Arts Hotel to Displace Homegrown DC Artist Community

Blocks away from Capitol Hill sits a nondescript warehouse in a northeast D.C. neighborhood. On the first floor behind tall grey-blue metal double doors is a quiet antique shop. The second floor, however, is anything but quiet. Two towers of PA speakers stand sentinel over a makeshift stage. Under red and blue LED lights, a bass, saxophone and drum jazz trio conducts a sound check, while a noisy crowd forms by the bar. This is Union Arts D.C., a lively music venue that has hosted...

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