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Boom & Bust

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Boom&Bust

D.C. Downtown News

Boom times have a way of intoxicating fortune seekers—even those who should know better. Bill Regardie had thrice failed to keep a local-business magazine afloat in the District. But D.C. Downtown News was his bet that there were finally enough nouveau richies in town to make it happen. The magazine made its debut in February 2002; seven weeks and countless typos later, Regardie pulled the plug. The lesson: No one lives downtown.

Boom&Bust

Columbia Heights

Workers had barely finished installing the escalators at the Columbia Heights Metro station when real-estate agents began predicting that the next Dupont Circle was just around the corner. Nearly four years later, residents have found more gang killings and the same blighted streetscape around the corner. You know a place is gentrification-proof when the threat of prison time couldn't convince a prominent slumlord to spend a single night there.

Boom&Bust

Blimpie

Just how far has H Street NE come in the past 30 years? Certainly far enough for meatball subs: Last year, national sandwich chain Blimpie proposed a store at 8th and H Streets NE. But the 'hood's activists said no. Sensing that their revitalization efforts rated grande lattes, neighbors pushed for a Starbucks. This time, the rejection came from corporate.

Boom&Bust

The Olympics

Mayor Anthony A. Williams bet the District's future on this urban-renewal ... Continued

Issue of Apr. 4 - 10, 2003

News and Features

  • Boom & Bust
    Cover Story
  • Full-Court Press
    Robert Dorsey has outlasted hot-metal type, construction of the MCI Center, and land-hungry developers.
    Cover Story
  • Grease Is the Word
    Mid City Fish Market's deep-fried fare is here to stay.
    Cover Story
  • There Goes the Neighborhood
    Yvonne Holley has seen Southeast through the worst of times. Are better days on the horizon?
    Cover Story
  • We Shall Not Be Moved
    In boom times, selling out is easy. Staying put requires stubbornness, sacrifice, stupidity, or all of the above. Gentrifiers love windows. And the bigger the better. Big windows illuminate two things: the street below and the cool stuff inside.
    Cover Story
  • It's a Shame About Ray
    Group-home harmony takes a big hit when the landlord moves in.
    Cover Story
  • Watershed Moments in D.C. Revitalization
    Cover Story
  • Don't Tread on Me
    Richard Smith protects his business with his life and his car.
    Cover Story
  • Open House
    Landlord Willy Toribio takes Mi casa es su casa literally.
    Cover Story
  • Radio Shack
    NPR passed on buying Geoffrey Washburn's 1,207-square-foot lot. Will downtown developers do the same?
    Cover Story
  • Mind Your Manor
    For Leroy Washington, Meridian Manor is a return address.
    Cover Story
  • We Shall Not Be Moved
    In boom times, selling out is easy. Staying put requires stubbornness, sacrifice, stupidity, or all of the above.
    Cover Story
  • Permanent Marker
    New graffiti tags get below the surface.
    The City
  • Neighbor Battles Kitchen Blaze
    2422 17th St. NW, March 21, 1:50 p.m.
    The City
  • A Stitch in Time
    The Mail
  • On the Level
    The Mail
  • Soccer Bomb
    The Mail
  • Drop-Kicked
    The Mail
  • Go With the Flow
    The Mail
  • Museum Case
    The Mail

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  • Stand by Your Men
    Music Review
  • Don Right
    Music Review
  • People Movers
    Music Review
  • Rainy Day Music
    Music Review
  • Like-Coping
    Music Review
  • Pigs on Purpose
    A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order
    Music Review
  • Eventually Something Cool Will Happen
    A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order
    Music Review
  • Climbing!
    A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order
    Music Review
  • The Freedom Sessions
    A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order
    Music Review
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    Music Review
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    Music Review
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    A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order
    Music Review

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