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During the Depression, the District outlawed billboards that deface the historic character of the city. After the late-'90s boomlet, the District outlawed "special signs" that deface the historic character of the city.
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During the Depression, the District outlawed billboards that deface the historic character of the city. After the late-'90s boomlet,
the District outlawed "special signs" that deface the historic character of the city.
Photographs by Darrow Montgomery
Anna Maria Delgado knows about the real estate pressures that Washington's booming economy have brought to her neighborhood. "One way or another, Latins are being driven out," Delgado says.
And Delgado is familiar with the forces driving the city's gentrification, namely, yuppies, baby boomers, and the industries--coffee shops and gourmet eateries--that indulge them. But none of the usual suspects drove Delgado from the office space she occupied in Adams Morgan.
In her case, the proposed new tenant was a 640-square-foot fabric sign of an SUV. Yes, Delgado was evicted by a banner to be hung outside of her office.
Here's how it happened: For eight years, Delgado ran a financial services company from the second floor of 1787 Columbia Road NW, where she assisted Dominican, Colombian, Salvadoran, and other immigrants in wiring money back to their native countries. She paid $1,500 per month for the space and says that she was expecting a renegotiation of her lease in October 2000, when she received a letter from the bank informing her that she'd have to get out.... Continued 
Issue of Jan. 18 - 24, 2002
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