Washington City Paper: Contents for Apr. 9

You’ve Got a Friend on Pennsylvania
The bylaws of ClintonGoreAlumni.org require a “principal office” at 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The office space is just four blocks from the White House. It’s also just 6 inches high.

Cover Story

Until recently, Las Vegas resident J. Jay Evenson advertised a presence in the nation’s capital for his libertarian outfit, Survival Force of America. He didn’t spend much time back East, but he wanted a D.C. office for occasional visits. So for years, Evenson rented “Suite 150” at 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, an address he printed on some of his anti-government screeds. “That was just a place to hang my hat when I was in town,” Evenson explains.

Evenson says he didn’t even bother to decorate the place—all he had, he recalls, was a desk from which to make phone calls. “A desk and a, yeah, phone,” he says.

The office was actually much simpler than that—and much smaller. The space was so spare, in fact, that it had no windows, electricity, or running water. Suite 150 was a mailbox. And 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW was a Mail Boxes Etc. franchise.

For those seeking legitimacy, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW is the perfect home away from home. With an address on America’s Main Street, four blocks from the world’s most recognizable domicile, any scam artist, fringe group, shoestring cause, or “institute” can hint at cherry-paneled conference rooms, views of the Capitol, insider savvy, and the force of federal authority—all for the $15 to $35 per month it costs to rent a mail box. Add a postage deposit for the mail-forwarding service and you can radiate Washington power from the comfort of Nevada or Florida or New York.... Continued

Issue of Apr. 9 - 15, 2004

News and Features

You’ve Got a Friend on Pennsylvania
The bylaws of ClintonGoreAlumni.org require a “principal office” at 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The office space is just four blocks from the White House. It’s also just 6 inches high.
Cover Story By David Morton
I, Fenty
They say everybody's got a double somewhere. They say mine is in Ward 4.
Feature By Justin Graves
Offed Center
Citizens' police-station-in-an-apartment bites the dust.
The City By John Metcalfe
Loose Change
The decline of single-sale smokes
The City By Sarah Godfrey
Breeding Trouble
Would-be pit-bull owners trade up.
The City By Mike DeBonis
Pop-O-Meter
The City By Tom Scocca
Ruffed Up
The Mail By Jody Huckaby
Roll Over
The Mail By Glenn Harris
Humane Mistreatment
The Mail By Mike Ziskind
Hushed Puppy
The Mail By Craig Rockweiler
Christ on a Crutch!
The Mail By Steven Shore
Out on the Tiles?
The Mail By Mark Russell
You Snooze, We Lose
The Mail By Andy Patterson
Down and Dirty
The Mail By Norman West

Columns

Patriot Games
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
Chili Out
City Desk By Sarah Godfrey
Litter of the Pack
City Desk By Dave Jamieson
Book Club
Loose Lips By Elissa Silverman

Eats

Embarrassment of Riches
Young & Hungry By Todd Kliman

Movies

Towns Without Pity
Film Review By Mark Jenkins
Clothing Optional
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski
The Prince & Me
Film Review By Trey Graham
Wilbur
Film Review By Matthew Summers-Sparks
The Girl Next Door
Film Review By Sean Daly

Music

American Piety
Music Review By Andrew Beaujon
Pure Sound
Music Review By Joe Warminsky

Theater

Top Secrets
Theater Review By Trey Graham
One Man’s Treasure
Theater Review By Bob Mondello

Arts and Events

Selfless Portraits
For Mark Clark, making art history means giving his neighbors something to remember themselves by.
Arts By Bidisha Banerjee
Vinyl Solution?
Artifacts By Dave Nuttycombe
Cash Machine
Artifacts By Bidisha Banerjee
Toward the Light
Art Review By Glenn Dixon
As Real as It Gets
Opera By Joe Banno