Shaw Streets • Pleasant Mann

Shaw Streets

by Pleasant Mann

to and Ward 6 chain that has 12 locations nationwide. The corner Councilmember location takes up 10,000 square feet on two levels, Charles Allen. with 400 seats. The contemporary menu stretches As the gather- from fish to stone crabs to steaks to vegan options. ing wound down, On a smaller scale, Qui Qui (1539 Seventh St. Commissioner NW) specializes in Puerto Rican cuisine. Located Eichler noted that on the second floor of Shaw’s venerable bar The his canvass of resi- Passenger, Qui Qui wants to fill the gap in Puerto dents had public Rican dining by offering menu items like morcilla safety as the num- con tostones, salchicha de pollo, pastelon and chuber one issue. The leta kan kan. last word came And a new pop-up is appearing for the sumfrom a 10th Street mer. Chesapeake Crab Shack and Bar (925 U St. resident who had NW), from the team behind Duke’s Grocery and a message from Gogi Yogi, will offer all the signature shellfish the father of the dishes. Look for Maryland blue crabs, lobsters, victimized fam- snow crab legs and peel-and-eat shrimp, served ily. The father had with a wide selection of local beers. told him that his Shaw resident telling Capt. Riley Hong of the MPD Third District about public safety concerns. Photo: Pleasant Mann wife and son were still recovering Events DC Updates Convention Neighbors Meet with District Officials to “Save Our Shaw” Following a horrific crime where a mother and her child were shot in their front yard, the Ward 6 Core Team of District agencies conducted a walkthrough of the area south of Rhode Island Avenue to investigate service deficiencies. Michael Eichler, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for the area, organized neighborhood residents to tell the government what was really needed. He circulated flyers with the heading “Save Our Shaw.” When the Core Team showed up on the southeast corner of Rhode Island Avenue and 10th Street on the afternoon of May 27, approxiand that he appreciated of the support he got from the community. He was also happy to announce that the person who attacked the family had just been arrested. As the gathering broke up, the Core Team started its walk-through of the neighborhood. They went down 10th Street, east on P Street and back down toward Rhode Island Avenue, ending up at Eighth and Q streets, marking areas that needed attention. Especially visible were the Rodent Control Team personnel, who poisoned all the rat holes that neighborhood residents pointed out. Center Streetscape Effort Events DC, the manager of the Washington Convention Center, gave an update on its effort to improve the streetscape. Held on the evening of May 10, the meeting started with a brief review of the impact of the pandemic on the convention business. There were 142 events scheduled for FY20 and FY21 at the center, of which 115 were cancelled. It will be well into FY 2022 before big conferences like AUSA, the Washington Auto Show and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation return to the center. Meanwhile, the Convention Center is undergoing renovations, both inside mately 60 residents were there to exchange views. and out. It has set up Studio They formed a circle as the members of the team explained what their agencies could do to improve the situation. Led by Talib Shakir, a Ward 6 liaison New Restaurants Springing Up in Shaw 801, a 19,000-square-foot production studio for virtual events. A new food court, from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations Perhaps the best sign that the Uptown Food District, and Services, the District agencies represented on life in Shaw is returning to will have a stand for Ben’s the team included the Metropolitan Police De- normal is the opening of Chili Bowl, as well as four partment, Department of Health, Department new restaurants. The big- other concessions. A new of Transportation, Department of Consumer and gest opening in May was coffeeshop inside the center Regulatory Affairs and Department of Mental Truluck’s Washington DC will be run by La Colombe. Health. There were also representatives from the offices of Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pin(700 K St. NW), the first Washington branch of a New kiosks under construction on the Ninth Street side of the Washington Convention Center. Image: Events DC There will be a grab-and-go food shop called the Ex24 MIDCITYDCNEWS.COM

Shaw residents waiting to hear from the Mayoral Core Team. Photo: Pleasant Mann

change and a Made in DC gift store.

Outside, four kiosks are being built on the 1100 block of the Ninth Street facade. The kiosks, which are 280 square feet each, should be ready for retail build-out in October. Events DC will engage a broker to facilitate leasing the spaces.

Future phases of the streetscape revival call for new planters around the center, new lights to brighten the M Street underpass and eventually a more vibrant rooftop.

Protected Bike Lane Coming to Ninth Street

The DC Department of Transportation announced that the longplanned, much-debated protected bicycle lane going to downtown will finally be built through Shaw. The plans are for the bidirectional lanes to take up the east side of Ninth Street, going from Florida Avenue all the way downtown. The project had been held up for years due to concerns about its effects on businesses and churches on this major commercial corridor. Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, however, has been a vocal proponent for the protected bikeway. u

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