This is the building at 3910 Georgia Ave next to the Wendys. This sign says it seeks to become a medical facility with other related retail and housing above it. Alright. Although it also says there will be 120 off street parking spots, that seems like a lot, yeah? (more…)
Thanks to the many, many folks who sent me the Washington Business Journal article about Magic Johnson investing in Petworth. These are the condos going up above the Petworth metro. Above is a photo of Magic at the groundbreaking of the Park Place condos from 2007.
The article says: “The project, to be called Park Place, will include 161 residential units, both condominiums and rental apartments, 16,000 square feet of retail and an underground parking garage. The developers say 20 percent of the units will be dedicated as affordable units. The one and two bedroom apartments will average 860 square feet.”
Interesting that it says “both condominium and rental apartments”. Had anyone else heard about that? Anyway, great to have Magic Johnson involved with Petworth!
Once again for the expats. This thing flying up. It is going to totally change the feel of that intersection, for the better I believe. So does anyone have an opinion if they will remain condos or go rental?
From press releases:
“Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Councilmember Muriel Bowser are scheduled
to hold a press conference tomorrow morning (Friday, April 25) at
10:30 am to announce the Request-For-Proposal for four properties on
the 3800 block of Georgia Avenue NW.”
Sweet, four properties to be developed on the 3800 block of Georgia Ave., alright, alright…
And from U Street:
Are they just renovating the theater or will there be some sort of ping pong themed restaurant going in? Man, that puts me in quite a quandary. I think it’s great to have a theater there but I sure do love ping pong. What’s the word?
I haven’t heard this much (cyber)excitement since the Target opening. Thanks to a reader for alerting me this morning to the opening. The store is located at 17th and Kalorama Rd, NW. So I’m embarassed to say I’m not too familiar with Harris Teeter. Is it better than a Target opening? Or as far as groceries stores are concerned is it better than a Giant?
From a press release:
“Mayor Adrian M. Fenty on Thursday, April 24, 2008, will announce a new development plan that will generate operating support for the Lincoln Theatre and provide new amenities for the U Street neighborhood. The Mayor will also provide an update on several other projects along the corridor.”
Anyone know what they are referring to regarding the “other projects along the corridor”? Has anyone been to the Lincoln Theater?
14th and R Street, NW
The super cool Pixie’s vintage furniture and everything else store moves to the 14th Street corridor! This is phenomenal news. Thanks to Amanda from Metrocurean for giving me the heads up. I, literally, ran in the pouring rain to the new location today and I was absolutely amazed. The store is huge. Some of you long time Washingtonians may remember the shop on Adams Mill Road (or even longer timers may remember the Dupont Circle location). But most of you have probably walked by it’s most recent former location at 2473 18th Street. You can see from the photo the new location is located in the old Powell Auto Parts store that has been vacant for quite a while now, so it is fantastic to see such a cool store like Pixie’s opening up there. (It is located right next to the functioning AYT autobody shop, you know the one with the cool mural.) So I briefly chatted with owner, Pixie Windsor, who explained the details behind the move.
Pixie explained that her partner is Jeff Dawson of Buffalo Billiards, Atomic Billiards, and all the other Billiards spots in DC. Or as Pixie describes him “the Joe Englert of the DC Billiards scene”. Anyway, Jeff found this space on 14th Street and immediately recognized the “good bones”. Now if you thought it couldn’t get any cooler than Pixie’s moving to this location – hold onto your hat. Ed. note: I have always wanted to use the expression ‘hold onto your hat’ this is a great day.
So what’s even better? Well, Jeff would like to eventually open up a small bar and eatery in the space. I should say that the space is huge so I could easily see this working. Right now he is working out the details with the city. Right on, I say.
Back to Pixie’s. In addition to the much bigger square footage, they chose the location because of 14th Street’s current designation as a “hot retail spot”. Pixie described the 18th Street location in Adams Morgan as “bar central” and not exactly “retail friendly.” She also noted that the current location has much better window exposure. Pixie describes the store as “fun and functional”. The price range varies widely from 25 cents to $1200 and everything in between. I saw lots of options in the $45 range. In addition to furniture and home furnishings, Pixie said that, the store also features lots of good original artwork. It is quite an eclectic mix of goods that you will certainly enjoy perusing. For the next couple of weeks the store will be open on Sat. and Sun. from 12-7pm and starting in May, it will also be open Thurs. from 5-9pm and on Fri. also from 12-7pm. Lots of photos of the interior after the jump. (more…)
This is potentially super cool news. Thanks to a reader for sending me this link from DCMUD about possibly development on U Street across the street from the Ellington Apartments. DCMUD reports:
“Though in its very early stages and likely to evolve, the vision is to replace the current strip mall across the street from the Ellington Apartments, replacing it with a single building that would house underground parking, retail on the ground floor, a boutique hotel on floors 3-8, and possibly capped by two floors of residential to max out the density.”
So do you think this is a good idea for that spot on U street?
I know I’ve blogged about the new condo building the Floridian, located near V and Sherman by the 9:30 Club, but I’ve never seen this section in its full glory before. Seriously, what the hell is this? I’m feeling 70s nostalgia here, yeah? Alright, for real, thumbs up or thumbs down? Maybe I’m being too harsh, if every building looked the same we’d have a pretty boring city. But I’m a little hesitant about this one.