Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Basking in the Post-Festival Glow
The organizers did a great job this year, as did all the local businesses. I'm hearing estimates of 30-35,000 visitors. That twice what we had last year. A few years back we might have brought out more like 6,500. So this is truly amazing. Here's some of what people are sharing about the festival online:
1. Baltimore Rock Opera Society Throws a Goat at H Street Festival (We Love DC).
2. Reading Amidst the Chaos.
3. Oh Snap (ReadySetDC).
4. Best. Festival. Ever. (H Street Great Street).
5. Festival photos: TBD, DCist, The Hill is Home.
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It was my first time there. My family had a good time. I thought it might be too much or too boring for my young kids, but they got into it also. We stayed several hours. Pie-eating contest. "Rock" climbing. Football throw. The great cars. The food. Everyone liked it and we look forward to next year.
One thought that occurred to me about next year: the streetscaping *should* be done by then. So, I'm thinking that in and of itself will be a huge boost for next year. Can't wait for it -- I'm still amazed at how far we've come just in three years...
Now if Steuart Development would just get off their butt and build a damn grocery already...
(sorry, had to find something to bitch about!) ;)
And what about the street car? Are they going to be able to have an H St. festival with the street car running down the middle? I guess they just won't run them that day.
Presumably they will run the street car to the edge of the festival, on each side, and then send them back.
We would hope that DC would stop the streetcar to allow the H Street Festival to go on.
In New Orleans, the majority of Mardi Gras krewes parade on St. Charles Avenue, which has the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world. They stop the streetcar for the Parades. For night parades for 10 days. For day parades on the weekend before Mardi Gras. And on Mardi Gras Day itself. They know what's important in the Crescent City.
Buses are used to carry passengers around the parade routes. Has been that way forever. Where there's a will there's a way.
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