Back before we moved to RP, I used to drive down Rhode Island Ave every day, to and from work. (I do not miss driving to work. Yeah, MARC!) And I remember well when Windows, the cafe that Andrew refers to in his email) opened up. Every day I'd watch the progress on the renovation, the opening of the place, it looked empty much of the time (of course I would only see it as commuting time). I marveled at the apparent courage of the proprietor - breaking ground in a way not dissimilar to (if on a smaller scale than) Franklin's, when it opened on Rt 1 - taking the risk and putting in the 365/24/7 effort to start and grow a business in a neighborhood most wouldn't touch. I figured its opening was a real harbinger of better things to come for that neighborhood.<br>
<br>Recently I had occasion to drive into DC and coming home in the afternoon noticed that Windows was full of people and looking vibrant. A wonderful 'welcome sign' to the neighborhood, truly.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Andrew Salgadoe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asalgadoe@yahoo.com">asalgadoe@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><p>I love Dumm's pizza and subs and I would venture to guess that I have bought more of their large combination pizzas than anyone on this thread. I'm the customer and I'm always right..get the damn beer posters out of the windows, open up the storefront, and make it a welcoming introduction to RP. </p>
<p>Has anyone taken a drive down Rhode Island near the border of Northeast and NW? There's a newer corner store there called Windows which is clean, bright, and airy and full of customers going in and out and some sitting at tables enjoying casual fare. Next door there's an old school chinese takeout dive with a roll down door or metal bars where people place their for sweet and sour pork through a bullet proof shield. Needless to say, one of these businesses is thriving. </p>
<p>These neighborhoods are improving and we should be at the forefront, not the tail end!<br></p>
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