Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 10:02 AM
Subject: 3 Things We Love About Urban Farming
Plus a request for a year-end donation from Common Good City Farm received in the mail:
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Common Good City Farm: "3 things we love about urban farming"
From: Common Good City Farm [mailto:info=commongoodcityfarm.org@mail105.suw13.rsgsv.net] On Behalf Of Common Good City Farm
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 10:02 AM
Subject: 3 Things We Love About Urban Farming
Plus a request for a year-end donation from Common Good City Farm received in the mail:
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 10:02 AM
Subject: 3 Things We Love About Urban Farming
Plus a request for a year-end donation from Common Good City Farm received in the mail:
DCRA revoked the raze permit application for 150 S Street NW yesterday, Wednesday, 12-27-2017
See this snip:
Once again, here is a rendering of the proposed project at 2nd and S Street NW:
And here is what is there at 2nd and S Street NW now:
Once again, here is a rendering of the proposed project at 2nd and S Street NW:
And here is what is there at 2nd and S Street NW now:
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
revisiting: Maedwell Companies "The Denizen" project for the 1600 block of North Capitol Street NW in between Old Engine 12 and Pub and the People
Regurgitating
more old stuff here...
Here is the history on this Denizen project from prior blog posts [this is all old information]:
Developer Maedwell Companies plans to break ground on a mixed-use project called the Denizen in DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood during the second quarter of 2017. The developer’s president, Syga Thomas, tells Washingtonian exclusively that he’s in talks with potential cooking school and grocery tenants for the ground floor of the building at 1634 North Capitol St., NW. Thomas describes the grocery component as “a garden market” with fresh produce, prepared foods, and a large wine selection, similar to the Foragers Market chain in New York. He likens the culinary school to another New York business, Haven’s Kitchen. He says he envisions it hosting cooking classes for local school kids during the day, and private dinners and classes for adults in the evenings.
On the other side of a pedestrian walkway/courtyard area, Thomas plans to build a 4,000-square-foot co-working space, which Maedwell Companies will operate. He says it will likely include one-, two-, and three-person offices, rather than the open, communal working areas typical of other co-working concepts.
Upstairs, three floors of apartments will range from studios to three-bedrooms, all with ten-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. Residents will have access to a shared rooftop terrace. Thomas says he expects pre-leasing to start in fall 2017. Pricing has not been finalized.
The
Denizen will be located between Old Engine 12, the historic firehouse converted
into a restaurant in 2014, and the Pub and the People restaurant and bar,
open since spring 2015. As Bloomingdale’s restaurant scene
around 1st St., NW and Rhode Island Ave., NW thrives, Thomas says
he anticipates North Capitol Street will continue to evolve into
a destination, too.
Shortly
thereafter, a permit to raze 1634 North Capitol Street NW was filed.
5E 1634 North Capitol Street NW (two, one story brick commercial buildings)
Recall the
Monday, 12/12/2016, Washingtonian article on Maedwell Companies’ grand plans
for 1634 North Capitol Street NW – located in between Pub and the People and Old
Engine 12?
The project was called “The Denizen.”
Update:
The raze permit for 1634 North Capitol Street NW was never issued.
The project was called “The Denizen.”
Update:
The raze permit for 1634 North Capitol Street NW was never issued.
That has been no action or news on this project for a year now.
Note that Maedwell Companies now has an office at 1644 North Capitol Street NW.
Here is the history on this Denizen project from prior blog posts [this is all old information]:
[ 1 ] Washingtonian: Co-working space, and possibly
a market and cooking school coming to Bloomingdale
This
message is also posted at the Bloomingdale Neighborhood blog: http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2016/12/washingtonian-co-working-space-and.html
Co-working
Space, and Possibly a Market and Cooking School Coming to Bloomingdale
By
Marisa
M. Kashino on December 12, 2016
Developer Maedwell Companies plans to break ground on a mixed-use project called the Denizen in DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood during the second quarter of 2017. The developer’s president, Syga Thomas, tells Washingtonian exclusively that he’s in talks with potential cooking school and grocery tenants for the ground floor of the building at 1634 North Capitol St., NW. Thomas describes the grocery component as “a garden market” with fresh produce, prepared foods, and a large wine selection, similar to the Foragers Market chain in New York. He likens the culinary school to another New York business, Haven’s Kitchen. He says he envisions it hosting cooking classes for local school kids during the day, and private dinners and classes for adults in the evenings.
On the other side of a pedestrian walkway/courtyard area, Thomas plans to build a 4,000-square-foot co-working space, which Maedwell Companies will operate. He says it will likely include one-, two-, and three-person offices, rather than the open, communal working areas typical of other co-working concepts.
