Comments on: Check Out a Proposed Rendering for the Ontario Theater in Adams Morgan

By: Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:53:16 +0000

so many of the new developments scream “Clarendon” IMO

By: Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:46:27 +0000

What’s a cheesecake factory? Is it like Chuck-e-cheese’s? And where on 14th Street is it?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:30:11 +0000

your post makes me sad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:11:56 +0000

Whoa whoa whoa, back up off the Cheesecake Factory. DC would be so lucky to get another one. The current one may as well be in MD. Nothing ever wrong with broadening the tax base and keeping people from leaving DC to go to the Cheesecake Factory. Love me some Cashew Chicken.

By: alfredhobdy

alfredhobdy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:23:41 +0000

is ontario theater for sale

By: G Matthews

G Matthews — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:48:21 +0000

The fact is that we need more density in AM to attract better retail. The problem with the design is that it does not speak to the unique character of the neighborhood. It looks as though it could be located in Rockville, Clarendon or on 14th Street. Our community should set higher expectations for developers — they usually respond to aesthetic concerns.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:39:10 +0000

I agree – I live in the neighborhood (and love it), but I have to have a car for my job and parking is a nightmare. Not everyone can use public transportation for their work – especially if you have to haul things around on a daily basis. There are upsides to not working in an office, but I’ve found that car ownership isn’t one of them.

By: jen

jen — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:40:09 +0000

By: wobble

wobble — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:43:35 +0000

I would love a movie theater that re-shows old moving on the big screen. But let’s face it. For such a theater to be successful, people need to be able to park, which is already a serious issue in the neighborhood.

I also think the city should be strict on the 42 parking spaces in the building, rather than letting them get away with 35. A lot of neigborhood residents use public transportation, but still have a car that is parked on the street for occasional visits to mom and dad or to Home Depot. Especially when it snows, you can see cars that are parked for weeks without moving, but still take up parking space.

I don’t think any new building should be allowed in AM without providing underground parking.

All in all, though, virtually any building would be better than the ugly, abandoned detritus that is there now.

By: movie man

movie man — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:22:48 +0000

I use to run the Ontario. Movie Sound of Music ran for two years, but times have changed. Theatre became outdated and the public stopped attending. Multi-screen houses make much more financial success. The Ontario survived because it ran first run movies on an exclusive basis. That is no longer an option. One needs to look forward and not backwards.