3145 Mt Pleasant Street, NW
Groundbreaking for the Monseñor Romero Apartments is tomorrow!
From an email:
Development
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Northwest Corner of 14th and W Street, NW
Here’s some history from the Historic Preservation Review Board:
2202 14th Street was constructed in 1911 and designed by architects Spieden and Spieden, a prominent local firm active from the 1890s until the 1930s. As originally designed, the purpose – built commercial building had a slate pent roof with an eyebrow dormer, bracketed eaves, a brick façade with six – over one windows on the upper floor and a 3’ x 9’ projecting storefront window on the first floor. The pent roof, dormer and brackets remain, but the slate has been removed. While obscured by a metal mesh screen, the second floor elevation remains intact underneath, including the original windows and decorative iron window boxes. The first floor has been altered with the loss of the storefront and damage to the brick when a later stone veneer was removed. Despite its somewhat deteriorated condition, as part of the review of a previous concept for the site in 2005, the Board determined the building to retain sufficient integrity to be considered contributing to the historic district. The corner lot at 2200 14th has been vacant since prior to the designation of the historic district in 1999.
And the plans from Community Three Development:
The District’s 14th Street corridor renaissance has proven good urban-oriented design can resurrect long-dilapidated areas and create a solid foundation for community progress. Home to one of the hardest hit streets during the 1968 Washington, DC riots, this neighborhood has come full circle with the infusion of some of the city’s most coveted new residential, commercial, and cultural uses.
Working closely with the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office and local neighborhood groups, Community Three employed a design strategy for Fourteen which reinvigorates a small corner site home only to a fortified commercial structure and the memory of former buildings. The composite design, which removes the protective fetters of the once solid commercial façade returning it to urban service, compliments the new surrounding architectural fabric with blend of orderly tectonic components and illuminating floor-to-ceiling modern forms.
Eighteen elegantly appointed residences comprise this boutique property, with direct access to one Washington’s most vibrant entertainment and commercial hubs. The top floor hosts a one-of-a-kind penthouse, offering direct elevator access and sweeping southern views of the city skyline.
Ground floor commercial uses are restored at the property with renewed vigor, adding excitement to the street level and a completion to the restoration of this high-profile intersection. Fourteen completes the resurrection of this unique intersection and sets the foundation for a new chapter of prosperity in one of Washington’s most cherished locales.
Rendering after the jump. (more…)
8th and V St, NW looking west toward 9:30 club
Well this has blown my mind. But fear not, a reader who works nearby says the Atlantic Plumbing Supply Company bricks will be saved:
“They’re numbering each brick so they can place it inside the sign in the building. I talked to one of the guys and he said that ABC or NBC news will be there to ‘witness’ them taking down the gum wall, which one of the guys explained will be enclosed in glass on the inside of the building.”
looking north
looking east toward Georgia Ave.
pre-demo looking north east
Couple more photos of pre-demo after the jump. (more…)
Rendering of 6833 4th Street, NW via DC Takoma Theatre.com
Thanks to a couple of readers for sending. From DC Takoma Theatre Proposal:
Adaptive Reuse Proposal
Takoma Theatre Apartments is a proposed adaptive reuse project that seeks to creatively convert the historic Takoma Theatre into a mixed-use building with apartment units and ground-level flex space. Working with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, this adaptive reuse proposal will retain the exterior of the historic structure and its vestibule and lobby configuration. In an attempt to retain the building’s historic association as a theatre, the exterior redesign will retain the scale and rhythm of openings and incorporate compatible material. Additionally, theatre signage and marquee will be retained and incorporated into the new design. This proposed new use as an apartment building with flex space will complement the current residential neighborhood and enhance the vitality of the community. In an effort to bring life back to this historic landmark and enhance to the vitality of the community, this project capitalizes on the historic building’s notable design, prominent location, and original mixed-use program.
You can learn more about the project here and more about the history of the Takoma Theatre here.
Photo by PoPville flickr user Madame Meow
From an email:
“Walter Reed Tomorrow” is a cool project Hines Urban Atlantic has put together as part of their RFP submission for the Walter Reed site. Between now and July 3rd, the far-reaching survey and publicity campaign will gather nearby residents’ feedback about what Walter Reed should become. The data collected will inform Hines Urban Atlantic’s proposal to the D.C. Government about what should come the massive site – condos, retail, community space, etc.
