1400 Block of 11th St, NW, Sept. 2012
Thanks to a reader for sending word that a former horse’s ass award nominee is getting fixed up on the 1400 Block of 11th St, NW. Anyone know if it’ll be condos or rentals?
Here’s what it looked like in May 2011:
Photo by PoPville flickr user sarahcottontail
From a press release:
The National Symphony Orchestra will make U Street, Howard University, Shaw, and Logan Circle the focus of its free community engagement activities in January 2013. Between January 8 and 14, members of the NSO will break into small ensembles to perform chamber music and educational activities as requested by approximately 20 community organizations. The NSO’s performances during this period will be free of charge, thanks to a gift from Irene Pollin.
Among the partners are Howard University, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of its music department; D.C. Public Schools; the U Street Neighborhood Association; Florida Avenue Baptist Church; and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The majority of the schedule will be determined by the community itself, with the partner organizations gathering requests from their neighborhoods. An opening event on January 8 is tentatively planned at the Howard Theatre. More information will be available in early November.
There are two other key activities determined as the framework for the week. No visit to this area would be complete without a performance at Lincoln Theatre, where Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, and D.C.’s own Duke Ellington have performed. The NSO has planned a special family day for Saturday, January 12, 2013. The Women’s Committee for the National Symphony Orchestra will present the ever-popular “Instrument Petting Zoo” prior to an NSO performance of the enduring children’s favorite Peter and the Wolf led by Assistant Conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl.
The culminating event in the will be a concert by the full NSO at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium, January 14, at 7 p.m. which will be led by NSO Music Director Christoph Eschenbach and NSO Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke. The celebrated soprano Jessye Norman, a graduate of Howard
University, will perform, and the program will include the Washington premiere of George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 4, co-commissioned by the NSO. Walker, who was born in D.C., gave his first public recital at the age of 14 in Howard University’s Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, and attended the Junior Division of Howard University’s Music Department.The 2013 community engagement activities are made possible in part by a generous gift from Irene Pollin.
NSO in Your Neighborhood U St./Howard/Shaw follows on the heels of last year’s successful event in Columbia Heights. Over the course of five days, members of the NSO took part in more than two dozen events at Columbia Heights schools, churches, community centers, restaurants, and bars. The full orchestra concert took place at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus.
945 Florida Ave, NW
Big news from the Washington Post:
Executives at the JBG Cos., one of the region’s largest real estate developers, said they plan to open a Trader Joe’s grocery store in an apartment building under construction on 14th Street NW, just south of U Street next year.
A few blocks northeast of that project, JBG and its retail arm, JBG Rosenfeld, have lined up a commitment from another grocer, Harris Teeter, but it will require winning the rights to some city-owned property on Sherman Avenue.
We’ve long been rejoicing over the coming Trader Joe’s to 14th and U Street, NW but this is the first I’ve heard about the possibility of a Harris Teeter coming to the area.
Back in March 2011 we learned JBG had purchased the former Atlantic Plumbing Supply properties across the street from Duffy’s near the 9:30 Club.
Think a Harris Teeter would do well in that location?
Dear PoPville,
Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park have been getting a lot of attention for their flooding, and deservedly so, but the problem with the antiquated sewer systems goes beyond just there.
I live about a mile to the west in Shaw, and here the issue is as much with large condo buildings as it is with English basements. My building (The Rhapsody at Florida and Vermont) just had its second flood of the ground level units this summer. (It’s also the third in two years.) This one was particularly devastating, with nearly every unit on the ground floor affected. Other buildings nearby have also had multiple, destructive incidents. The ground level of the Floridian had a sewer backup on Sunday as well (it was mentioned on NBC 4). And the Beauregard at 11th and V has had multiple floodings of its garage this summer.
Much as in Bloomingdale, the sewer and drainage systems can’t handle the additional wastewater generated by a denser population in these areas. Yet the new systems in these buildings were built to code, and apparently signed off on by city inspectors.
In any case, it’s nearly impossible to sue DC Water for such instances. They’ve basically got to admit their own negligence before you can sue them. And it’s unclear how their backflow preventer rebates will apply to large buildings.
Anyone else outside of Bloomingdale/Ledroit been affected by recent flooding?
