Comments on: Friday Question of the Day – Do You Agree With Old City Green?

By: anon

anon — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:38:55 +0000

Im a neighbor of OCg, their space is definitely not free…they have been paying rent every month

By: ocg neighbor

ocg neighbor — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:22:55 +0000

I, like many others here, love OCG. It’s a great business and has done good service for the neighborhood. I choose to spend money here often rather than Home Depot because I want to see businesses like this thrive. But I can’t support any efforts to block douglas’ planned development. Two points.

1. As others have stated, the landlord can do as it wishes with the property. I sincerely hope that OCG finds a different parcel of land to continue its great work. I hope the suggestions proposed–particularly on 6th–are explored.

2. For me, the bigger point, I would LOVE to have a 5-floor mixed-use building here. (I wish it were bigger, but I’ll settle for 5 floors). 9th St. has the bones for a commercial revitalization. But it NEEDS to have an influx of POPULATION DENSITY. That is why 14th st is flourishing — the condo buildings are bringing the population density that is so critical to supporting a host of small businesses. We’ve seen great strides in single-family houses developing and bringing interest to our neighborhood, but we badly need enhanced density. Only that will bring SAFETY and the commercial base that we so badly need. So as much as I feel for and appreciate OCG, I would much prefer a big building on that corner.

By: TruxRes

TruxRes — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:48:18 +0000

There is a large empty lot at the corner of 1st and O st NW. I would love to see OCG move there. It seems like it would be close enough to draw in the Bloomingdale crowd, without the Bloomingdale property prices.

By: Neb

Neb — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:24:19 +0000

I like old city green but I think I agree with some of the other posters. I think they need to innovate, I like the idea of loxatimg at the new union city market there must be some space or something like this there, and I also like the idea of making some kind of beer garden or something else. That said, they have a fair point about waiting through their season so as to not hurt revenue. I think this latter point was actually their reason for writing.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:09:22 +0000

I frequent the Greenhouse at the National Cathedral. The greenhouse business was shutdown about 5 years ago and I have not gone back to their campus since.

I konw it’s in a far away space, but maybe ask to revive the greenhouse. The space has been empty.

By: frickorfrack

frickorfrack — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:05:12 +0000

I just relearned a lesson. Never rent – buy. ….and then rent.
There are still plenty of spaces in DC to buy a commercial space…think Benning Road.

By: TG

TG — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:01:57 +0000

Any body see the Anthony Bourdain show when he did “old” New York city. Each one of the enduring New York small businesses was still around because they owned the building. It is also the same reason why the stretch of 14th street North of Tivoli and major parts of Adams Morgan are still full of small businesses, albeit crappy ones.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:00:41 +0000

I love Old City Green — we’ve taken little ones on the Easter Egg hunt in the spring; we buy plants and herbs in the summer; and our Christmas tree in the winter. they are wonderful….and i second, third, etc the move to 6th and Rhode Island!!!

By: jcm

jcm — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:41:49 +0000

I love Old City, and I’m sorry to see them go. Hope they find another spot soon.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:37:21 +0000

I don’t understand what they’re asking. Is this just a commentary on gentrification, a request for a nearby alternative to lease, or do they want us to fight for something at the public hearing? He had a good run at this location and it’s time to close/move.