European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes 1979 hellers bakery mount melting pot a Washington Success Story by Karen de Witt new Ywuc times tally of the human race can almost be made in hellers bakery in the mount pleas ant Section of a City that is pre dominantly where meat Whites live in a Tot an Ordinary Day at hellers when an Orien Tal Man and his wife Stop in for some a Young White Man in painters his Reddish hair cur tag from under Bis dashes out the shop door with tag of tweet hurrying Roget Back More Novatne his newly purchased two ethiopian students o rent rooms not far Chat in and an elderly Black woman entering the Tore Teut couple of latino who an hesitating at the Sig s entering the t o an hesitating at the sight of the Doe she used not to worry Hes tone Are Jet a f o the residents of a not the triangular Conan ally in Ibe by Thiol he Tow of Washington where Cui economic diversify of people seems to be a a minute ride North of he while mount pleasant tean area of Early Century Row houses and late bin Century mansions nestled next to the National the Home of prosperous the area de in Tea becoming a neighbourhood at mostly Black and latin but with Tome of the larger nouns having Builtin pipe and the last live years has become area in Georgetown and on Capitol renovate Oil Dia dated morn Blacks and Whites and turned the areas to enclaves for affluent but in mount we realty believe la this neighbourhood believe it has a Strong Chance of maintaining ethnic said Patricia an architect with her bus Samuel a 30yearold City is renovating the Row House they the Young Black couple recently taught the hardware store Down the Street Tor hellers the tint Tung we did Wynea we look Over the former owner was to take Down Ike front Barri Cade Ever the Doon and windows pit during Ibe said we wanted to Ope the piece Lei the know that we were of Fering a klad0 femininity that same land of thought for comi Minuty galvanized Joan and Russell a while couple in their Early into spearheading a movement to Block a fast food Chicken franchise from moving into the area seven month they succeeded with the help of their Black and hippie commune said who leaches government and politics at the University of race relations Are much Milder Here than any place weve said who h a and weve always lived in integrated theres a sense of that sense of the definite boundaries of the the relatively inexpensive Access to and the diversity of its Popula Tion Are what attract Many of the new and the enthusiasm of its residents evident in a Combina Tion of ranging from an Active neighbourhood association to the commitment of to keep he neighbourhood but some longtime psf deals thai Ibe areas cosmopolitan tone has already been changed by the steady influx of a recent study of the area by Dennis a professor of Urban planning at George Washington and some of his students indicates that the new mount pleas ant residents do not reflect its present ethnic the newcomers Are predominantly Middle class mostly Between 30 and they Are according to the Tut established City dwellers drawn to the area by Slit in expensive housing and easy Access to the cites Down although Gale said he was not optimistic that the romantic notion of a mixed neighbourhood could be maintained because of rising housing he believes that it will take some time before the neighbourhood loses pre sent partly because the local schools Are viewed As Ajjie change could not be slow enough for Ruth a White graphics artist for Abc television who has lived to the area for 12 for a Long Lime such a Nice place to she s Wal provident but poor could buy a but dont think it can be maintained the Worth of Hollys House increased from Tor pm five Yeti the now 8eublg for once an area is touted for its diversity it becomes an attraction and you bring in a less diverse population As David Cit councilman whose Ward includes mount Clarks recently in jul Fyk 13 flow no diversity brings its hot a time rom Germany be the Early and now resuscitate Tow at wits end if kids Are Gro too up Loo fast these you cant put All the blame on a Trio of kids in Cail Famia thought they make a Little mad Money killing ground moles Ullh their secret formula and came face to face with it me of the woman who wrote few years ago from a Small town in the she was going to stage a garage no big Deal just some stuff that would bring her daughters bed room up to health standards once again a Black Ugat thai makes things glow in the a guitar slightly several hair an old record player and an exercise rope never she was informed she needed a u Reue Al the Cost of the clerk at the town Hall Tate her to see the Buu Lac he tooted her property on the Towi map and filled out a ustian fungi the could not shews guided to another where the document was and duly warned that she must give the Sale on the Date the town building inspector then carted her to police Headquarters where an officer wanted to make sure she realized the License had to be in a conspicuous she told him she would put it on the big tree on her front the officer wanted to know if the Iree Wai indeed on her property or Wai close enough to the curb to be a town tree because if it was she use a told urn thai but Winter when a Large Bra Ocic Felt Down in a Norm and be called Ibe police she was told it definitely Wai her she figured it would Only be a matter of Lime before the zoning commission came Down on her for doing business in a residential area food and drug to inspect her Coffee Price control Lor Berrner environmental protects Agency for campers who parked outside her door All protesting Muju jes or Elk an Trust suit for her Mono Odd other own Prage in office zoning her income wanes to plus their social plan and Linen thu defacing Hetree by nailing Apler Noil and to Hveen ids us outta 5itt a
