According to a liquor license application the Cappella Georgetown Hotel coming to 1050 31 St, NW will be:
“New Hotel. Full-service luxury hotel with fine dining, steak and seafood restaurant and bar with wine cellar. Entertainment to include live music by trio, pianist, or light combo group. Occupancy load is 49 rooms. Summer Garden with 24 seats and Rooftop Summer Garden with 78 seats.”
Apparently this used to be home to the Leonard M. Ring Law Center:
Do you like the way lower Sherman Ave is starting to look?
I think the plantings in the new median are pretty sweet:
The future home of NPR at 1111 North Capitol St, NE (at L Street) is really starting to take shape.
Now that’s a pop up:
When completed, this new building’s retail space will be home to Bakehouse:
“Our menu will consist of house-made baked goods and high quality coffees and teas. We’ll serve updated classics with modern flavor profiles.”
Back in Oct. 2010 scuttlebutt was confirmed that the Brass Knob Warehouse was closing at 57 N St, NW in Truxton Circle. For those who never had the chance to check out the amazing warehouse you can see a bunch of photos I took in March 2009 here. It was a magical place to many.
They officially closed in Spring 2011. This is a huge property near a rapidly developing section of the city:
Well, I’m hearing that the building has sold for over $4 million. That is a serious investment. Stay tuned.
Last night JBG had a meeting with neighbors about their plans for 13th and U St, NW (currently home to Rite Aid). At one point they had hoped to build a hotel. A reader who attended the meeting sends his summary:
JBG announced that they are now proposing a residential building at the corner of 13th and U instead of a hotel like they had originally planned. JBG and the Architect said that the hotel required a certain amount of density and height – which in the past had been the major concerns of neighboring residents. The proposed building has less height and density. Here is the breakdown:
-138 residential units – whether it will be condos or apartments is TBD by what the market dictates when the project is built
-15,000 square feet of retail
-90 in height is proposed plus the height of the penthouse
-The Alley will be wider than it exists today and the loading docks for the commercial units will be enclosed
-Architecture is similar to the original proposed hotel
-72 parking spaces are proposed which according to JBG is 10 more than what is required for this use/density
-There will be a private roof deck for the residents of the building
-The project will need to go through the PUD Process
-There will be a Community Benefit Package (requirement) but what will be in the package has not been determined
-Delivery will be in 3-4 yearsJBG plans on setting up a website for correspondence with neighbors and concerned citizens.
You can see the initial rendering and how it looked a year ago here. The Avenue, located at the corner of Georgia and Newton Pl, NW, will be an 83 unit apartment building.
Rendering courtesy of City Center DC
It’s been fun speculating where Eataly will end up. PQ Insider spotted a great lead from an interview in Washingtonian with one of the developers:
“Since you emphasize residential tenants, do you plan on having markets?
Yes, in two different ways. We are considering the possibility of integrating a market-like concept into our retail strategy, along the lines of Grand Central Market at Grand Central Station in New York. We’ve also been evaluating some of the market-restaurant concepts.
Such as Eataly?
Yeah. We may have a farmers market, too.”
Awesome.
Old Convention Center site/Future home of City Center DC 11th and H St, NW in Dec. 2008
Photo of City Center DC in Dec. 2011 by PoPville flickr user mosley.brian
620 T St, NW
Community Day @ The Howard Theatre is this Monday, April 9th:
“On Monday, April 9th, come on down and breathe life into The Howard Theatre’s Rebirth. At 11:30am, we’ll kick things off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by live performances by Robert Thompson & The James Brown Experience Band, along with a host of other talents. Also, get a glimpse of The Howard Theatre’s magnificence, which will open its doors to the public for the first time in over 25 years.
For this special occasion, we’re closing down T Street to dedicate the recently installed sculpture of Duke Ellington and make way for fun and celebration. Hope to see you here at The Howard Theatre, on this Grand Reopening day!”
And last week a reader sent in some cell phone photos of the Duke Ellington sculpture going up in the plaza out front. I went back on Monday and my jaw promptly hit the ground. It looks amazing:
Remember when the building looked like this back in 2008:
Hard to believe this was a horse’s ass award nominee back in June 2009.
801 New Jersey Ave. NW – Apr. 2012
“Dear PoPville,
The NJ Ave Wal-Mart is a big hole in the ground.”
Feb. 2012