at Hill Center from June 24-July 22. Classes will be every Monday for ages 5-8 and Fridays for ages 9-12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., and will be taught by Yara Cordeiro, a capoeira teacher since 1996. These workshops are part of the project Brasil on the Hill, created to foment Brazilian language and culture in the Washington, DC area. For more information regarding the workshop and enrollment, contact Brasil on the Hill’s director, Valeria Buffo, at valerybuffo@yahoo.com.
Uno, Dos, Tres con Andres at SE Library
On Monday, July 22, 10 a.m., come sing, dance, shake and try out new rhythms and Spanish words with Andres as he takes children on a musical journey through differ-
ent Latin American cultures. For ages 3-12. Southeast Library, 403 7th St. SE. 202-6983377. dclibrary.org/southeast
Kids Get in Newseum Free Through Labor Day
The Newseum offers everything from the Berlin Wall and Pulitzer Prize-winning photos to interactive games and presidential pets. And this summer, there’s one more great reason to visit--kids get in free! July 1 through Labor Day, the Newseum waives admission for visitors age 18 and younger. Up to four kids visit for free with each paid adult or senior admission, or Press Pass membership. Whether you have just a few hours or want to spend all day, you’ll find something for everyone in the Newseum’s 15 theaters and 15 galleries. See “JFK,” an exploration of the life and legacy of president John F. Kennedy, watch “I-Witness” and take a 4-D adventure through time and journalism history, or test your reporting skills in the NBC News Interactive Newsroom. newseum.org
Cross the Delaware with Washington
On August 3, 10:30 a.m. to noon, cool off with a kid’s program about George Washington’s winter crossing of the Delaware River in 1776 and his dramatic victory over the British. Did he really stand up in a small boat while crossing an ice-choked river? Enjoy stories, activities, and revolutionary refreshments. Recommended for ages 9-13. Adults are welcome, but not required, to attend with
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children. $10 per person. Reservations are required. Go to societyofthecincinnati.org. Anderson House is at 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040
Kids Arm Sleeve Giveaway at Nat’s Game
The first 10,000 fans (ages 12 and under) will get a kids arm sleeve at the July 21, 1:35 p.m. game against the LA Dodgers. Fans must enter through the Center Field Gate to receive the item, while supplies last. washington.nationals.mlb.com
Blue Sky Puppet Theater Returns to Southwest Library
On Tuesday, July 23 at 1:30 p.m., the Blue Sky Puppet Theater returns with a special show, The Time Capsule, designed specifically for DC Public Libraries and the “Dig into Reading” Summer Reading program. For ages 3-12. Southwest Library, 900 Wesley Pl. SW. 202-724-4752. dclibrary. org/southwest
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On Saturday, July 13, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., join them for educational and creative family fun. Tour the Democracy of Images and Landscapes in Passing exhibitions, take our photo quiz, and make a cyanotype of your own. Snap photos of the courtyard, text them to the museum, and have your shots added to a digital mosaic that you can download at home! No ticket or reservation required. American Art Museum, Kogod Courtyard, 8th and F streets, NW. 202-633-1000. americanart.si.edu
Resource Room for Foster Parents Opens
On May 24, Mayor Gray opened a new resource room for foster parents at the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) and dedicated it to the memory of the Honorable Eugene N. Hamilton (1933-2011), former Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, foster parent to more than 50 District children, and adoptive father of four. Room 1206 at CFSA headquarters, 200 I St. SE, is now the Honorable Eugene N. Hamilton Family Resource Center. CFSA is currently serving 3,138 children, including 1,755 at home and 1,383 in foster care. Of those in care, over 700 are in foster homes in Maryland that CFSA purchases via contracts with private providers. CFSA is working to recruit more homes in the District so that children can maintain some continuity by staying in their own communities. District residents interested in fostering should call 202-671-LOVE.
Movin’ and Groovin’ at the National Gallery
Celebrate the joy of dance with characters who twist, twirl, tiptoe, shake, stamp, and sashay their way through life. Featured is El Salón México (Paul Glickman and Tamarind King, US, 2009), an animation set to Aaron Copland’s 1936 musical composition of the same title, which follows the adventures of young Antonito as he dreams of attending his very first fiesta. Other films include Mobile (Verena Fels, Germany, 2010), about a cow whose precarious perch tests the laws of gravity; Ballet of Unhatched Chicks (Shaun Seong-Young Kim, US, 2011), an ode to selfexpression; and Giraffes Can’t Dance (Weston Woods, US, 2007). Approximately 55 minutes. For ages 5 and up. Program is on Saturday, July 6 at 10:30 a.m.; Sunday, July 7 at 11:30 a.m.; and Wednesday, July 10 at 10:30 a.m. in the East Building Concourse, Auditorium of the national Gallery of Art. nga.gov
Family Matters Announces Arts Collaboration with Kennedy Center
Family Matters of Greater Washington, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced a new collaboration to bring arts programming to low-income District seniors and youth. The collaboration is made possible through the generosity of philanthropist and arts patron Richard A. Herman, who passed away in Nov. 2012 at the age of 100. The collaboration will include a “Seniors Night Out,” National Symphony Orchestra family performances and instrument “Petting Zoos,” and other programs. Once a month, “Seniors Night Out” will enable District seniors to enjoy an evening at the Kennedy Center, complete with dinner, a performance and an opportunity to interact with the performers. The monthly events will begin this summer. Check the Family Matters website at familymattersdc.org for a schedule and instructions on how to sign-up. In February 2013, Family Matters announced the receipt of $28 million from the estate of Richard Herman, the largest donation ever received by the organization or any social service agency in the District of Columbia. With the gift, Family Matters will be establishing the Richard A. Herman Charitable Trust, to be used to further Family Matters’ mission of improving the family and community lives of those less fortunate, as well as help launch a new series of arts programs for District seniors and youth. The collaboration with the Kennedy Center is the first in a series of arts programs that will be launched in the coming year. H
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Two Rivers PCS Showcase Night Highlights Spring Expeditions
Seton High School. Friends Community School is a small kindergarten through 8th grade Quaker school that welcomes students of all beliefs. It educates a growing number of children from Capitol Hill, as well as students from other parts of the metropolitan area. 5901 Westchester Park Drive, College Park, MD 20740 www.friendscommunityschool. org Eric Rosenthal
