I saw this sign on a building on 14th Street in Columbia Heights. Kind of bizarre I think. What do you think you have to do to get free rent? You think this is a deal like first months rent free or something like this? It’s good marketing, I think, it really got my attention.
It says something like ‘Congregating in a group of two or more for the purpose, sale or use of drugs is an arrestable offense and you can be imprisoned for no more than 180 days and/or fined $300.’ What the hell is this? Isn’t selling or using drugs always an arrestable offense? Or are they saying that they can arrest you merely for being in a group of two or more? No, you have to be using or selling drugs right? So why don’t they just arrest for that? I’m so confused.
I wonder if it was the inspiration for the Spy vs. Spy graphic or vice versa. But what I really wonder is do Neighborhood Watch Areas really exist in DC? I wonder what designates an area as such. While I think it is a very good idea, do you think the signs act as a deterrent to potential criminals?
This is the famous bodega across the street from the Petworth Metro on New Hampshire Ave. It is a notorious spot for drug dealing and loitering. While I like the font on these signs, I’m not sure their message will be appreciated. And since these signs are under the authority of the bodega, do you think a dealer is going to obey?
Updated: Actually a neighbor of mine told me that he saw a number of kids smoking grass and dealing a “few transactions” right across the street outside the metro. So maybe it has had a little effect…
In all seriousness, I feel really bad for the proprietors of this store who seem like really hard working nice folks. It is shame that they have to deal with the loitering and dealing outside their store. Now, that I think of it another person told me that there are dealers who hang out front of the bodega on 5th and Shepherd. Is this a common problem outside many bodegas in the neighborhood?
What the hell is a luxury home? This particular home on 13th St. looks like it needs a lot of work. So because it is on a nice street it is a luxury home? I just don’t get it. Are people going to look at it just because it says luxury home? Or conversely would people not look at it if it was a mere home? Well, maybe if it has a pool on the roof I’ll let them slide…
sounds much classier than no loitering. But that is not why I posted this picture. I posted this picture because this sign is on a building right next to a new luxury condo building. So how do you market a luxury condo that sits directly next a building that apparently has or has had a vagabundo problem?
So we’ll be safe from the Reds?
The sign says: “To Whom It May Concern. For property taxes we pay, we would like to receive some services.*”
*The definition of services can be mutually agreed.
So who would make the mistake that this rusty, open to the elements container could possibly hold potable water?