Comments on: Dear PoP – “Lobbyist trying to shut down Penn Quarter Farmer’s Market”

By: nielej

nielej — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:29:38 +0000

I work down in that area and eat at Teaism freqently. there is no traffic on 8th. if it is such a great “cut-through” why aren’t more doing it. I have a better idea, why doesn’t DDoT spend some money and improve the traffic flow on 7th. opening up 8th on thursdays does not help the other 4 days a week of the traffic nightmare that is the stretch of 7th between Penn and Mass. ticket and tow double parkers on 7th especially between G and H. stop people from blocking the box at H and G and F and D and E.

By: pqresident

pqresident — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:46:33 +0000

our blog has taken up this issue and you know where to find us. PoP covers much of DC now so his neighborhood is everywhere these days.

By: jpq

jpq — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:36:46 +0000

@pqresident Why hasn’t your blog taken up this issue? Seems to impact your neighborhood much more than PoP’s…

By: pqresident

pqresident — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:25:39 +0000

the ZZ Top homeless guy has a schtick too. he flatters all the women, says “don’t chuck those pennies now.” and then emits a fantastic chuckling laugh.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:17:05 +0000

I have a feeling this guy will get laughed at when his complaint is heard, and told to go the F back to Virginia.

By: Mari

Mari — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:17 +0000

What’s this 2-3 blocks? The Penn Quarter market takes up 1/2 of the block, of one block. It’s from the CVS to the entrance of the parking garage. It is between D & E Streets. Nothing intersects, unless there is some letter between D&E that I missed in elementary school. Between the Navy Memorial and the Portrait Gallery is 2 blocks. You can’t drive down 8th through Navy Memorial to get to Pennsylvania Avenue without killing some dogs, office drones and the homeless guy sporting the ZZ Top look.

By: am2o

am2o — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:38:06 +0000

TonyS: Re-do your math: One car/minute x 360 minutes (say, the four hours the marked is open, plus one hour for setup/teardown) is 360 cars per week.

The complainer is excessive in his justification that it saves him 15 minutes: even stuck at the light he maxes out at seven minutes. However, the fact that he is a douchebag who should be taking the subway there should not make our arguements specious.

This market is a benefit to the residents of Penn Quarter, and other nearby areas, who have supported the market for eight years. Those residents should be given priority beyond commuters trying to make a shortcut from a 2-3 block long street.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:28:59 +0000

I would like to take a moment and applaud bobadbloggitty.

By: bobadbloggitty

bobadbloggitty — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:01:27 +0000

the reason that many of seem one sided in this issue is that many of us here feel that people, not cars, come first. the flow of traffic does little to influence the culture and quality of life of city residents. but the flow and interaction of pedestrians is hugely impactfull. thats where we’re coming from.

i would be in favor of closing more streets more often. but i am healthy and i like walking. plus i’ve learned how to avoid traffic most of the time, which takes a long time in this town. its not easy. and yes, being stuck in traffic fucking sucks dirty pauper dong. but tough shit. there are plenty of roads and if this moron can only find one alternate route in a gridded out city he should be mocked. his name should come to mean something bad. like Crerar: a douchepouch that prefers drivethrough windows to common decency. a man that who hates society. a chum herder that that fornicates with car exhaust pipes. or something like that.

we live in a time where dc residents crave services with a palatable thirst. this farmers market and others like it, hell every other store in dc, we want. we want stores more than we want our cars. we want a walkable we want places to buy quality products and actually interact. we dont not give a damn if this inconveniences people in cars. so yes, we’re one sided. and we refuse to see the other side.

and in fact when people think that cars should come between us, and the good things in this city that enable positive interaction between us, we go ballistic. so yeah. fuck this mutherfucker. he deserves any negativity he gets. i hope he stubs his toe, that prick. and gets a paper cut. or a speeding ticket.

By: Dirty

Dirty — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:36:37 +0000

Jaime – I’m not providing alternatives for the farmer’s market, I’m providing alternatives for general traffic congestion and I didn’t curse the man, it’s obvious he has a right to protest… whether it’s warranted or not is irrelevant in our democracy, but plenty of people lose sight of that all the time.

Alternative location – National Building Museum – F Street b/w 4th & 5th, but that would inconvenience everyone at the Triple Nickel… not going to happen, but it’s Metro accessible which would make it more desirable for lots of people.