Upstairs, three floors of apartments will range from studios to three-bedrooms, all with ten-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. Residents will have access to a shared rooftop terrace. Thomas says he expects pre-leasing to start in fall 2017. Pricing has not been finalized.
From: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 4:03 PM
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricWashington] Raze applications filed at DCRA - December 1, 2016 - January 5, 2017
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 4:03 PM
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricWashington] Raze applications filed at DCRA - December 1, 2016 - January 5, 2017
Greetings: This report is also posted on our website
at http://tinyurl.com/h9nn5nf
. See Attachments: Raze Permit Report – January 9, 2017
_______
The following raze
applications were filed at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
(DCRA) between December 1, 2016 and January 5, 2017:
ANC
Address 5E 1634 North Capitol Street NW (two, one story brick commercial buildings)
Anything since
then?
The developer still
does not have a raze permit. No raze application has been approved.
There are no plans for something new.
There are no plans for something new.
The application
for 1644 North Capitol Street NW is now for a cooking school. Not sure if the street-level bagel place is
still part of the plan.
See this snip of DCRA permits:
See this snip of DCRA permits:
Note that the
application for the cooking school at 1644 North Capitol Street NW was submitted after the raze application for 1634 North Capitol Street NW was filed.
regurgitating: the 2016 #OneFlorida trial balloon development project at North Capitol Street NW and Florida Avenue NW (that never received any traction...)
It is year-end, so perhaps a good opportunity to review some old suggested development projects that we have not heard much about lately.
Below is an April 2016 promotion from J Street Companies for the Joe Mamo lot -- a retail-only project dubbed #OneFlorida.
Nothing ever came of it.
Below is an April 2016 promotion from J Street Companies for the Joe Mamo lot -- a retail-only project dubbed #OneFlorida.
Nothing ever came of it.
One might assume that the project has been abandoned.
But wait! A Rappaport "retail space available" sign is now erected on the fence surrounding the Joe Mamo lot.
Will a retailer step forward and offer to build a new construction building for retail in accordance with the most recent PUD? Or would a retailer want to establish its own new PUD?
Or would this be a by-right project, like the #OneFlorida project was presented to be? That's my guess.
We shall see.
But wait! A Rappaport "retail space available" sign is now erected on the fence surrounding the Joe Mamo lot.
Will a retailer step forward and offer to build a new construction building for retail in accordance with the most recent PUD? Or would a retailer want to establish its own new PUD?
Or would this be a by-right project, like the #OneFlorida project was presented to be? That's my guess.
We shall see.
150 S Street NW DCRA Stop Work Order: "permit issued in error. Surrender permit to permit office"
Regarding 150 S Street NW, where the existing Eritrean church building is planned for razing to be replaced with four new construction contiguous rowhouses:
Be advised that a DCRA Stop Work Order was posted at the site yesterday.
The message is:
permit issued in error. Surrender permit to permit office .
Let's see what happens next.
Recent blog posts on this topic here and here.
Be advised that a DCRA Stop Work Order was posted at the site yesterday.
The message is:
permit issued in error. Surrender permit to permit office .
Let's see what happens next.
Recent blog posts on this topic here and here.
Rappaport sign posted at the Joe Mamo lot: "Retail space available"
See this recent tweet -- a new sign posted at the #JoeMamo lot at North Capitol Street NW and Florida Avenue NW.
I wonder how this meshes with the Planned Unit Development (PUD) on file for this site.
I wonder how this meshes with the Planned Unit Development (PUD) on file for this site.
— Bloomingdame, pics of 🌞🌕🌈❄️ in #BloomingdaleDC (@bloomingdame) December 23, 2017
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
see the architectural rendering of the proposed new construction 4 rowhouse/8-unit development project at 150 S Street NW
Here is an architectural rendering from Arcadia Design for the proposed new construction four adjacent rowhouses, each with two units, for a total of 8 units, to replace the Eritrean Church building at 150 S Street NW.
Here is the proposal:
Here is what's currently there:
And note that a historic landmark nomination has been filed, which has resulted in placing a hold on the raze permit for the site.
Stay tuned.
Here is the proposal:
Here is what's currently there:
And note that a historic landmark nomination has been filed, which has resulted in placing a hold on the raze permit for the site.
Stay tuned.
St. Martin's New Year's mass schedule
From: David Kuhl
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 12:42 PM
Subject: New Year's Mass Schedule Post
Subject: New Year's Mass Schedule Post
St. Martin’s
Catholic Church invites you to join us in celebrating the birth of Jesus during
this Christmas season!!
