April 22nd, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, cities, economic development, neighborhoods
So my long post on Chattanooga and my conference has been delayed because I’ve been so busy apartment hunting with my good friend Ebonie. It has been very difficult, even finding any affordable apartments and also securing a place when the few affordable places seem to be snatched up within minutes of their posting on […]
April 15th, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, art, music
1. Hot Chip performed at the 9:30 club last Friday. They were very good but not great. I mean I was really impressed that they (meaning the six members of HC) could play so tightly - the rhythms were on par and it was definitely an upbeat and lively show. But I guess because […]
April 8th, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, art, museums, music
Last Friday, the Hirshhorn Museum hosted their After Hours party featuring live performances by Hooliganship , Lucky Dragons, and DJ Solomon. I arrived about an hour after the doors opened, and was pleased to see how many people came out to see art in DC — and how many people were dressed up. I immediately procured […]
April 4th, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, cute, music
I’m going to postpone my “Pink Fridays” post (c’mon now you knew there had to be a day dedicated to pink) to write about the current indie queen of Juno fame, Kimya Dawson. Her set was opened by this typically angsty singer-songwriter, Spoonboy, followed by a musician named Angelo Spencer who had a neat […]
April 1st, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, cities, economic development, housing, public policy
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU has released a new study on inclusionary zoning, using DC, LA, SF, and Boston as case studies. Inclusionary zoning is an affordable housing practice that either requires or encourages (via various incentives) developers to include low and moderate income units in their new projects. In […]
