Comments on: Artomatic Returns to Crystal City in 2012

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:46:50 +0000

i couldn’t disagree more. i think mt rainier would be a horrible location. mount rainier doesn’t have a single building large enough to host it. there is no parking available. there is nowhere to go out to eat, or a bar to go to. also, they don’t have a BID, so it would probably NOT be less expensive. having lots of artists somewhere doesn’t mean that it’s a good place for an art show. an area with lots of arts patrons is better.

By: dt

dt — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:09:15 +0000

Yes, I believe that was ascunn’s joke – there was no Artomatic in 2010 or 2011, so even Crystal City is better than none at all. Sigh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:47:19 +0000

Mt. Rainier would have been a more appropriate (and probably much less expensive) location. There’s a big art community out there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:35:15 +0000

Actually, I live and work in the Eastern Market/RFK area, though you’re right that I don’t go to Cleveland Park very often. I just dislike Crystal City so much that I don’t end up going to events that are there. And I’m kind of surprised, with real estate being so expensive out there, that there wasn’t a cheaper alternative in DC.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:40:34 +0000

It’s a ten minute walk from the Crystal City Metro. Not that bad.

By: logan

logan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:39:23 +0000

Last time (not last year)–when it was directly above the Navy Yard Metro Station.

By: dt

dt — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:50:41 +0000

Eh? This must be some application of the phrase “last year” that I was not formerly aware of. The Artomatic you’re describing was in 2009.

By: hennessey

hennessey — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:39:28 +0000

By: logan

logan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:25:52 +0000

At least last year it was directly across from a metro station. This is pretty far from the Crystal City metro.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:01:40 +0000

Really? Compared to the last location (Navy Yard) this is only *one* more stop on Metro if you are coming south on Green/Yellow line. I spend maybe 2-3% of my leisure time in Virginia these days, but it’s not going to kill me to cross the river for this event. If you have a low-cost space in the city remotely big enough to hold this event I’m sure the organizers are all ears.