Do you remember it or had the built "Harrison Square" before you left?
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that area well as my apt was at the corner of 13th and RI ave nw. > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:47 AM, bruce majors <[email protected]>wrote: > >> DC had an area that was about 4 square city blocks on the northern edge of >> the gay neighborhood that was an abandoned children's hospital (between 11th >> and 14th streets and V and W). It sat behind a chain link fence and if you >> were unlucky enough to park your car beside it when parking was tight your >> chance of being mugged or robbed was very high as there was no one around, >> no eyes on the street. >> >> The DC government for OVER 10 years said it was taking requests for >> proposals and studying the best way to use the property. 10 years of high >> crime, blight, and no property taxes. >> >> Finally they got a big enough bribe from one group and let it be developed >> into 3 and 4 story row houses with garages tucked underneath right around >> the time the real estate boom started. If they had waited 5 more years it >> would have sold for a lot more; if they had done it 10 years earlier the >> neighborhood would have been safer and they would have collected property >> taxes. >> >> This is how all bureaucracies work. >> >> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hey Bruce, >>> >>> I was unaware that this was still going on. I don't recall all of the >>> details, but that kind of crap went on in Florida, and other states and >>> communities for years, until several municipal city councilmen went to the >>> pokey for about five years. The City of Tampa, (among other Florida >>> Cities) stopped that practice long ago! >>> >>> I got FIOS about 4 years ago. Verizon had huge gangs of illegal aliens >>> slapping the wiring around Tampa for months. As soon as one had it wired >>> up, you could call and have it turned on. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM, bruce majors <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> In Washington DC Verizon constantly runs ads for FIOS, the TV they >>>> provide, which is apparently much better than Comcast. >>>> >>>> But you cannot get FIOS in DC, only in the less dense Virginia and >>>> Maryland suburbs >>>> >>>> The (all Democrat) city council will not let them sell it to you until >>>> the whole city has been wired for the infrastructure, inclduing >>>> neighborhoods where everyone is on welfare and presumably should not be >>>> buying cable with their food stamps. >>>> >>>> Now the city is fully wired and we still cannot buy it. Apparently more >>>> bribes must be paid under the table. >>>> >>>> Most of the city only has comcast (or dish) and a few areas have RCN for >>>> houses but rarely for condos and apartments >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:54 PM, RICHARD BROWN < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dial-up is the only service available since the government-backed >>>>> monopolies of phone and cable companies have prevented a Wi-Max system >>>>> to be installed. A three-minute video takes half-an-hour to load at >>>>> best. 9.5 hours just to load a new version of I-Tunes and even then I >>>>> had remain vigilant because my server disconnected me after eight >>>>> hours. >>>>> Some of us still live in dinosaur land. :-) >>>>> Dik...the buddy of Alley Oop. >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 19, 6:43 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Why don't you just watch TV on the internet? >>>>> > >>>>> > www.hulu.com >>>>> > >>>>> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:17 PM, RICHARD BROWN < >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > I love the internet because I do not have access, (Thank the >>>>> Supreme >>>>> > > Identity) to TV or newspapers. I have many sources on >>>>> line...meaning >>>>> > > dial-up, so forget video, and I love to read this stuff. But thirty >>>>> or >>>>> > > fifty topics per day is just a bit much. By the time I do just a >>>>> page >>>>> > > load and a quick scan I will have spent two hours trying to glean >>>>> > > useful information. >>>>> > > Censorship? >>>>> > > Not in my life. >>>>> > > I am a CLASSIC LIBERAL with a huge leaning towards independence >>>>> that >>>>> > > borders on anarchy. I have put my life where my mouth is too, >>>>> which >>>>> > > is why I am somewhat isolated. >>>>> > > If all the three of you want to do is post links or paste material >>>>> > > that you find interesting and not actually write your own thoughts, >>>>> a >>>>> > > better, certainly more economical way is for you to collect it all >>>>> on >>>>> > > a note pad and post it all in one go and title it with something >>>>> like, >>>>> > > "Bruce Majors' Daily Choices". Those who find your choices >>>>> > > interesting could read it and comment on those pieces that they >>>>> have >>>>> > > an opinion on...or not. >>>>> > > By my estimation that would cut down about 110 of those topics. >>>>> > > Instead of having a thousand cars on the avenue, maybe some of the >>>>> > > topics could be put on a bus. >>>>> > > What do you say guys? >>>>> > > Dik (Who rode the short bus to school) :-) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *~@):~{> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
