How Gentrification Changed A D.C. Neighborhood - Part 2

Part Two of a series on how gentrification is changing the D.C.'s 14th and T neighborhood.

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November 15, 2005, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

The slow fade of the old 14th and T is underway...Cafe Saint-Ex, the trendy bistro that arrived two years ago, is hosting oyster night and Bastille Day night and is packing it in on weekends. Paradise Liquor on the other corner has less than two months left on its lease....Two entrepreneurs strike a tentative agreement with the landlord, and the sign for a beverage license goes in the window: Paradise is going to become a sushi bar....not far from the new liquor store is a luxury condo project called the Lofts at Brightwood, with a rooftop terrace and a restaurant featuring 'upscale diasporan cooking and an eclectic lounge atmosphere.'"

Read the full story: A Boom Giveth, and It Taketh Away

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Community / Economic Development Urban Development District of Columbia

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