A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Staples Street
27 comments:
Anonymous
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i think that's a bit outrageous, and it's about time we stop allowing large corporations to spend money on naming stadiums and streets! it destroys the real character of a community and renders history meaningless.
It was a freed slave, and a great inventor who lived on that street. Coincidentally, he invented that ubiquitous office supply, commonly known as the STAPLE. Thus, the street is named after him.
Off the subject-does anyone have any advice for someone who trying to find a house to rent in the Atlas Area? I've been on Craig's List, but I was wondering if there was a board on this blog where people shared rental listings?
There is no such blog on this board. I do know there is a house for rent in the 1200 block of Florida [two blocks from the 1200 block of H] right now. I don't know the asking price, but it is a pretty big house with a yard, garage, and rear deck. I think the phone number is probably on the rental sign.
You can go to any public library and check the Encyclopedia Britannica. That street is named "Staple" because of the gentlemen who owned a bread and butter shop on H Street near the turn of the last century. I think he also sold pickles. At that time, those were the basic edibles of the surrounding community, thus STAPLE STREET, duh! If I'm not mistaken, the house in the picture is the place where he used to live.
It follows along the same principle as the folks that are lobbying to rename P Street, NW to Whole Foods Street in the current day and age.
Please visit the library and check your facts before you start posting crap. Oh, and the gentleman that lived there was not a freed slave, nor was he a white man. He was korean.
Now enough of this speculation about why the street is called Staple Street!
I'm talking about 1234 Florida [I think]. There is are only two abandoned houses on the street and neither one is next to this place. This is next door to my friend's place. It was previously owner occupied, but the owner moved to Baltimore. It's a nice house with some exposed brick walls.
wow. you people really know how to drag a name through the mud, for no apparent reason.
i used to know the the daughter of a the sister of a woman that lived on that street, who told me the story about its name, as it was passed down through the generations.
in 1879, the "church of the holey molay" was a big landowner in that part of town. they actually had a temple on that street, that has long been torn down. anyway, they believed in man creating his own destiny, with the help of the good lord (they had a name for the deity, but i can't recall it now).
there idea was to make the street a "rock" of the community. so they petitioned to have it called stable street. the problem was that the bishop was semi illiterate, and when he filed the paperwork with the government, he misspelled the name of the street. so it'll now forever be called staple street, thanks to being home schooled by peruvian immigrants. yes, peruvian.
according to the girl i knew, they had brought with them a trove of inca treasure that they buried beneath the church as an offering to their god. it was never to be touched or its location revealed, so as to appease their deity in an effort to ensure that the street would always remain stable.
the lesson to be learned here is, never allow an semi literate person to name your street unless you have a good editor on hand.
Does anyone know where we can access some old DC maps online?
I think it would justify the purchase of a house on that street, if I could figure out where their church used to be. Inca treasure is worth far more than it's weight in gold.
It has historical value too!
We live in such an amazing city, and yet everyone thinks it's about the Mall, and Rock and Roll Hotel!
Rumor has it that Marion Barry pulled the map from the MLK library, and tunnelled to the treasure trove (in a crackened haze) from his den below the Ohio Restaurant and Lounge. With the money from the sale of the goodies (to a Syrian consular dispatch, I've heard), he's been able to buy all the elections he's "won" since he got set up by an undercover prostitute that was paid for by his neighbors, who were tired of his bad ties.
I'll bet there's other treasure in this city though!
Look for a guy named Lauren Malsteem. His grandfather was a grave robber in the 1800's and apparently passed down LOTS of wacky information.
That house looks like it was constructed in the early/mid part of the 1900's. If that really is the case, I can't trust all the competing theories, because they all go back to the turn of the century.
I really just don't know. I tried an internet search on Staple Street, but I haven't turned up much except that it's a place in downtown New York.
Does anyone think there might be some relation between the two?
Oh, by the way, is the Florida Market open this weekend? I thought of checking it out for the first time since I moved here from Nebraska. If it is open, and if I'm really lucky, I'm hoping to bump into Richard Layman. They told me he's hard to miss because of his big rimmed glasses.