To highlight students’ academic progress Two Rivers Public Charter School held its spring Showcase Night on May 20. The evening gave students a chance to show what they have learned in classroom expeditions, which are hands on learning projects designed to teach new subject material and 21st century skills. Expeditionary Learning is an academically-rigorous, interactive, project- The Friends Community School graduating class went to Virginia Beach for their final field trip. Nicely Done! Congratulations to DC3 Collabbased learning program which teaches orative Spelling Bee winners Xavier students how to learn. compositions and read essays they had written. In Hill, who placed third for 5/6th grade, and Andrew Two Rivers is one of only 22 District public one moving talk, a graduate spoke about how the Yocom, who placed third for 3/4th grade! M-e-r-icharter schools that is ranked high performing school had helped him find his voice. t-o-r-i-o-u-s! Congratulations to our eighteen 2nd by the D.C. Public Charter School Board. In the The school gave each graduating student a copy and 3rd grade chess champions who won the entire District’s 2012 reading and math tests, Two Rivers of The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier. The book tournament at Langdon, organized by U.S. Chess! came first in math and second in reading among all tells the story of an English Quaker who is drawn D.C. charter elementary campuses. into the Underground Railroad network in preSome 73 percent of the school’s elementary Civil War America. Faculty members also prepared Maury is GREEN! campus students score ‘advanced’ or ‘proficient’ on a book of personal affirmations for each student. Maury’s outdoor design guru Anya Zmudzka D.C.’s standardized tests; 69 percent of our midOver the past few dle school students score as highly. To place these years, Friends graduscores in context, Two Rivers’ elementary students ates have attended a score 29 percentage points higher, and our middle variety of public and school students 21 percentage points higher, than private schools in the the average city-run D.C. public school. area including the ElTwo Rivers is located at 1227 4th St, NE,. eanor Roosevelt High www.tworiverspcs.org. – Dan Cronin. School Science and Technology Program, DeMatha Catholic High School, Sidwell Friends School, St. Graduation! Students, faculty, parents and alumni celebrated John’s College High the 25 eighth graders who graduated from Friends School, Sandy Spring School, Community School last month at a graduation cer- Friends Wilson emony and Quaker Meeting for Worship. At the Woodrow start of the ceremony, each graduate was permitted High School, Key Edmund a few minutes to address the family members and School, friends in attendance. Students recited original po- Burke School, Field Maury’s 3rd graders in the mud at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, wading out to the rice patties to etry, played musical instruments, performed dance School and Elizabeth plant their seedlings. Photo by E. Nelson
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Maury Students, Out & About
Stuart Hobson June Highlights
Students are barely in the building these days! They’ve been to museums, libraries, laser tag, bowling, to the Arboretum and Watkins Regional Park, boating on the Anacostia, exploring the Luray Caverns and putting tough questions to CM Tommy Wells’ office at the Wilson Building. They have waded through mud and rice paddies to plant seedlings at the Aquatic Gardens. We are so fortunate to live in DC, with all it has to offer.
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The Maury community warmly welcomes two new teachers to our school. Kim Vaugeois will teach fifth grade, and Sharon Donnelly will teach third grade. Aug. 24 is DCPS Beautification Day, and school starts on the 26th. See you then! Maury Elementary, 1250 Constitution Ave., NE. 202- 698-3838 or mauryelementary.com. FB, Twitter. - Heather Schoell.
Cluster School News Peabody Primary Campus
WHO WON THE CAPITOL HILL CLASSIC? Cluster students won the Classic! Working together we raised over $95,000 for our kids – and put the Cluster back in the Classic! Thanks for making our biggest school fundraiser a success. • 186 students ran and raised over $12,500 in pledges. • Over 150 parents, staff, & community members volunteered. • Nearly 4000 total runners registered for our 3 races. Classes With Highest Pledge Totals: • Peabody – TIE: Ms. Murdock’s and Ms. Wood’s classes ($1,693) • Watkins – Ms. Wertheimer’s class ($1,135) Students With Highest Pledge Totals: • Peabody – Annabelle Levine ($478) • Watkins – Makayla Williams ($431) Peabody also had a huge turn-out for its Elbowl Open House on May 30 with over two-thirds of Peabody families attending. Our artists came with family and friends to show their very beautiful Clay Bowls that they created on their elbows. Students also displayed their aprons that they decorated to wear while creating a healthy snack or little meal to go in their bowls! 128 H hillrag.com
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Stuart-Hobson Vegetable Garden Project
Congratulations to our National History Day students. Stuart-Hobson sent two students to the NHD city-wide competitors - Joseph E. and Zachary G. They both won Outstanding State Entry awards in the Junior Division. Congratulations Joseph and Zach
8th Grade Rock Climbing Trip
On May 29, 28 eighth-grade students from Stuart-Hobson Middle School were accompanied by their eighth-grade social studies teacher, Sean McGrath, to the Earth Treks Climbing Center for a two-hour-long climbing session with staff members. The field trip was an incentive for Students of the Month in Mr. McGrath’s U.S. History class and a way to celebrate academic achievement towards the end of the school year. Throughout the course of the day, students were given the opportunity to traverse a rock wall obstacle course, free climb walls up to 35 feet high, team building games involving a gym ball, and the overall favorite: blindfolded races. Kai C. and Paola W. pictured below, were among the first participants in this wellreceived activity. By the end of the day, students were delightfully exhausted. “I wasn’t expecting the trip to be this fun or this hard,” said Anya D., December’s Student of the Month, “but I had a really great time.”
Congratulations to our High School Bound Class of 2013
Stuart-Hobson congratulates our class of 2013 as they look to a bright future as new high school students at the following excellent schools: • Banneker • Columbia Heights Education Campus • Duke Ellington • McKinley Tech • Phelps Academy • School Without Walls • Gonzaga • Bishop McNamara • Archbishop Carrol • Wilson
Lands and Waters is grateful to everyone who helped with the OSSE Vegetable Garden Program! We enjoyed sharing a healthy snack with all the students and teaching them about sustainable food options. Students were engaged in the discussion about the environmental and ethical impacts of our food choices. They participated in the harvesting of spring mix lettuce and radishes from the StuartHobson vegetable gardens. Students then had the opportunity to enjoy a healthy, environmentallyfriendly, plant-based meal of organic salad greens, hummus, and fresh-baked pita bread. We are thankful to Ms. Franklin, who was a great help in coordinating the class schedules. Dr. Woodard, Ms. Osbourn, and Ms. Dunn generously gave us a day of their valuable class time and were a great help in the classroom. Additional thanks to Doug Creef, who worked with us to put the program and grant together. His 7th grade classes created and planted the vegetable beds, and we have them to thank for our harvest! And thanks to Principal Clemens, the Capitol Hill Cluster School PTA, and OSSE, for all their support in obtaining and implementing this grant! This “Real Cost of Food” curriculum helped lay the foundation for a hands-on healthy food program at Stuart-Hobson. Peabody Primary Campus – 425 C St NE | Watkins Elementary Campus – 420 12th St SE ●Stuart-Hobson Middle School Campus – 410 E St NE | www.capitolhillclusterschool.org. – Katie Baptiste
Eliot-Hine Middle School News Eliot-Hine Awarded Grants
Eliot-Hine Middle School is strengthening ties to the community with two recent grants. One is for a lending library of educational games, with $300 granted by ANC 6A. The games were purchased at a deep discount from Labyrinth’s owner Kathleen Donahue, who worked with the school to hand-select an array of challenging games, including classic favorites like chess and Shut the Box, and games that develop specific skills such as math, logic, language, and problem solving. Thank you! Together with Eastern High School and Maury Elementary, Eliot-Hine was recently awarded funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. NFWF was one of the main funders of the project at Tyler three years ago and of several smaller projects last year (green roof sheds at Maury, rain garden at Brent, and others). The grant is focused on storm water mitigation greening projects. Eliot-Hine has a budget of $30K for labor & materials and another $20K for environmental education support from the Anacostia Watershed Society. It is admin-
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kids&family and their local community, including the families of their future students from their feeder schools - Tyler, Maury and Brent. Eliot-Hine Middle School, 1830 Constitution Ave., NE. 202-939-5380 or eliothinemiddleschool. org. FB & Twitter. Heather Schoell and Tynika Young.
