1800 M Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Ran into biden today at Capriotti’s grand opening.”
Downtown
Thanks to @ShoesMcCoat for tweeting us another awesome photo:
“saw a beautiful #fox this morning. photo taken after his breakfast: One less rat in pershing square, #dc”
“Dear PoPville,
When CityCenter opens, it appears as if the new 10th Street NW between New York Avenue and H Street will be a two-way street (see photo), despite 10th Street being southbound-only from Vermont to R, Rhode Island to New York, and H to Pennsylvania. Does anyone have any information on this? It doesn’t appear as if any of the other segments will be turned into two-way streets, so it seems odd (beyond the retail dimension of CityCenter itself) to have the new segment this way.
I do think it makes a hint of sense since it is very hard to travel northbound in that area (either 7th or 11th Street will get you beyond Massachusetts Avenue, but no streets in between because of one-way streets or super blocks). I don’t understand why both 9th and 10th Streets both need to be southbound one-way streets directly next to each other. Thoughts?”
1030 15th Street, NW
A third G Street Food is opening up just north of the recently closed American Express travel center on 15th between K and L St, NW. G Street Food currently has locations at 1706 G Street, NW and 1120 19th Street, NW. You can see their menus here.
Rendering via DCPL
From DCPL:
“The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, located at 901 G Street NW, will have a major renovation and overhaul to meet the current and future needs of D.C. residents. Forty years after opening its doors, DC Public Library is now in the initial phase of exploring what’s possible for this historic building, and what makes a spectacular central library.
The renovated library will have books and other library materials and services for children, teens and adults including seniors and people with disabilities. The library will have space for meetings and events and will feature the latest technology. It will continue to have space devoted to D.C. history, including D.C. African American history.
As part of the design process, the Library is asking residents to share what combination of services, activities and technologies they would like to see in their new central library.
Learn more and share your ideas here.”
9th and G St, NW
Photo via Google maps
Burberry is moving from their awesome downtown location at M and Connecticut Ave, NW. J Street Companies lists the property as available June 1, 2014:
“Iconic one-of-a-kind corner retail space on Connecticut Avenue. Available for the first time in 30 years.
Ideal location for a flagship retail store.”
Washington Business Journal hears they could be moving to CityCenterDC. I’ve also been hearing those rumors, so at this point it is very very likely to be true.
Looking forward to seeing who takes over this awesome old space on Connecticut Avenue too.
“Dear PoPville,
I travel northbound on 12th ST NW daily to get home, and have noticed an issue on this route that can be easily resolved.
Northbound 12th ST NW, at the intersection of Mass Ave NW has 3 lanes.
The left lane is a left-turn only
The middle lane is left-turn or straight
The right lane is right turn only
The majority of traffic turns left at this intersection, and the rest of the traffic goes straight. Essentially no traffic turns right (reason discussed below). Because of this, the center lane is highly congested, and through-traffic often times cheats into the right lane to continue straight on 12TH ST through the intersection.
My suggestion is to change the intersection to the following:
The left lane is left-turn only (no change)
The middle lane is left-turn only
The right lane is right turn or straight
The right lane in its current state (right turn only) is a wasted lane. As shown in the attached diagram, traffic has no use for a right turn here. Any northbound traffic will make a right at L ST NW 150 ft earlier to access Mass Ave, without the need to backtrack (the case if traffic were to make the right at Mass Ave). Additionally, no businesses are accessed by a right turn at this intersection, as Burke Park lines the right-hand side of Mass Ave.
In conclusion modifying the traffic flow through this intersection by re-servicing the lanes will improve throughput and relieve congestion, without any negative impact to any businesses, commuters, or street users. There is no downside to this change.”
“Dear PoPville,
Do you happen to know what food joint us coming in at the corner of 17th and H streets NW, right next to the Emirates airline office? I walk by it all the time but the permits are for the building owner for first tenant build-out so it’s not possible to see who is going into the space.”
Washington Business Journal reports it will be the District’s 21st Au Bon Pain.
1100 Vermont Ave, NW
A 7-11 is coming to one of the retail spaces at the newly renovated glass building on the corner of Vermont and L St, NW.
1707 L Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending word. Italian Gourmet Deli has opened in the former Quiznos space at 1707 L St, NW. You can see their Virginia location menus here.
If you missed it last Friday, you can see the winner of best sandwich in DC here.