This rental is located at 440 Rhode Island Avenue, NW:
The listing says:
“2BR/2BA unit in a newly constructed building minutes from the Shaw Metro and minutes away from shopping, U street & fine dinnings. Open Floor plan with lots of natural light. High end kitchen with Silestone Counters, European Cabinets, Stainless Steel Appliances, and a breakfast bar. Private Balcony and common Roof Deck.Parking Convey.”
This 2 bed/2 bath is going for $2,800/Mo.
1314 5th St, NW
Dear PoPville,
Thought I’d pass along a few photos of Suzane Reatig’s latest effort in Shaw, on 5th between N and O. This was a rowhouse with an empty lot next door. She gutted the rowhouse, built her typical color blocked, grey building next to it, combined the two, and then BUILT the new building over the TOP of the old one like a pop-up. And then she painted the old one purple. They share the same address, so I assume they will be condos.
In early August we looked at a Reatig project at Rhode Island and R St, NW.
1316 9th St, NW
More great restaurant news for the 1300 block of 9th St, NW. In addition to A n D Tavern coming to 1314 9th St, NW from the owner of Seasonal Pantry, comes news of ‘Sherman Golden’ coming to 1316 9th St, NW. The Blagden Alley Naylor Court Association wrote:
“Sherman Golden is planning to open a new Restaurant on the Street Level of 1316 9th Street which will occupy the entire first floor (the Nine Condo is upstairs). It sounds very exciting, 75 seats, affordable, a great chef… he will be here to discuss his plans, concept and hours of operations, liquor license plans (CR), etc. To get a sense of the restaurant they told me the space is about the same size as Boundary Road a relatively new restaurant at 414 H St NW.”
Ed. Note: Sherman Golden has no affiliation with Boundary Road.
What I did learn is that Sherman Golden comes from the head bartender of Maple located on 11th St, NW in Columbia Heights. I hear the architect/contractor from Maple (remember their great bar?) will also build out Sherman Golden. More info as it becomes available.
Really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. It’s actually pretty huge:
A reader sends in a shot of the famed Watermelon house on Q St. between 10th and 11th St, NW. It’s been a while since I’ve passed it, always brings me a big smile! Anyone know when it was first painted?
From 2008:
Hipchickindc is a licensed real estate broker. She is the founder of 10 Square Team and is affiliated with Keller Williams Capital Properties. 10 Square Team is a princeofpetworth.com advertiser. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 819 Q St NW
Legal Subdivision: Old City #2
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: Logan Shaw
Original List Price: $639,900.
List Price at Contract: $639,900.
List Date: 06/08/2012
Days on Market: 18
Settled Sales Price: $639,900.
Seller Subsidy: $0.
List to Net Sales Price Ratio: 100%
Settlement Date: 08/02/2012
Bank Owned?: No Short Sale? No
Type Of Financing: Veterans Administration
Original GDoN post is: here.
The listing can be seen: here . The photos can be seen by clicking on the listing link, then scrolling through the pictures starting with the main photo.
During the real estate boom years in DC, between around 2000 and late 2005, investors and developers worked over most neighborhoods close in to the center of the center. For various reasons, certain pockets remained largely untouched during that time. Despite being located solidly between Logan Circle to the west and the LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale neighborhoods to the east, both which saw extensive activity during that time period, parts of Shaw saw numerous vacant properties stuck in limbo.
The subject property had been part of a parcel of four attached buildings located at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NW, 9th Street NW, and Q Street NW, with a mixture of commercial and residential zoning. The former owner attempted to market the property for sale over the years, with and without help from real estate professionals. A listing from 2004 shows a list price of $1,300,000. It appears that the properties finally changed hands in 2010. It is unclear from the tax record if this sale only refers to the two buildings facing Q Street NW (at 819 and 821), but the recorded sale price was $750,000.
Around that time the city was aggressively targeting blighted properties with a humongous 10% tax rate (compared to the regular .85 per $100. of assessed value for owner occupied residential property). In this case, the property owner would have received an annual tax bill of around $30,000., which may have been a good incentive to sell.
Now that we are seeing another wave of prolific development in DC, developers are back combing areas like this. Recent changes in the neighborhood include the demolition of the Kelsey Gardens apartments, and the progression of the construction of the City Market at O.
The listing agent for 819 Q St NW was Paul Sliwka with Central Properties. Christopher Bulka from Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage represented the purchaser.