St. Peter School News Moving On Up!
On May 31, St. Peter School eight-graders donned caps and gowns and proceeded Like Christmas in July, 6th graders (l-r) Akil Gayles, Darius Porter, to St. Peter’s Church and Samone Mack unpack the games received from the ANC 6A for the Graduation grant. H. Schoell Mass. Honors awardistered by DC Greenworks, a lo- ed included the St. Peter’s Award to cal non-profit that promotes green the student who embodies the spirit infrastructure installations in DC, of St. Peter School through solid often in partnership with DDOE academic achievement, leadership, RiverSmart Homes and RiverSmart spiritual development, and demonSchools programs. Design services strating respect for classmates and are provided by Anya Zmudzka, a teachers to Annie Ryan; the DistinMaury parent who worked on the guished Student Award for excelling design and construction at Tyler. academically and displaying exemBesides the “beautification through plary character to Sally Harris Pormitigation” objective of the grant, ter; and class valedictorian to Quinn all three schools hope that working Aitchison. Also, the newest members on a shared greening initiative will of the O’Sullivan Society were recogalso help forge a stronger relation- nized for attending St. Peter School ship between Eastern, Eliot-Hine from Pre-K through eighth grade,
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including Quinn Aitchison, Duncan McDonald, Jack Beckham, Shelby Denton, Annie Ryan, Christopher Peranich, Sophia Neidecker-Gonzales, and Celia Herdic. Following the conferring of diplomas, a reception was held in the Church Hall hosted by the seventh grade class. Congratulations to the St. Peter’s Class of 2013 – Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Fifth Grader Wins Big at DC STEM Science Fair!
Fifth-grader Tatsie Masters was awarded first place in the Physics & Astronomy category at the 2013 DC STEM Science Fair. Tatsie also was awarded the overall Grand Prize at the Science Fair, where she competed against students from 17 other schools. Her road to science victory began with a first place finish at the St. Peter School Science Fair for her project, “Can You Hear It?” which examined how materials can alter sounds. Way to go, Tatsie!
Rounding out the School Year: Acting, Biking and Competing!
As the school term drew to an end, St. Peter School students were busy rounding out the year with expeditionary learning – with a little friendly, intra-school competition thrown in for good measure! Directed by fifth grade teacher Ms. Dana Eichhorst, the class spent months navigating Much Ado About Nothing for their performance in the George Didden Shakespeare Festival. The thespians received rave reviews for projecting and articulating Shakespeare’s classic comedy at a June 10 performance at Stuart Hobson Middle School. Meanwhile, the seventh grade was guided by middle school English teacher Ms. Lea Marmora on a class bike tour of historic sites along the National Mall. Each student presented an oral report
at assigned locations before pedaling off to the next destination. Properly closing out the school year, of course, demands a dynamic field day! Led by P.E instructor Ms. Kelley Allen, St. Peter School students and faculty enjoyed some healthy competition with games of capture the flag, relay races and a massive tug-of-war battle. The school day concluded with pizza lunch, frozen treats and the annual 8th grade-faculty basketball game. Congratulations pink team! St. Peter School, 422 Third St, SE, 202-544-1618, www.stpeterschooldc.org. - Sally Aman.
Chavez PCS News Senior Scholars Present Policy Solutions at Annual Symposium
On June 7, in front of over 300 civic leaders, educators, peers, and special guests, top high school senior scholars from the Chavez Schools presented their thesis topics, and proposed policy solutions, at the 2nd Annual Public Policy Symposium. After a year-long, in-depth analysis on a public policy issue of choice, De’Ricka Crooks, Arturo Evans, and Dexter Hooks presented their findings about challenges facing foreign aid, environmental justice and voter disenfranchisement. At a school designed to educate, empower, and prepare scholars to both succeed in college and serve as informed advocates for public policy issues, these three scholars became experts on their respective issues and shared ideas on how they hope to change the policy landscape. The Chavez Schools created the Public Po the next generation of civic leaders and expert critical thinkers. Scholar Dexter Hooks commented, “Chavez has changed me since the very first day I arrived . . . I really believe in the goals of the Chavez Schools and the school has been a great fit for me because of Cesar Chavez’s ideology. My views about influencing public policy and making a difference in my community have really become the forefront of my life, and with the assistance of the public policy activities that I have been a part of, I feel prepared to change the world. Dedicating my
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From left to right: Georgetown Professor Peter Edelman, Chavez Scholars De’Ricka Crooks, Arturo Evans, Dexter Hooks, and Chavez Schools’ CEO and Founder Irasema Salcido
life to civil rights for all people is what I have done and what I will continue to do. Chavez, 709 12th St SE, www.chavezschools.org. Christine Lai.
School Within School at Logan News
Students in Mr. Tome’s first grade class perform a dance about trees in a forest for their peers and parents. Photo: Diane Beasley
A Song in Our Hearts
SWS families recently had a chance to enjoy a concert given by the students at Ebenezer’s Coffee House. Our music atelierista, Ms. Rachel, worked with each class over the course of many weeks to choose and practice each piece, including several original compositions penned by the students. The concert was packed with parents as children sang selections ranging from original songs about fish and a favorite restaurant to a rendition of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Each piece was met by cheers, laughter, and resounding applause. SWS families were later given the opportunity to take home a lovely reminder of the outstanding performances by purchasing a CD that included all the songs as recorded
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The Language of Movement
SWS is pleased to have a wonderful movement atelierista, Ms. Shannon. Ms. Shannon has been working throughout the school year with all the classes, teaching the children about how their bodies move, helping them to develop their own styles, learning about negative space, and exploring social dances. In June, Mr. Tome’s first grade class showcased their work by treating their families to a wonderful series of dances choreographed by the students. Each dance told a story using only the language of movement. The dances covered a wide array of styles, from a square-dance themed piece to a very dynamic piece about trees being chopped down in the forest. Afterwards, parents were treated to some delicious snacks prepared by the students using ingredients from the SWS gardens. School Within School at Logan, 215 G St. NE, 202-673-8275, schoolwithinschool.org. - Diane Beasley.
