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PSA: 505
CCN: 10062257
RPT DATE: 05/08/2010
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OFFENSE: ADW
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BLOCK: 2100 B/O QUEENS CHAPEL RD NE
LOCATION: Tavern/Night Club
START DT: 05/08/2010
START TM: 03:00:00
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Did anyone notice a third club in that area? It’s called “The Scene”. See http://thescenendc.com/. There are signs on Queens Chapel Road directing traffic to its location.

Looks like Queens Chapel Road and Ward 5 is becoming Night Club Central.

With that said, Ms. D, your other comments are also extremely accurate. The Queens Chapel Road location isn’t the best for a strip club, club, bar, restaurant, bookstore, or playground. They’d be better off elsewhere. Heck, honestly, they’d be better of on RIA, especially if RIA had more going on. But that would be protested successfully so that it would not happen. Fewer people will protest an out-of-the-way location such as what they’ve got. I’d be surprised if this turned out to be a classy joint.

Importantly, what is known about the owner’s other business dealings? Is he responsible? Is he involved with the community and responsive? How does DCRA handle complaints against nude dancing licenses (hopefully, better than the Lodge complaints)?

The Small Area (formerly Great Streets) Plan for RIA wants to encourage businesses to come that add “vibrancy” of the area. Lace, stagnant Art Galleries, and even some Bookstores may be “quiet” in the sense that you may not know they are there except on the occasions that something disquieting happens, but overall they add nothing to the vibrancy of the area. Rita does. It’s great to see young kid and families flock there even though they may have Maryland and Virginia tags. Again, if Rita knows there’s a litter problem, they need to clean it up and it’s good to remind them of that.

Some us can remember when the Jesse Theatre at 18th and Irving showed X-rated movies. It was fairly “quiet” most of the time, but added nothing to the area. And it did attract prostitution. Until RIA can finally get rid of its prostitution reputation (which is still alive and well), it’s better to stick to family-oriented places. I’d prefer to see Lace and the Stadium relocate. My 2 cents.

Like this incident, last summer, as RhodeIslandInsider pointed out, the people from the “club” at the Lodge on RIA would leave the club at night, and LOUDLY parade through my neighborhood. These thugs would yell and scream, urinate on my lawn, throw their garbage on my street, blast their music in their cars, have fights that needed to be broken up by police officers, etc etc etc.

The point is, and I know I’m generalizing but given the evidence I’ve seen over the past 3 years of living in this area, people don’t show enough responsibility or courtesy toward their neighbors to be trusted with these “clubs”. I’m sorry that I’m probably preaching to the choir on here, and that all of you are probably totally upstanding.

I think we should start with encouraging restaurants, coffee shops, and retailers before we open the floodgates of irresponsibility into our area.