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1 | DCB_int_01 | 0.6430 | Hm. | 0.9692 |
3 | | 1.2643 | Let me ask you, um, cause I- | 3.0971 |
5 | | 3.2679 | I don't want to keep you too much longer. | 5.1395 |
7 | | 5.2715 | Um, I want to be mindful of your time. But, | 7.7225 |
9 | | 8.3671 | um, one of the things that you said- This was | 10.1532 |
11 | | 10.4251 | probably maybe thirty minutes ago, | 12.0653 |
13 | | 12.2136 | um, when we were talking about the riots, we were talking about, | 15.0505 |
15 | | 15.8271 | um, U Street and other parts of the city that were drastic- that changed drastically because of the- because of the riots. | 21.9513 |
17 | | 22.3163 | So before that, | 23.1473 |
19 | | 23.4269 | I want you to talk about- a little bit about U Street | 25.4274 |
21 | | 26.0331 | and- and other areas that you remember | 28.0523 |
23 | | 28.6105 | and then we're gonna talk about | 29.6157 |
25 | | 29.9767 | kind of the resurgence of those areas now and how DC has changed cause I want to get into that a [little bit.] | 34.8653 |
26 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 34.5538 | [Okay.] | 34.9290 |
27 | | 35.7077 | So- | 36.6209 |
28 | DCB_int_01 | 36.7808 | When you would have- | 37.2338 |
30 | | 37.4533 | you didn't have to twenty five miles [for your date.] | 39.2230 |
31 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 38.7133 | [I didn't have to] drive [twenty five miles for a date. So,] | 40.8441 |
32 | DCB_int_01 | 39.5415 | [Mm-mm. Mm-hm.] | 40.2919 |
34 | | 40.5397 | [<laugh>] | 41.2546 |
35 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 41.3480 | um, | 41.9454 |
37 | | 43.3117 | my- my memory of, um, U Street and some of the areas there, | 47.2263 |
39 | | 47.6581 | I was | 48.1324 |
41 | | 48.3489 | a teenager | 49.1772 |
43 | | 49.4533 | and, um, | 50.6708 |
45 | | 51.0885 | just starting to g- | 52.2777 |
47 | | 52.4972 | gain my independence. I d- g- | 54.1749 |
49 | | 54.3843 | got my driver's license and | 55.7223 |
51 | | 56.7558 | got to drive the family car and got to go out and- and do some things and so | 61.3825 |
53 | | 62.6991 | there were- | 63.6123 |
55 | | 63.9663 | there were great | 64.9149 |
57 | | 66.4197 | s- | 66.6392 |
59 | | 66.9436 | places that were just fun, | 68.7133 |
61 | | 69.3716 | um, | 70.0441 |
63 | | 70.2140 | lively, | 70.8865 |
65 | | 71.4529 | and safe. | 72.1820 |
67 | | 72.8091 | Um, | 73.6019 |
69 | | 74.0054 | so you could go to, | 75.5769 |
71 | | 76.1928 | um, U Street and there were- | 78.5713 |
73 | | 79.7576 | there were three- I don't- I know there was The Republic- | 82.4122 |
75 | | 83.0777 | There was a Howard Theater down- | 84.6321 |
77 | | 84.7808 | Well before they had great shows | 86.3523 |
79 | | 86.7204 | til they closed, | 87.6477 |
81 | | 87.9875 | and I think they closed around the time of the riots. | 90.1607 |
83 | | 91.0993 | Um, | 91.8568 |
85 | | 92.6638 | <ts> | 92.7983 |
87 | | 93.1876 | you had the Republic Theater, and then there was- | 95.9059 |
89 | | 96.8091 | there was one or two more along U Street, so | 99.3433 |
91 | | 99.8247 | you know you wanna go to the movies, there were g- great | 102.4227 |
93 | | 102.8607 | fun theater- nice- nice, very nice theaters to- | 105.7822 |
95 | | 106.1716 | to go to to see the movies. | 107.8634 |
97 | | 108.2852 | There were | 108.9082 |
99 | | 109.1984 | restaurants along that area. | 110.9894 |
101 | | 111.5557 | You had, um- | 113.2476 |
103 | | 115.2834 | you had a jazz club | 117.0106 |
105 | | 118.9786 | on U Street. | 119.8972 |
107 | | 121.2055 | Um, | 122.1045 |
109 | | 123.1734 | <ts> and there were other th- | 123.9998 |