Elsie Whitlow Stokes PCS News Founder Linda Moore to be Inducted in Public Charter School Hall of Fame
In recognition of her hard work and dedication to providing quality public education Linda Moore, Executive Director and Founder of Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, will be inducted into the Public Charter School Hall of Fame during the National Charter School Conference on July 2 in Washington, DC, an annual event organized by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Since founding the school in 1998, Moore has worked to make Elsie Whitlow HillRag | July 2013 H 131
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Felicidades (congratulations) to Tyler students who participated in Recital Poético (Poetry Recital)
new building opens when the next school year begins in August 2014. F r i e n d s h i p ’s $22 million investment will create a state-of-the-art high school which will include a hightech SMART lab, which enables students to complete projects across a wide array of academic disciplines using the latest
Stokes (named after Moore’s mother) one of the most popular and successful public charter schools in the District. Stokes school has 350 students and this year the school received 1,000 applicants for 30 spaces. One of a small number of bilingual immersion D.C. public charter schools, Stokes PCS requires its pre-K through sixth Brent Students Perform The Jungle Book grade students to speak, read, write and think in two languages—ei- technology. The campus will also contain a robotther French and English or Spanish and English. ics lab, two chemistry labs, two biology labs and The District of Columbia Public Charter a greenhouse. School Board has classified the school as a highThe school will introduce students to 21st cenperforming school. On the District’s standardized tury skills in environmental sciences, engineering reading and math tests, Stokes’ students outper- and technology, including computer-aided design, form their peers enrolled in D.C. Public Schools 3-D printing and gaming. by sixteen percentage points and, and their D.C. The school site borders the site of the new charter peers by nine points. headquarters of the Department of Homeland SeElsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom curity and Coast Guard, the construction of which PCS is located at 3700 Oakview Terrace NE, is also underway. Friendship, which provides nearly Washington, DC 20017. www.ewstokes.org 4,000 students from pre-K through the twelfth grade with a tuition-free public education at six public charter school campuses, plans to build mutually rewarding relationships with this new techNew $22 million charter campus specializing in nological hub. Tech Prep is the only STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—themed 21st-century skills in environmental sciences Friendship Public Charter School broke high school in the area. The new building—designed and built by ground for a new facility to expand and house its Turner Construction Co. and Architecture Inc.— Tech Prep Academy this month. The college-preis LEED certified. paratory charter high school that opened in 2009 Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy will be able to accommodate 620 students when the
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Public Charter School, 620 Milwaukee Place, SE, www.friendshipschools.org.
J.O. Wilson News The Arts on Display
This May, J.O. Wilson celebrated its 4thAnnual Family Art Night with over 400 pieces of art created by every student in the school from preschool to fifth grade. The evening featured desserts and art activities and, in addition to art hung on the walls, art was displayed on kiosks purchased through a grant that art teacher Elizabeth Wyrsch-B: received from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. The event was a great success also because of performances by the J.O. Wilson cheerleaders, coached by Niambi Smith, and the opening scene from the school musical Disney’s ‘Cinderella Jr.’ A few weeks later the complete musical debuted at the Atlas Performing Arts Center under the codirection of Michael Taylor, music teacher, and Monique Caldwell, theater teacher, with amazing student performances.
Reading Stars
The J.O. Wilson ES PTA sponsored the ‘Books for Bikes’ reading incentive program this year. Many students participated and top readers were awarded new bikes at the June awards program. Top readers/Bike winners are: Jayson Bassil, Grade 1: 63 books; Iyanna Hood, Grade 3: 63 books; Shaniya Gibson, Grade 3: 64 books; Aniya Mason, Grade 3: 69 books; Tyler Marshall, Kindergarten: 70 books; and Anton Haynie, Grade 1: 95 books.
Thank you and Farewell
The teachers, staff, students and parents at J.O. Wilson Elementary School send the very best of wishes to Principal Cheryl Warley, who will retire this summer after over 39 years as a teacher and principal. We are sad to see you go, but so excited for what new adventures you will experience. And we hope you will come visit!
John Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary is committed to offering academic and artistic enrichment activities beyond the classroom. We are proud to announce that our entire Spanish Immersion program participated in Recital Poético, an annual poetry contest in which students perform their poetic works – some of which were enhanced with dance moves – in Spanish in front of an audience of their peers, parents, and a panel of judges. Teachers and students worked very hard this year to produce a lovely event, and that hard work showed through on stage. Many students went on to represent Tyler in the citywide festival, including Ms. Corona’s entire preschool class. Felicidades (congratula-
Payne students enjoy Pajama Day, Early Childhood Spirit Week 2013
SE , www.brentelementary.org, 202-698-3363. Denise Diggs, denise.diggs@dc.gov.
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tions) to our young poets! Tyler Elementary, 1001 G St, SE; TylerElementary.net or contact Colleen Cancio at ccancio@gmail.com.
Brent Elementary News Congratulations to Brent Players
Last month, Brent students put on three amazing performances of The Jungle Book. Led by Brent’s music director, Joshua Krohn, over sixty students rehearsed for several months. Parent volunteers supported students in building the fabulous set. Audience members were mesmerized by the wonderful performances of the students. Congratulations!
Brent Chess Team Meets the Masters
Four students from Brent’s Chess Challenge in D.C. program were selected to participate in a special program with three of the top chess teenagers in the world. Three chess Masters from New York , ranked 2nd, 5th and 8th for 14-year-olds in the world, each went against 10 students from throughout D.C. in the Chess Challenge program. The Masters won the matches, but Brent student Frederick Parse was the last non-Master standing, while Will Lankford was the final participant remaining in his group of 10. Brent students Griffin Smith and Luke Parse were also some of the last remaining students against the Masters. Thanks to Chess Coach, Robert Byrd for building such a strong chess team!
