Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do DC's shelters kick their homeless out all day anyhow?
I could see having to clear rooms as you go to clean and maintain the shelter during the day but that doesn't require emptying the entire facility all day long.
Because they're temporary shelters. If they don't they become defacto housing which isn't what the city wants
Instead every library, playground and coffee shop in the city has become de facto housing! Great job DC!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do DC's shelters kick their homeless out all day anyhow?
I could see having to clear rooms as you go to clean and maintain the shelter during the day but that doesn't require emptying the entire facility all day long.
Because they're temporary shelters. If they don't they become defacto housing which isn't what the city wants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it is a convenient excuse. Do the other restaurants right there have the same problems? Couldn't they increase security patrols?
Weird venue, strange name, mixed bag of bookings - and also a whole lot more places to see live music in DC than there once was. They say they will reopen in a new location but I doubt it.
Completely agree. Do they really want us to believe that Ivy City is actually worse than it was 5 years ago when the venue opened? Please.
The problem with Ivy City is that it is a pain in the ass to get to for anyone who doesn't drive. Half of DC households don't own cars. There's no regular bus line going up NY Ave either, which is really sad.
Anonymous wrote:https://www.fox5dc.com/news/city-winery-dc-relocating-due-to-crime-in-ivy-city.amp
I spent a lot of time in Ivy City at the beginning of its revitalization. The big problems are that there’s a men’s shelter that doesn’t let people in during the day, so the alley becomes a de facto day shelter/waiting room, which isn’t a problem on its own and is fairly self-policed but comes with some trash and other nuisance behavior. Then there is spillover crime from the neighborhood and Trinidad. Plus some muggings.
There was a recent shooting but it’s much more likely that City Winery is just not finding the location to be commercially viable and they’re using this as part of getting out of their lease or whatever. It doesn’t sound like the shooting involved them or customers or anything. Crime might be contributing to people not coming to their venue but I don’t think it’s a new phenomenon. They knew the crime situation when they moved in.
Anonymous wrote:I think it is a convenient excuse. Do the other restaurants right there have the same problems? Couldn't they increase security patrols?
Weird venue, strange name, mixed bag of bookings - and also a whole lot more places to see live music in DC than there once was. They say they will reopen in a new location but I doubt it.
Anonymous wrote:Why do DC's shelters kick their homeless out all day anyhow?
I could see having to clear rooms as you go to clean and maintain the shelter during the day but that doesn't require emptying the entire facility all day long.