111 | | 124.1532 | there are other things going on but I didn't- I was too young, just kind of- | 127.2763 |
113 | | 127.8001 | know all about them and | 128.9115 |
115 | | 129.0389 | too young probably to be in some of [them.] | 130.7096 |
116 | DCB_int_01 | 130.4760 | [<laugh>] | 130.9502 |
117 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 131.0918 | Uh, <laugh> | 132.1041 |
119 | | 132.4622 | but, um, | 133.5594 |
121 | | 134.0337 | <ts> I just remembered being very lively, | 136.5680 |
123 | | 137.0210 | um, very entertaining and a lot of- a lot of fun. | 140.7841 |
125 | | 141.3221 | Um, | 141.9380 |
127 | | 144.3731 | it was also about the time that | 146.0196 |
129 | | 147.7044 | w- | 147.9026 |
131 | | 148.1220 | more of a- more people were venturing | 149.7643 |
133 | | 149.9950 | uh- to Georgetown. | 150.9719 |
135 | | 151.5240 | So, | 152.5293 |
137 | | 152.6921 | um, | 153.3929 |
139 | | 154.2777 | you had the, um- | 155.7289 |
141 | | 156.1295 | the Cellar Door over in Georgetown I remember which was a great jazz spot. | 159.4637 |
143 | | 160.0441 | Um, | 160.7166 |
145 | | 161.2122 | I think Blues Alley came along a little bit later, | 163.2745 |
147 | | 163.8143 | and you had a couple of other restaurants, uh- r- uh- | 166.1574 |
149 | | 166.6600 | the clubs and restaurants over there that were kind of nice. | 168.7500 |
151 | | 169.2267 | Um, | 169.6656 |
153 | | 169.9983 | but, | 170.4569 |
155 | | 170.8336 | you know, U- Georgetown was one of those places- | 172.8724 |
157 | | 173.0989 | One of the things you could do in DC back then is you could find a place to park. | 175.8381 |
159 | | 176.3735 | [So (laughing)] | 178.2424 |
160 | DCB_int_01 | 177.7610 | [/Hoo./] | 178.1220 |
161 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 178.6742 | so | 179.0564 |
163 | | 179.3184 | you could drive to these places, | 181.1984 |
165 | | 181.5524 | and | 182.1824 |
167 | | 182.6284 | always find a place on the street to park and- and it was- it was easy. It w- And you weren't | 187.3046 |
169 | | 188.0196 | a long distance away | 189.4070 |
171 | | 189.5486 | from | 189.8813 |
173 | | 190.0371 | wherever it was that you were trying to go. | 191.5590 |
175 | | 192.4197 | So I- I- I remember that being a lot of fun and | 195.3716 |
177 | | 195.5769 | easy to do and, | 196.5043 |
179 | | 196.9856 | there were nice places to go and, | 198.8303 |
181 | | 199.0498 | um, | 199.5878 |
183 | | 200.3240 | it- | 200.6284 |
185 | | 201.0106 | good events to attend. | 202.3556 |
187 | | 202.7025 | Come downtown and you had the Warner Theater and, | 205.7647 |
189 | | 206.1824 | um, | 206.8266 |
191 | | 207.1522 | the National Theater sometimes would have things that were of interest and, | 210.5118 |
193 | | 211.0710 | um, | 211.6869 |
195 | | 212.0691 | you had- | 212.8690 |
197 | | 213.4920 | This was a little bit later. | 214.5892 |
199 | | 214.9927 | This is probably when I was in college and l- and after. | 217.8851 |
201 | | 218.2461 | You had a lot of these, um, | 220.0583 |
203 | | 220.9573 | small | 221.8210 |
205 | | 222.3873 | sort of neighborhood theaters. | 223.9983 |
207 | | 224.9823 | So they were doing, uh- and | 226.7877 |
209 | | 226.9856 | They were the ones that were putting on a lot of the black plays. | 229.2480 |
211 | | 229.9134 | Um, | 230.6213 |
213 | | 231.1168 | <ts> and, um, | 232.3273 |
215 | | 232.9078 | they were great. | 233.4670 |
217 | | 234.2174 | I mean some of th- some of the- the- the performances | 237.2017 |
219 | | 237.5769 | were just outstanding | 238.7591 |
221 | | 239.1060 | and, you know, | 240.0758 |
223 | | 240.9223 | culturally relevant. | 242.0125 |
225 | | 242.5293 | Um, | 243.2230 |
227 | | 244.3556 | <ts> | 244.4618 |