Brent’s PK4 Class Raises Chicks
Chicks were incubated in Ms. Harding-Wright’s PK4 class over the past month, resulting in a handful of fuzzy babies covered in yellow, white and brown feathers. The adventure came full circle, when students took the newly hatched chicks on a field trip back to a farm in rural Maryland , where they will grow up. Students spent the day at Hard Bargain Farm, an environmental center located on bucolic land along the Potomac River in Southern Prince George ’s County. Students took a hay ride and a nature walk along the riverfront, where they met turtles, spied a beaver dam, and tasted honeysuckle. Brent Elementary, 301 North Carolina Ave
Learning at Payne ES extends beyond the classroom and as we end the school year, we’ve realized, not only did we learn a lot; we also had lots of fun! Our Early Childhood classrooms ended the year with a Spirit Week, including splashing on the playground for Beach Day, a Pajama Day complete with bunny slippers and a movie, and a picnic on the grounds. We are proud of our boys and girls track teams who won over 30 medals at their last meet! Our girls won first place in cross country as well as the shorter sprints and relay races. Medals and trophies were distributed to both student athletes and their parents at the Athletics Banquet on June 8th. TV stars are shining bright at Payne ES! Our 4th and 5th grade boys developed and produced a 20-minute video that will air daily on DCTV for the month of July. DCTV’s Robert “Mr. Bob” Thomas along with our male teachers and staff partnered to create the all-male mentoring program. The group meets weekly to discuss topics including self-awareness and pride in oneself/community. The boys forged positive relationships with male mentors and last month, they went on a Living Classrooms Expedition to explore one of the waterways of the District of Columbia, the Anacostia. The video is the culminating activity and highlights all the work that they have done this year. Stream it online on dctv.org or watch it on Comcast Channel 95, RCN Channel 10 and Verizon Channel 10. - Hanna, Payne, 1445 C St, SE. Rakecia Whitaker
and writing to understand the pivotal influence of geography and the environment on the daily lives of early Americans, and create nonfiction A to Z books about Colonial America. Historical themes are reflected in all areas of the third-grade curriculum. In Science, students investigate magnetic properties, build compasses, and explore the water cycle and ways that rivers and tributaries to the Pacific Ocean affected westward expansion. In Art, they create compass roses in collage and clay based on traditional 15th century map designs. Field trips include visits to a colonial farm, Mount Vernon, and Colonial Williamsburg, and sailing on the schooner Sultana. After researching colonial occupations, the class created its own colonial trade shop, turning the classroom into the Colonial town of New Dent City and welcoming shoppers (aka parents). Students end the year by examining the Lewis and Clark expedition and subsequent westward expansion. At a year-end celebration, parents marveled at the student-built keel boat that formed the backdrop as “Corps members” described the expedition. Each family received a copy of the class’s detailed and beautifully illustrated Lewis and Clark book. In prekindergarten through 8th grade, the CHDS curriculum focuses on encouraging children to notice, wonder about, and become engaged with the world around them. CHDS, 210 South Carolina Ave, SE, Jane Angarola. H
Capitol Hill Day School Third Graders Travel with Lewis and Clark
Every year, CHDS third- graders explore the New World and Colonial America, grappling with ideas of interdependence and cultural interactions during those dynamic eras. They study the reasons for colonization, problems encountered by settlers, and how the Colonies became an independent country. Beginning with a study of maps and orienteering, students use literature
CHDS Third Grade “shipbuilder” in New Dent City answers questions from potential customers. Photo: Cathy Callahan. HillRag | July 2013 H 133
Thank You, Thank You Capitol Hill! At Frager’s we have always prided ourselves on being there when you need us-- whether it was batteries during a power outage, a missing part for an appliance, or a flapper for a toilet on the blink. We were always glad to serve our valued customers. So we can’t tell you how much it means to us that when tragedy struck Frager’s on June 5th, our community was there for us.
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First and foremost, the entire Frager’s Hardware family wants to thank the first responders who arrived on the scene and worked through the long night to put out the fire and secure the property, particularly those three brave firemen who were hurt in the effort. We knew at all times that we were in capable and professional hands. We are proud of Frager’s staff for handling a life threatening situation with cool, calm and smarts. We always said they are the best—and now we know it! We particularly want to thank Patrick Somers whose quick thinking and actions made sure everyone was safely out of the building. We appreciate the quick response of our local officials to the situation and their efforts on our behalf to bring good ideas and resources to discussions about rebuilding our landmark store. We also thank the businesses that occupied space in our buildings for working with us now in the aftermath on the best way forward. Most of all we want to thank you-- our friends, neighbors, and customers here in the community-- for the outpouring of concern and commitment you have shown us. Your energy and interest in helping rebuild has reminded us what a unique place Frager’s has been in your lives and gives us real momentum to work on rebuilding. All those hugs have been especially important. We’ve needed every single one of them. We are still uncertain about the future, but we are working on it, and we thank you so much for being in our corner. Love and gratitude, John and Fran Weintraub and your Frager’s Family
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and tree health. Now the Urban Forestry Administration (as part of the District’s Department of Transportation, or DDOT) or organizations like Casey Trees (Caseytrees.org) provide additional resources. For example, Casey Trees posts moisture conditions each Monday (during the growing season) and you can sign up for a watering device from DDOT with the Canopy Keepers Adopt a Tree Program. As the District has been recently involved in planting a number of new trees throughout every ward, they need residents to help care for these trees by making a commitment to water once a week throughout the growing season for the first two years after planting, a critical time in a tree’s growth. “The most important thing you can do for trees is water them,” says Nelson. While you can implement a slow drip hose to deliver water (fast blasts from a hose don’t do much for proper root development), Nelson recommends a tree gator as an efficient, slow-release system holding about 20 gallons at a time. Watering basins also work well; they hold less but they are easier to fill without a hose and aren’t damaged by lawnmowers. While most trees require approximately 10 gallons of water a week from the spring through the first winter’s freeze, that amount Neighborhood students work to care for the environment and urban trees with guidance from Andrew Benenati of increases to 20 to 30 gallons DC Greenworks. They will be helping water the trees at Maury over the summer, as well. Photos: Elizabeth Nelson hade from glaring summer sun is one of the benefits to having a leaf-filled tree nearby. The larger the tree’s canopy, the greater the cooling effect – and as trees cool sidewalks and buildings, they help conserve energy. However, there are so many more reasons to care for our urban trees. Trees help reduce storm water runoff, hold pollutants, absorb CO2, and replenish the air with oxygen. Noise pollution is lowered, property values enhanced – and as an economic stimulator, it has been shown that people are encouraged to linger longer while shopping on treelined streets. And not to be minimized,
trees provide aesthetic and psychological benefits, provide a calming influence, and give tree-loving creatures a home. Hill resident and activist Elizabeth Nelson says that the District didn’t provide adequate resources for planting or caring for trees for a long time – and that’s when Trees for Capitol Hill Inc. (treesforcapitolhill.org), a volunteerdriven community group of which Nelson is a member, started a concerted effort to plant more street trees around the neighborhood. In addition to adding trees to public spaces, the organization, a 501 (c)(3) founded in 1991, also addresses issues of tree diversification
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A hose works best for filling tree gators, but you can improvise and use a traffic cone as a funnel when filling by bucket. Photo provided by Trees for Capitol Hill
during hot and dry weather. The Arbor Vitae, the Trees for Capitol Hill newsletter edited by Nelson, has an abundance of informative articles on tree care and mentions that a two to four-inch layer of mulch is one way to maintain a tree’s hydration, but when placed, should be kept away from the trunk.