So please don't keep my panties in a bunch, and my urban development inquisitiveness a flutter, is it open????
dorks. the street is named after the french city of etaples.
the first residents on that street were fisherman from the seaside town in france. the family still have a little shop at the fish market in SW. they couldn't afford to live anywhere in DC, so they moved to trinidad. they are the fine folks that supply horace and dickies with their amazing fish fare. yummm!
My neighbor knows a staple polisher. If you really want to be environmentally correct, just reuse your old staples and give 'em a nice polish to make 'em look like new.
I'll look for his pager number.
He's looking properties on/near H Street to open up business, and if he finds one, he promises to stay up really late on weekdays to cater to the larget Capitol Hill market!
Please check out the new sandwich shop [carryout only] in the 1300 block. The prices are good and the food is excellent. I'm talking about ANM Convenience. They run two lunch specials each day and they change throughout the week. I can personally vouch the tuna and the pastrami, but that's because those are the only two I've tried. Highly recommended. Nice owners as well.
Lead in the water would certainly explain this bunch of posts.
As for formaldehyde, I don't think it is *that* relevant to longevity.
Its half life is much too short, and the effects of fluoride only tend to exacerbate the process.
But dang, it sure does taste good!
I think it may have more to do solar flares, or the the abundance of polyester infused clothes - due to what the experts call the 'ambiguous sweat longevity factor'.
But what the heck do I know? I'm just a shoe cobbler.
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i think that's a bit outrageous, and it's about time we stop allowing large corporations to spend money on naming stadiums and streets! it destroys the real character of a community and renders history meaningless.
i say we rename it to farfrompoopen road!
What a ludicrous post!
I can't believe I'm actually responding to it!
But, just to set the record straight:
It was a freed slave, and a great inventor who lived on that street. Coincidentally, he invented that ubiquitous office supply, commonly known as the STAPLE. Thus, the street is named after him.
Maybe we could put this on the H Street Trail?
too funny!
Off the subject-does anyone have any advice for someone who trying to find a house to rent in the Atlas Area? I've been on Craig's List, but I was wondering if there was a board on this blog where people shared rental listings?
There is no such blog on this board. I do know there is a house for rent in the 1200 block of Florida [two blocks from the 1200 block of H] right now. I don't know the asking price, but it is a pretty big house with a yard, garage, and rear deck. I think the phone number is probably on the rental sign.
Are you talking about the one next to the abandoned house?
Pretty sure there is (or was) a house on Eye between 12th and 13th that was for rent. It was green and it looked nice.
Listen, internets people.
You can go to any public library and check the Encyclopedia Britannica. That street is named "Staple" because of the gentlemen who owned a bread and butter shop on H Street near the turn of the last century. I think he also sold pickles. At that time, those were the basic edibles of the surrounding community, thus STAPLE STREET, duh! If I'm not mistaken, the house in the picture is the place where he used to live.
It follows along the same principle as the folks that are lobbying to rename P Street, NW to Whole Foods Street in the current day and age.
Please visit the library and check your facts before you start posting crap. Oh, and the gentleman that lived there was not a freed slave, nor was he a white man. He was korean.
Now enough of this speculation about why the street is called Staple Street!
I'm talking about 1234 Florida [I think]. There is are only two abandoned houses on the street and neither one is next to this place. This is next door to my friend's place. It was previously owner occupied, but the owner moved to Baltimore. It's a nice house with some exposed brick walls.
wow. you people really know how to drag a name through the mud, for no apparent reason.
i used to know the the daughter of a the sister of a woman that lived on that street, who told me the story about its name, as it was passed down through the generations.
in 1879, the "church of the holey molay" was a big landowner in that part of town. they actually had a temple on that street, that has long been torn down. anyway, they believed in man creating his own destiny, with the help of the good lord (they had a name for the deity, but i can't recall it now).
there idea was to make the street a "rock" of the community. so they petitioned to have it called stable street. the problem was that the bishop was semi illiterate, and when he filed the paperwork with the government, he misspelled the name of the street. so it'll now forever be called staple street, thanks to being home schooled by peruvian immigrants. yes, peruvian.
according to the girl i knew, they had brought with them a trove of inca treasure that they buried beneath the church as an offering to their god. it was never to be touched or its location revealed, so as to appease their deity in an effort to ensure that the street would always remain stable.
the lesson to be learned here is, never allow an semi literate person to name your street unless you have a good editor on hand.