I can’t wait to see what opinions we get – the project has so much potential!
You can fill out the survey here.
Ed. Note: Hines Urban Atlantic is a PoPville advertiser.
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1728 14th St, NW
Thanks to a couple of readers for sending word of this relic revealed on 14th Street in Logan Circle. For those not familiar Kozmo was:
a venture-capital-driven online company that promised free one-hour delivery of “videos, games, dvds, music, mags, books, food, basics & more” and Starbucks coffee in several major cities in the United States. It was founded by young investment bankers Joseph Park and Yong Kang in March 1998 in New York City, and was out of business by April 2001.
1728 14th Street, NW was home to the old brick building that will become:
“four floors with 28,000 square feet of retail and office space.”
7730 Eastern Ave. NW
From a press release:
UIP General Contracting, Inc. (UIPGC) has completed a full-scale $4.5 million renovation of Takoma Flats, located on the border of Washington, DC and Silver Spring, Maryland. The six-building garden style community consists of 71 existing units and 17 newly constructed units in previously non-leasable cellar space.
Rock Creek Property Group, LLC and Baybridge Group acquired the project formerly known as Juniper Gardens in November of 2011. They then hired UIPGC to provide plan review and value engineering services as well as perform the renovations. The scope of work, in addition to creating the 17 new units, included: replacing antiquated, inefficient central boiler systems with individual in-unit HVAC systems; installing new upgraded electrical systems; creating in-ground patios for the terrace level units; and full-scale interior renovation of all units including newly upgraded kitchens and bathrooms.
3145 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW June 2013
@DCRA tweeted the good news Friday:
“Yesterday, we issued bldg permits for the reconstruction of 3145 Mt Pleasant St NW.”
On March 13th 2008 a reader alerted us to the sadness:
“We are homeless.
Love,
the former residents of 3145 mt pleasant st. washington, dc
(it burnt down)”
Another resident writes:
“i was living on the first floor, the fire started in the basement. i saw the fire started on some machinery, after i put a extinguisher on it, it kept reigniting, by the time the fire engines showed up, the first basement was out of control.”
On March 17th 2008 a reader updated us:
“I can only imagine what those without renters insurance are going through but the community has come together to help make things a bit easier. Unfortunately no phone calls have been returned/and no statement has been made from the management company/owners of the building (just goes to show you how concerned they are). We hope all the other residents are doing well.”
It’s been a long time.
You can read all back posts on the former Deauville, now the Monseñor Romero Apartments here.
3581 13th Street, NW
Previously Capital City Real Estate developers have renovated nearby at 3546 13th St, NW and 3552 13th St, NW. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. More photos after the jump. (more…)
From the TakomaDC Listserv:
We are elected officials representing the area that includes and surrounds the Takoma Metro station. As officials, we reached out to WMATA (Metro) to understand the agency’s intentions regarding development at the station. WMATA executives briefed us last Friday, May 31. We very much appreciate the executives’ willingness to meet, and we feel community members also deserve to know about WMATA’s plans.
PROPOSED NEW BUILDING @ TAKOMA METRO
WMATA is working with development partner EYA toward creating a 255-unit, five-story residential structure at the Takoma Metro site. The five stories include ground-level parking for transit users and a level of parking for residents with three stories of one- and two-bedroom apartments above the parking. There would be a step-back of the upper levels on the Eastern Avenue side to three stories.
The structure would replace the current paved parking area. The current set of bus bays would be preserved in place, with the addition of one bus bay and three bus layover spaces carved from the current park. WMATA would claim the right to place an additional bus loop or other transit functions in the park in the future. WMATA would also construct a bicycle-parking structure, for transit users, on the station grounds.
The revised design is at least a partial victory for community members, who had pointed out that EYA’s previous design, over 80 townhouses with two-car garages and new surface streets to support them, was the antithesis of transit-oriented design.
But 255 residences are more than twice the 65-95 units called for in the District of Columbia’s Small Area Plan for the site. And this would be the largest project by far in the area around the station. The planned 255 units, supported by nearly 200 residential parking spaces, would have a significant Takoma-area impact that must be thoroughly analyzed.
Continues after the jump. (more…)