DC Greenworks
DC Greenworks started in the early 1990s, initially with a project creating the District’s first green roof, and focused on three programmatic areas: Tree Keepers (a community-based tree planting program that engages volunteers to plant and maintain trees); Green Job Training (to provide job skills in landscaping, maintenance and stewardship); as well as Low Impact Development (rain gardens, green roofs and other techniques). DC Greenworks has worked collaboratively with other city divisions, such as the District Department of the Environment (DDOE). Prior to this time, rain barrels were illegal in the District, but in 2008, 136 H hillrag.com
DDOE granted DC Greenworks the first program for rain barrel installations, helping to conserve a precious commodity. Partnering with organizations like Anacostia Watershed Society, DC Greenworks has been able to implement a variety of multi-year projects that include youth. Starting an appreciation for trees at an early age is where Andrew Benenati of DC Greenworks plays a role. Benenati says they’ve been working through a Fish & Wildlife Foundation grant, jointly funded with Environmental Protection Agency funds and monies from Federal Express to work at a couple of schools, inside and outside the classroom. “We’re working with some really dedicated parents and volunteers who will care for and maintain a garden over the summer – with the school ultimately taking over the gardens with long-term planning and maintenance.” He states that with the ability to work with Maury Elementary, Stuart-Hobson Middle School and
Allied Service comApAny Eastern High School, there’s a continuum of classroom work that builds each year. “We can talk about longer-term environmental issues, too; the high school students mentor those at the middle school, who in turn, mentor the elementary students.” Nelson is pleased, too, that DC Greenworks will also be watering the trees at Maury this summer – with a little help from the students. Nelson offers these tips regarding the maintenance and health of your neighborhood trees: 1. you shouldn’t leave the watering bags or tree gators on year round as they will damage the bark (compromising the health of the tree). Place them on in mid-to-late May and remove them at the end of September. 2. Prune only when the tree is dormant, unless a limb is damaged or broken. Damage should be removed as soon as possible. If you don’t know how to do it properly, ask for advice first. While you don’t need to be an arborist to care for trees, tapping into the resources we have for further information is always recommended before embarking on any project that might alter a tree’s shape or state. We receive so many tangibles from our green friends, so it’s in our interest to make certain they’re well cared for. To help out at DC Greenworks with stewardship projects, visit dcgreenworks.org and for further information about the annual tree planting day in November through Trees for Capitol Hill or their other volunteer opportunities (no experience necessary; you’ll be paired with seasoned planters), visit treesforcapitolhill. org. To adopt a tree through the District’s Canopy Keeper program, you can inquire by emailing ddot@dc.gov, and you can report any service needs by calling 311. H
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by Catherine Plume District buildings (commercial and multi-family) over 50,000 square feet must use Portfolio Manager to benchmark their energy efficiency and report the score to the city.
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To help meet these goals some buildings around Capitol Hill are boosting sustainability by installing systems on cooling towers that reduce water, energy, and chemical use. Approximately half of a building’s water use goes to cooling towers for air-conditioning, manufacturing, and electric-power generation. DC’s notoriously hard water can create mineral and chemical buildup (scaling) as it circulates through a cooling system, increasing the energy use and mechanical wear and tear. Silver Bullet (www.silverbulletcorp.com) uses a patented, nontraditional, and non-toxic hydrogen
Solar panels are installed on the roof of Forecast on 7th St SE. Photo credit: Joel Greenberg. 138 H hillrag.com
peroxide-based water treatment technology that kills bacteria, breaks down scaling, and reduces corrosion. And by increasing heat transfer efficiency and cycles of concentration it helps a building operator reduce water, energy, and chemical use. The company estimates that if its technology were installed on 20,000 cooling towers (1 percent of the commercial cooling towers in the United States), water savings could top 10 billion gallons a year and electricity consumption could fall by more than 1,200 megawatts. An obvious financial savings accompanies these energy and water savings. Silver Bullet’s technology can also help buildings meet Federal and DC sustainability directives. Several major DC property developers and owners – including Lerner, WC Smith, and Carr Properties – are using Silver Bullet. Lerner has installed it at 19 properties in the
greater DC area, and Silver Bullet estimates that since 2011 they’ve saved enough water to fill more than 75 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Other buildings using Silver Bullet include 20 M St. SE, Washington Square, Dulles Town Center Mall, and White Flint Mall. One advantage of the system is that it is rented (versus purchased), so upfront costs are limited to the installation fee.
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Forecast, which sells fine clothing and home accents on 7th Street SE across from Eastern Market, recently had solar panels installed on its building. (Did you see the article about it in the June 3, 2013, business section of The Washington Post?) When I asked owner Debbie Danielson why they decided to install the photovoltaic system, her immediate response was, “We try to be as green as we can. We don’t use
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plastic water bottles and we compost and recycle. Living green is totally in line with luxury living!” Her husband, Dana, went on to explain that a solar space heater had already been installed in the building when they bought it in the 1980s. Thirty years later this system is still heating two of the building’s apartments. Installing solar was just another step in going green. He also noted that current solar incentives make the investment very affordable. Between Federal and District tax incentives they should be able to recover their costs in only four years. “Everyone ought to be doing this!” he declared.
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Meanwhile DC’s Sustainable Energy Utility (www.dcseu.com) is designed to help the District meet its energy and climate and environment goals by assisting businesses and institutions upgrade to energy-efficient technologies and equipment. In addition to helping businesses with the District’s benchmarking requirement, DC SEU provides rebates to reduce the up-front cost of efficient lighting, refrigeration, heating and cooling, water heating, and commercial cooking equipment, which can help lower energy costs for small and medium-sized businesses. DC SEU also provides incentives for homeowners who are upgrading lighting, buying Energy Star-label refrigerators and laundry units, and addressing a home’s overall energy efficiency. What green practices is your business adopting? I’d love to hear about them! Catherine Plume is a blogger for the DC Recycler, www.dcrecycler. blogspot.com; dcrecyclerdc@gmail. com. H
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hen my wife and I bought our house on Capitol Hill almost ten years ago, I was still employed as a computer programmer. I had become thrilled by the possibilities of the World Wide Web, and particularly the search engines that trawl through this enormous – and rapidly growing – fund of knowledge. Idly I plugged the address of our new abode into Google and discovered that the premises had been used, during the early 1970s, by a lesbian collective named the Furies. This ignited an immediate desire to know more, and soon I found myself at the National Archives, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, and lesser-known archives.
Among the collections there on microfilm are the building permits for buildings built in DC from 1877 to 1958. Older buildings did not require a permit; to determine when they were built requires a trip to the tax records at the National Archives. The building permit is useful not just for information about the original construction but also for any alterations or additions made, as well as the name of the person who filed for the permits – the owner. It also lists the builder and architect, if any.
