1101 Convenience Mart in 2012
Reader Tapio wrote in recently with word that the 1101 Convenience Mart (aka Mimi's Convenience Mart) will close at the end of this month. He says they are selling everything (including beer and wine) at a discount. The building will reportedly be demolished to build condos.
As the 2016 photo immediately above shows, this will not be the first building on that block to meet this fate. Since this photo was taken the Me & My Beer Market (1111 H St. NE) building on the other side of the former thrift store has been replaced with a multi-unit residential building.
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DANG! H Street continues to push eastward... On another note, has anyone noticed the constant presence of police cars parked on Maryland Ave., right off the Starburst intersection? I leave for work early (4:00 a.m.) and there are usually two or three cars parked with spotlights on. They're often there in the afternoon on my way home too. This has been occurring for the last month or two...
H street is a growth corridor. We should expect more investment.
I suspect the police are trying to keep a profile at the starburst intersection, just as they are
keeping a profile on 8th and H.
The city wants less drug dealing and dysfunction on H st.
I just hope they can come up with some more shelter space and with public bathrooms, so we don't have the misery of
San Francisco inflicted on us.
Taylor closing all their stores.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/sandwich-chain-closes-because-customers-225349188.html
Got to keep an eye on the gentlemen of the plaza
The plaza is definitely an area for caution. I was on my way to work (I usually pass by at around 4:30 a.m., on a motorcycle, on Bladensburg - southward from the Arboretum) and a kid came darting from the plaza at the intersection next to the gas station asking me if I wanted to "buy". He couldn't have been older than 13 or 14. This, despite the police presence. One has to worry about the well being of a kid out peddling who-knows-what that early in the morning. Tough corner. I will say though, that it appears that the scantily clad women are no longer around at that time of the morning. I guess the "wins" come in measured doses...?
the scantily clad women displaying lingerie fashion have moved to L St... :-(
I have noticed a significant increase in street prostitution since the feds inflicted FOSTA/SESTA.
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