229 | | 244.9219 | so that- that was a lot of fun. I enjoyed- | 246.8940 |
231 | | 247.2621 | I enjoyed that when it- | 248.3240 |
233 | | 248.5576 | But that was more, | 249.5345 |
235 | | 250.1008 | uh, of the time that I was in college and after college when I come on the weekends and stuff. | 255.0602 |
237 | | 255.5840 | Or the summer. | 256.1716 |
238 | DCB_int_01 | 256.7591 | And so that was like the | 257.9323 |
240 | | 258.0214 | [seventies?] | 259.0639 |
241 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 258.6958 | [Seventies, yeah. | 259.7010 |
242 | DCB_int_01 | 259.6939 | Mm-hm. | 260.1399 |
243 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 260.2178 | Yeah. | 260.4655 |
244 | DCB_int_01 | 260.3948 | So that was when- | 261.1593 |
245 | | 261.3929 | so that's interesting because that's when the city itself was kind of | 264.1749 |
246 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 264.4693 | [Changing.] | 265.1470 |
247 | DCB_int_01 | 264.6109 | [going down] | 265.4957 |
248 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 265.5807 | Well | 265.9134 |
249 | DCB_int_01 | 265.9983 | and then re- | 266.6496 |
250 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 266.7629 | re- it was sort of | 267.7468 |
252 | | 267.9592 | coming- [coming] back. | 269.5166 |
253 | DCB_int_01 | 268.4689 | [Back.] | 268.9361 |
254 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 269.8776 | Yeah, it was sort of- it was sort of coming- coming back. | 272.7841 |
255 | DCB_int_01 | 273.3292 | And was that like- | 274.0725 |
257 | | 274.2211 | was that- | 274.6671 |
259 | | 274.9927 | was that kind of, | 276.1041 |
261 | | 276.2569 | um, revival, was that very | 278.6921 |
263 | | 278.8266 | s- local? Was it very neighborhood centric as opposed to the kind of the city itself was- | 283.2480 |
264 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 283.3471 | I think so. And I hadn't thought about it but now that you mention it, I think it was | 286.8936 |
266 | | 287.2546 | sort of, um, | 288.3631 |
268 | | 289.1489 | more locally focused, neighborhood focused. | 291.3175 |
270 | | 291.7185 | Um, | 292.2565 |
272 | | 292.5609 | there was- | 293.6511 |
274 | | 294.1578 | I- I- I- I also now in thinking about it think that it was a time | 298.1220 |
276 | | 298.6034 | where there was a lot of black entrepreneurship. | 300.9436 |
278 | | 302.0479 | So | 302.8124 |
280 | | 303.3575 | you h- you had- | 304.6317 |
282 | | 305.1626 | <cough> | 306.0121 |
284 | | 306.9506 | Excuse me. | 307.4037 |
286 | | 307.9559 | <clears throat> | 308.6071 |
288 | | 314.8478 | Yeah I'm okay [now.] | 315.6112 |
289 | DCB_int_01 | 315.4495 | [Okay.] | 315.8742 |
290 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 316.1149 | Um, | 316.5609 |
292 | | 316.9786 | you had, um, a lot of small neighborhood businesses, um, | 320.4160 |
294 | | 320.8832 | like, these c- in these community theaters and | 323.0918 |
295 | DCB_int_01 | 323.0847 | Mm-hm. | 323.4812 |
296 | DCB_se3_ag4_m_02 | 323.5661 | theater groups. | 324.1254 |
298 | | 324.4622 | And so it was an opportunity for people who had an interest and wanted to do something, | 327.7893 |
300 | | 328.2636 | um, | 328.9149 |
302 | | 329.0777 | on their own to sort of venture out there and try | 330.9790 |
304 | | 331.2904 | and there was- | 332.0550 |
306 | | 332.1895 | there was | 332.6991 |
308 | | 332.9115 | community support and | 334.1857 |
310 | | 334.7591 | other r- resources available to help them | 336.9436 |
312 | | 337.5311 | do that kind of thing and so | 339.1310 |
314 | | 339.6052 | I- I- I think that there was a l- there was a lot of | 342.1041 |
316 | | 342.5259 | that kind of entrepreneurship. | 343.7929 |