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To deepen my reRoy Messick’s patent drawing. How this was to work is unclear. No one seems search I consulted a broever to have produced it. Photo: Google Patents chure, “Researching the History of a Building in Washington D.C.,” mined multiple ways – not the least by the which is distributed by the Department of deed from the house purchase. Another Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. A more good way is to look at the maps in the Licurrent version of this publication was pub- brary of Congress map archive, particularly lished by the Historical Society of Washing- the G.W. Baist maps that were published ton, D.C., under the title “Building History starting in the early 20th century. Research Guide.” With this information my next stop My first step was to find the house’s was the Washingtoniana collection of the square and lot number. This can be deter- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. 142 H hillrag.com
The gravestone of Philip Otterback, who owned the land on which my house was built. Otterback was a grocer and landowner with holdings all across the region. Photo: Robert S. Pohl
Information about ownership can also be found in the sales records in the Washingtoniana collection. Ask the librarians to help, as these microfiches are in a separate area. Each card lists the owner of each lot for each square. The actual cards are at the office of the Recorder of Deeds. More information about individual sales can be found in the Grantor-Grantee books stored in the Naylor Court archives of the DC Office of Public Records. Usually, however, the information recorded on the cards is sufficient to determine the ownership of a house. The next question is, Who actually lived in the house? City directories are the best source for this. In the days before telephone books, city directories were the way to find people. Available in hard copy or on microfilm, directories list the inhabitants of the city in alphabetical order, but there is also a section listing businesses, and, from 1914 on, a reverse directory that lists the occupants by street and address. Some city directories are also available on Google Books, where it is possible to search for a specific address.
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Once I had found the bare bones, I began to search for more information about the owners and occupants of my house. The resources here are tremendous: Census records, newspapers, and books were my primary sources. The Census records allow you to find the occupant of a particular house. Use your library card number on the dclibrary website to gain access to these records, which are available both online and in microfilm. You can search The Washington Post for names (and combinations of names – The Post often includes the middle initial when referring to someone), bringing up all kinds of information, whether brief mentions of births and marriages or longer obituaries, but also when they got in trouble with the law or similar insights into their nature. More newspapers are availHillRag | July 2013 H 143
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able through the Library of Congress. Their Chronicling America website has over 6 million pages, stretching back to 1836. It is also worth running your address through their search engine. Try it written both fully – “322 Sixth Street Southeast” – and abbreviated, “322 6th St SE.” One of the more remarkable finds I made was when running the name of the first occupant through the Google patent search engine. It turned out that he was given a patent for a new type of check delivery system while living in what is today my house. Another interesting find was the interrogation of my house’s architect, one Nicholas T. Haller, about some matter or other. Since the questioning was done before a Congressional committee, his words – which were, as it turned out, not very interesting – were printed for posterity and today available by searching the web. Haller’s real claim to fame is that two of his buildings have ended up on the National Registry of Historic Places. Another great resource, particularly for those on Capitol Hill, is the Congressional Cemetery website. Many of those who lived on the Hill are buried there, and I spent a number of enjoyable hours looking for the graves of those who owned and lived in my house. You can find an excellent set of links at www.loc.gov/rr/print/ coll/dcbuildings.html. For an updated version of the brochure I used go to www.historydc.org/ pdf/Building_History_Resources.pdf. The information I found ended up becoming a book. The men and women connected to it turned out to have had local, citywide, and even national import, and my interest changed from the “how” of doing research to the “why” and the “what” – which led me to my new career as a historian and tour guide. I do not recommend this path as a general rule, but you never know who or what is connected with your house until you begin looking. There is no knowing where you will end up when you start your research. H
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Dear Garden Problem Lady, “I think I have been careless in purchasing tomato plants – I just pick plants that look healthy. Last year our tomato plants did not have a long season of fruit. Can you give names for tomato plants that will produce fruit over many weeks?” First, do look for healthy looking plants. Their label should also tell if they are “disease resistant” to some of the destructive viruses tomato plants can catch. More important words for your purpose are “Determinant” and “Indeterminant” on the label. Determinant means that all the tomato plants of the same type with that name will bloom and fruit at the same time, one with another. This is good for farmers. However, you want tomato plants that are Indeterminant, meaning they bloom at no single time. These will provide the home gardener with tomatoes for a long harvest season. “This year I had to remove all my lovely Swiss chard plants from the vegetable patch because the leaves were covered first with a thick puffy white stuff – which ultimately turned the leaves into shreds. What was that?” Spinach leaf miner. Here is the devilish life of this destructive insect. A tiny fly lays tiny eggs on the underside of the Swiss chard leaf. An egg hatches inside the leaf and grows into a slug, which consumes the leaf, falls to the earth, burrows, and emerges again later as a tiny fly. Insecticide must be applied at the correct time. But do not plant chard or spinach in that same spot. The soil will con146 H hillrag.com
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thelastword A man in a navy and orange Frager’s shirt gets a ladder and a long pole with a hook. Painting the kitchen? The old store smell blends with the aroma of paint wafting from the far back corner A woman in a canvas apron empties cans into the mixer . churns out custom colors from dog-eared samples on the wall.
Frager’s Hardware: A Poem A rolling pin, a pie tin, a box of parchment paper? Third aisle to the left about half way down On dusty shelves packed with Clorox, Borax, paper towels, plastic forks. Frager’s Hardware 11th and Pennsylvania Avenue SE Burned totally destroyed Wednesday night Number 15 aluminum nails? Back wall drawers and drawers of screws, bolts, nuts, washers sold individually. Leaky faucet? Frager’s guy finds the washer, the wrench explains how to fix it or gives a handyman’s name. One twenty watt light bulb? Lighting aisle on the right fuses, bulbs, wires, fixtures, switch plates, sockets, stacked on shelves up to the old tin ceiling. 156 H hillrag.com
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A dowel, a lath, a molding strip? In barrels on the creaky wood floor built in 1920 -- thin boards worn dull and patched with tin. Measured by the foot or yard, cut to order while
Potting soil, purple pansies, advice on watering? Outside a blond woman mists ferns, hanging vines, creeping phlox, big boy tomatoes, herbs in six packs puffs a cigarette dangling from her lips. Specialty glass? Down rickety steps to the dank basement -- a hoarder’s Nirvana -- a man with overalls and grey beard cuts a sheet of glass to fit window, graduation photo, or coffee table top. Scribbles the price on newspaper with a stubby pencil. Burned totally destroyed Wednesday night In the middle of a weekend project? In scruffy shirts and dirty jeans neighbors ask for paint thinner, coarse sandpaper, a toilet seat, something to kill the ants, 30 pound of mulch, or a propane tank refill.