Does anyone know where we can access some old DC maps online?
I think it would justify the purchase of a house on that street, if I could figure out where their church used to be. Inca treasure is worth far more than it's weight in gold.
It has historical value too!
We live in such an amazing city, and yet everyone thinks it's about the Mall, and Rock and Roll Hotel!
Forget about it.
Rumor has it that Marion Barry pulled the map from the MLK library, and tunnelled to the treasure trove (in a crackened haze) from his den below the Ohio Restaurant and Lounge. With the money from the sale of the goodies (to a Syrian consular dispatch, I've heard), he's been able to buy all the elections he's "won" since he got set up by an undercover prostitute that was paid for by his neighbors, who were tired of his bad ties.
I'll bet there's other treasure in this city though!
Look for a guy named Lauren Malsteem. His grandfather was a grave robber in the 1800's and apparently passed down LOTS of wacky information.
Speaking of the Ohio, any word on the progress in turning it into a diner?
Also, is Sticky Rice still on track for a May opening?
I'm not sure, you guys.
That house looks like it was constructed in the early/mid part of the 1900's. If that really is the case, I can't trust all the competing theories, because they all go back to the turn of the century.
I really just don't know. I tried an internet search on Staple Street, but I haven't turned up much except that it's a place in downtown New York.
Does anyone think there might be some relation between the two?
Oh, by the way, is the Florida Market open this weekend? I thought of checking it out for the first time since I moved here from Nebraska. If it is open, and if I'm really lucky, I'm hoping to bump into Richard Layman. They told me he's hard to miss because of his big rimmed glasses.
So please don't keep my panties in a bunch, and my urban development inquisitiveness a flutter, is it open????
dorks.
the street is named after the french city of etaples.
the first residents on that street were fisherman from the seaside town in france. the family still have a little shop at the fish market in SW. they couldn't afford to live anywhere in DC, so they moved to trinidad. they are the fine folks that supply horace and dickies with their amazing fish fare. yummm!
Speaking of this street, does anyone know of a good place near H Street that sells really good staples?
I don't want the name brand ones, I'm looking for some really artistic staples, that are also environmentally friendly.
Thanks in advance!
My neighbor knows a staple polisher. If you really want to be environmentally correct, just reuse your old staples and give 'em a nice polish to make 'em look like new.
I'll look for his pager number.
He's looking properties on/near H Street to open up business, and if he finds one, he promises to stay up really late on weekdays to cater to the larget Capitol Hill market!
Please...
poo poo, u have too much time on ur hands...
enough said...
I'm going back to my house in Ohio.
There are some historical maps on Trinidad-dc.org:
http://trinidad-dc.org/historymaps2.php
Click on the map to see a bigger version. If a freed slave lived on that street he would have been pretty old.
The Florida Market is open year round. The H Street Farmers Market reopens on the 3rd of May.
The Ohio is a ways off.
Sticky Rice has a few more inspections, but they are very close. I spoke to an owner the other day and I expect them to open some time in May.
i dunno. life expectancy has really been increasing over the last century. my grandmother is close to 100 years old.
i think we should really look into this further.
Please check out the new sandwich shop [carryout only] in the 1300 block. The prices are good and the food is excellent. I'm talking about ANM Convenience. They run two lunch specials each day and they change throughout the week. I can personally vouch the tuna and the pastrami, but that's because those are the only two I've tried. Highly recommended. Nice owners as well.
Mysteries, perhaps it's the lead in the water. Or the formaldehyde from the illegal funeral homes.
Lead in the water would certainly explain this bunch of posts.
As for formaldehyde, I don't think it is *that* relevant to longevity.
Its half life is much too short, and the effects of fluoride only tend to exacerbate the process.
But dang, it sure does taste good!
I think it may have more to do solar flares, or the the abundance of polyester infused clothes - due to what the experts call the 'ambiguous sweat longevity factor'.
But what the heck do I know? I'm just a shoe cobbler.
there's a big house for rent at 1106 7th Street NE, FYI.
Shoe cobbler, do you do made to measure and can one bring on their own designs?
actually, i don't do "designs", but if you want to try something out, i can get someone to give it a shot.
let me know. BTW, it will likely take a while. it's the folks in brasil that do the work.
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