http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/06/08/dupont-dawn/ the gay community's news source Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/06/08/dupont-dawn/#comment-50823 Dirk Beach and Bob Barrow Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:13:54 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=42789#comment-50823 This is so very true. In 1986, we purchased a three story row house at the corner of 4th & Ridge Streets, NW. Ridge Street was a notorious “One Stop” drug area, with fences, dealers and shooting gallery owners populating the street. One neightbor was the first openly Gay DC police officer, and MCC-DC bought it’s first property around the corner on M Street, and later built an award winning sanctuary at 5th & Ridge Streets. Almost every house on Ridge Street was severly distressed, but with time, patience, talent, and alot of money, we turned the neighborhood around, got rid of the drugs and increased the value of the properties in our little enclave.

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