Remodeling job on C Street? With heavy boots, paint in their hair construction workers come for drill bits, roofing nails, two by fours, sheets of plywood, face masks, drop cloths. Charge it, hurry out the door. Spring cleaning or having a party? Renters search for chainsaws, carpet shampooers, party tents, generators, ladders, folding chairs, leaf blowers, the cotton candy maker, an inflatable castle. Pay by the day return by six on Sunday. Cash or Credit? Customers wait in lines snaking down long skinny aisles talk to neighbors, wave to city council members, pick up something else from the tempting shelves. Frager’s cashier knows each one by name, pulls up the charge account, issues credit for the light bulbs returned. Writes new purchases on a three carbon receipt. Just sign. No ID. Discount for payment in 30 days. Frager’s Hardware Burned totally destroyed 200 firefighters 100 foot ladders 20,000 gallons of water per minute Four hours DC Fire Department and Arson Squad Federal Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Agency Windows broken, interior charred. Neighbors watch silently. Rolling pin, brass screw, link of chain, duplicate key, citronella candle, bird feeder, ironing board cover, the inflatable castle? Ashes. Help, information, a friendly smile, someone who knows your name, trust, old-fashioned service, a Capitol Hill institution? Ashes? Sherri Wright , sharon_wright@verizon.net
Metro. Aspiring novelist. Peace Corps volunteer. From myriad comments Hill Hounds has received through Yahoo and Facebook, this short acknowledgement of Gregory Walton’s contributions to our neighborhood is best concluded with a brief collection of them, with thanks to all who chose to share their sentiments. “Gregory was a true gentleman.” “He never had a bad word to say about anyone and had a smile for EVERYONE.” “He will be much missed by his human and canine friends.” “Gregory had a true heart of gold.” “I feel privileged to have known him.” “May His Memory Be for a Blessing.” Michael E. Herman. Hill Hounds mikethestar@yahoo.com
Remembering Gregory Tyrone Walton
Humble, thoughtful, and kind: these three words only start a long list describing Gregory Tyrone Walton, native Washingtonian and Capitol Hill. Gregory – how many people who knew the man even knew his last name? – passed away at age 51 on June 12, 2013. Gregory’s devotion to his Christian faith was deep and unwavering. Of all possible remembrances one could have, that is surely the one he would prefer. Running a close second: Gregory loved dogs. Anyone who has owned a dog, walked a dog, or accompanied someone with a dog almost certainly once met Gregory as he plied our community’s streets on his highly decorated bicycle. He and his pit bulls Smokey and Major, and formerly Tiger (deceased), also covered significant Hill territory on foot. Alternatively his beloved companions befriended or alarmed humans and their canines. Gregory sternly trained them to do their best to behave, and he did his own best to avoid confrontations whenever possible. “He was so friendly and a great ambassador for the Kingsman Field Dog Park,” commented one member of the Yahoo group for Hill Hounds. When the DC Department of Parks and Recreation decided to work with volunteer community groups to establish official dog recreation parks, Hill Hounds formed to lure one of those parks to the Hill. Gregory was an original member of the Hill Hounds Board of Directors. His repertoire already included the daily greeting, complimenting, encouraging, and blessing of virtually anyone he encountered. To that, he simply added enthusiastic promotion of obtaining a dog park for Capitol Hill, and circulating the requisite petitions when the time came. Gregory also permeated our lives in other ways too extensive to fully cover in short summary. Dog walker for busy residents. House-sitter for travelers. Custodian and Bible quote resource with Hill Havurah. Mason, painter and drywall technician. Gardener. Soapbox preacher at Stadium Armory
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I am not sure where to send this photo, taken at the rear of 312 South Carolina Ave. SE. The Hill is GREAT! But we wonder about this sort of “technology”. It boasts a bird’s nest too. Thoughts? Virgil D. Miedema vmiedema@gmail.com
In Memoriam : Pablo The Cat – Mayor of E Street
Often described as the “Mayor of E Street,” Pablo the Cat, a constant presence on the sidewalks and in the yards of the 600 block of E Street SE, passed away in the early morning hours of May 12 after a short illness. He spent his final day undertaking his normal routine of lounging on the sidewalk basking in the sunlight.
Pablo, 17, was found in 1996 as a kitten in a nearby parking lot, and taken to 648 E Street where Charles and his criada Francisca made sure that he was fed and cared for daily. Pablo was content to live his life outdoors, early on rejecting a small heated enclosure that Charles specially constructed for him. He is believed to have roamed a wide range, confirmed in recent years when he spent a long time in the waiting room of the Capitol Hill Vet Clinic and a parade of people from various parts of Barracks Row not only recognized him but said they routinely fed him. Although his constituency may have been large, the 600 block of E Street was his home base. He started nearly every morning of his long life on the stoop of 648 where he would wait for breakfast and some scratching behind the ears by his trusty friend Charles. He would spend the rest of his day sleeping in gardens, lounging on front yard benches, or sunning himself on the sidewalk. In his later years, after becoming the reluctant recipient of monthly flea medication, he would have dinner and spend nights inside 642 with Mark and Molly. Pablo was smart and always recognized his friends on the street, sometime by the cars they drove or how they whistled. He was cute enough that strangers would stop to pet him to his endless delight, but he was fierce when faced with unsuspecting dogs that would approach at their peril. He may have been tiger-like when he was outside but the minute he stepped inside he became a loveable 17-year-old kitten who literally was always underfoot. Pablo lived a remarkably long life for an outdoor cat, and his days were filled with many people who cared greatly for him throughout his many years. He will be forever remembered as more than just a cat, and his presence will continue to roam the block. Molly Moran mollymoran@live.com H
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Some DC love on the Washington Channel. Photo: Jason Kopp The Morris family says Happy Flag Day. Photo: Vince Morris
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n Friday, June 14th, DC celebrated Flag Day. It’s a time when many show off their stars and bars – whether proudly hanging on their front porch or even tattooed on their arms. This year, we launched an online campaign to have neighbors share photographs showing off their love of the District flag. Helping highlight the lack of representation and just why our “state flag” means so much to us, advocates like Josh Burch started photo-
graphing DC flags on front porches around the city. To take it up a notch, we partnered with the Hill Rag and Hill’s Kitchen to have people send in pictures via Twitter, Facebook and email from across Ward 6 and the city. With a little friendly competition, the winning photograph of birthday girl Willa Marks took home a DC-shaped cutting board generously donated by Leah Daniels and Hill’s Kitchen.
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Charles Allen, Jordi Hutchinson and Cora show off some front porch DC love. Photo: Charles Allen
Birthday wishes for Willa Marks. Photo: Laura Marks
Neville flies his DC flag high. Photo: Meg Staley
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Southwest’s Jason Kopp shows off at his favorite waterpark. Photo: Jason Kopp
A Boy and His Bike. Photo: Karl Moeller
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