Comments on: DC Neighborhood Names From Back in the Day (From A Reader) http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ravi http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6628 ravi Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:03:39 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6628 Saf, I know Petworth. The people of Petworth are friends of mine. Saf, you are no Petworthian. You could chuck a rock and hit the Ga. avenue-Petworth metro, and break the escalator. Oh wait, it's already broken. Regardless, you are in the GaP. In Spanish it is called "El GaPo," which roughly translated means nothing as far as I can tell. Saf, I know Petworth. The people of Petworth are friends of mine. Saf, you are no Petworthian.

You could chuck a rock and hit the Ga. avenue-Petworth metro, and break the escalator. Oh wait, it’s already broken. Regardless, you are in the GaP.

In Spanish it is called “El GaPo,” which roughly translated means nothing as far as I can tell.

]]> By: djdc http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6627 djdc Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:15:04 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6627 Nichole, I'm pretty sure that area is not a part of the study, but I'll check. The fact that you have at least 4 names for your area is indicative of how hard it is (and sometimes mainly pointless) to argue over what the "real" names of neighborhoods are. Some names come and go, some shift over time, and there is no one authoritative "keeper of the boundary book." By the way, I know your area somewhat (have friends south of Lincoln Park who have been there for years) and it's beautiful. As for the above names, I was drawn to Scheutzen Park, mainly because I had never ever heard that one before. Nichole, I’m pretty sure that area is not a part of the study, but I’ll check. The fact that you have at least 4 names for your area is indicative of how hard it is (and sometimes mainly pointless) to argue over what the “real” names of neighborhoods are. Some names come and go, some shift over time, and there is no one authoritative “keeper of the boundary book.” By the way, I know your area somewhat (have friends south of Lincoln Park who have been there for years) and it’s beautiful. As for the above names, I was drawn to Scheutzen Park, mainly because I had never ever heard that one before.

]]> By: Nichole http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6626 Nichole Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:51:43 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6626 Oh, and thank you for this - despite not being on the map, Cuckhold's Delight made my day! Oh, and thank you for this – despite not being on the map, Cuckhold’s Delight made my day!

]]> By: Nichole http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6625 Nichole Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:50:58 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6625 @djdc The city taxman says I'm in Old City 1, but every definition of the area doesn't extend nearly as far south as I am (on Constitution NE, at 10th). Some of my neighbors say we're "Eastern Market," (which I don't really consider a neighborhood, per se) others are active with the "Hill East" folks, then there are the "Lincoln Park" folks and the "Near Northeast"ers. I just tend to avoid any level of specificity and claim my 'hood as The Hill. @djdc The city taxman says I’m in Old City 1, but every definition of the area doesn’t extend nearly as far south as I am (on Constitution NE, at 10th). Some of my neighbors say we’re “Eastern Market,” (which I don’t really consider a neighborhood, per se) others are active with the “Hill East” folks, then there are the “Lincoln Park” folks and the “Near Northeast”ers. I just tend to avoid any level of specificity and claim my ‘hood as The Hill.

]]> By: djdc http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6624 djdc Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:32:48 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6624 Nichole, granted this is kind of centered on Petworth, but not everything could fit on the map! Therefore the subdivisions to the west (AU Park, Burleith, etc) and those to the north and east (Takoma, Deanwood, etc), and those south of the Anacostia (Barry Farms, Congress Hts, etc) wouldn't fit. What's the general area of your neighborhood? Maybe I can find some data in the study. Keep in mind it doesn't deal with any areas in the "Old City," roughly south of Florida Ave/Benning. Nichole, granted this is kind of centered on Petworth, but not everything could fit on the map! Therefore the subdivisions to the west (AU Park, Burleith, etc) and those to the north and east (Takoma, Deanwood, etc), and those south of the Anacostia (Barry Farms, Congress Hts, etc) wouldn’t fit. What’s the general area of your neighborhood? Maybe I can find some data in the study. Keep in mind it doesn’t deal with any areas in the “Old City,” roughly south of Florida Ave/Benning.

]]> By: Cecilia C http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6623 Cecilia C Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:31:56 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6623 I second the motion for porn and ice cream, please. I second the motion for porn and ice cream, please.

]]> By: saf http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6622 saf Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:54:49 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6622 Ravi - our block is, according to my plat, in North Columbia Heights. I refuse to accept that, and call it Petworth, despite being a block too far west to actually be in Petworth. Ravi – our block is, according to my plat, in North Columbia Heights.

I refuse to accept that, and call it Petworth, despite being a block too far west to actually be in Petworth.

]]> By: monkeyrotica http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6621 monkeyrotica Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:35:41 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6621 I could totally get behind a porn-and-icecream district, if anything because there would be NO DOUBLEPARKING CHURCHIES ON SUNDAE! See what I did there? That's a pun! I could totally get behind a porn-and-icecream district, if anything because there would be NO DOUBLEPARKING CHURCHIES ON SUNDAE!

See what I did there? That’s a pun!

]]> By: IMGoph http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6620 IMGoph Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:05:51 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6620 awesome bit of journalism there, <b>PoP</b>! as a member of the historical society of washington, i feel like i need to do some digging in the archives and see if i can find something as interesting as this also... awesome bit of journalism there, PoP! as a member of the historical society of washington, i feel like i need to do some digging in the archives and see if i can find something as interesting as this also…

]]> By: ravi http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6619 ravi Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:53:59 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/dc-neighborhood-names-from-back-in-the-day-from-a-reader/#comment-6619 I would like to propose some naming rules: 1) No neighborhood shall be named after another neighborhood, or after a landmark in another neighborhood. Slapping a North on something else is lame, unless we run out of words, which we haven't. 2) You can't have two "Heights"s next to each other. If there is no low, valley . . . or, gap, between them, they are part of the same Height. 3) Two blocks wide doesn't deserve a separate name. What's up with #123? Were they in time out? 4) Names shoud not be icky. Cuckold's Delight is out, unless you sell porn and ice cream. The no-man's land nestled in amongst Columbia Heights, Petworth, Crestwood, and 16th Street Heights, is becoming shaped by the development surrounding the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro . . . Ga. Ave.-Petworth . . . GaP . . . Mind the GaP. We are the GaP, we are the children, we are the one's who make a brighter day, so let's start giving . . . I would like to propose some naming rules: 1) No neighborhood shall be named after another neighborhood, or after a landmark in another neighborhood. Slapping a North on something else is lame, unless we run out of words, which we haven’t. 2) You can’t have two “Heights”s next to each other. If there is no low, valley . . . or, gap, between them, they are part of the same Height. 3) Two blocks wide doesn’t deserve a separate name. What’s up with #123? Were they in time out? 4) Names shoud not be icky. Cuckold’s Delight is out, unless you sell porn and ice cream.

The no-man’s land nestled in amongst Columbia Heights, Petworth, Crestwood, and 16th Street Heights, is becoming shaped by the development surrounding the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro . . . Ga. Ave.-Petworth . . . GaP . . . Mind the GaP. We are the GaP, we are the children, we are the one’s who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving . . .

]]>