New Year’s Eve,
Sunday, December 31, 2017
New Year’s Eve Mass:
9:00PM
New Year’s Day,
Monday, January 1, 2018
New Year’s Day Mass:
10:00AM
Urban Investment Partners development projects at Carver and Slowe Halls: interior demolition underway
See these tweets:
so @HowardU has contracted with Urban Investment Partners (#UIP) to renovate the now-closed Carver Hall & Slowe Hall dorms in @LeDroitParkDC, next to #BloomingdaleDC; interior demolition now underway; see these demo pics pic.twitter.com/UDioinBJ2c— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsDC) December 26, 2017
note that Slowe Hall at 3rd & U St NW falls within the @LeDroitParkDC Historic District, while @HowardU's Carver Hall at 2nd & Elm St NW does not; #UIP has promised not to alter the exterior of Carver Hall as part of its development plans #BloomingdaleDC #wewillbewatching pic.twitter.com/8j9t8ozSmH— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsDC) December 26, 2017
here are #UIP's plans for @HowardU's Carver Hall in @LeDroitParkDC across from #BloomingdaleDC: 62 market-rate rental units with no onsite off street parking; no zoning relief needed - all by-right pic.twitter.com/XvWEHjgObN— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsDC) December 26, 2017
and here are #UIP's plans for @HowardU's Slowe Hall in @LeDroitParkDC a block away from #BloomingdaleDC: 100 market-rate rental units with no onsite off street parking; no zoning relief needed - all by-right pic.twitter.com/xmtuLo6Siv— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsDC) December 26, 2017
#UIP's project delivery for the @HowardU Carver and Slowe Hall renovations is Spring 2019; for more info, visit https://t.co/jB0zFkIc1l @LeDroitParkDC #BloomingdaleDC pic.twitter.com/sN9WqdbJCg— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsDC) December 26, 2017
Tyber Creek closed today, Tuesday, 12-26-2017
See this tweet:
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas spent with family, friends and of course, wine. We're… https://t.co/4kxGr9RVzM— Tyber Creek (@TyberCreekDC) December 26, 2017
Showtime Lounge's New Year's Eve spec-tac-u-lar
See this tweet:
SPENDING CHEDDAR AT THE DOOR? THAT PARTY'S A BORE!! LIVE LARGE WITH NO COVER CHARGE AT SHOWTIME'S NYE SPEC-TAC-U-LAR!— Showtime (@Showtime_DC) December 26, 2017
WITH A VERY SPECIAL SET FROM GRANNY & THE BOYS FOLLOWED BY DJ @BabyAlcatraz SPINNING YOU INTO THE NEW YEAR! FREE "CHAMPAGNE" AT MIDNITE!https://t.co/aslYdeamjh pic.twitter.com/Y3LRYe4uZS
yard/house sale in Brookland -- Wednesday, 12-27-2017, and Thursday, 12-28-2017
See this message from a Truxton Circle household:
I’m writing to ask if you can post the information in the attached flyer. I run a small foundation, and we had a facility to house women of domestic violence. It’s going to be on a hiatus as we work to improve our services. The facility is in Brookland, and we’re closing the house and selling the furnishings; consequently, I'd like you to announce the sale of household items/furnishings that will take place December 27 and 28.
I’m writing to ask if you can post the information in the attached flyer. I run a small foundation, and we had a facility to house women of domestic violence. It’s going to be on a hiatus as we work to improve our services. The facility is in Brookland, and we’re closing the house and selling the furnishings; consequently, I'd like you to announce the sale of household items/furnishings that will take place December 27 and 28.
Bacio Pizzeria open today normal hours
spend New Year's Eve at Boundary Stone
See this tweet:
Spend New Year's Eve at Boundary Stone! Live music, no cover, and Happy Hour extended 'til 10pm! https://t.co/MQW4qTSIzK— Boundary Stone (@BoundaryStoneDC) December 26, 2017
architectural element above front door altered
See this tweet of a rowhouse currently under renovation on the 200 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, northside:
— Bloomingdame, pics of 🌞🌕🌈❄️ in #BloomingdaleDC (@bloomingdame) December 26, 2017Some feedback:
God, that's awful.— Betsy Kübler-Ross (@20002ist) December 26, 2017
And the alteration was not in the approved plans, either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯— Bloomingdame, pics of 🌞🌕🌈❄️ in #BloomingdaleDC (@bloomingdame) December 26, 2017
But ZC 14-11 is all you need, not a historic district!— Betsy Kübler-Ross (@20002ist) December 26, 2017
Well, this make be the property to answer the demand to keep the hood affordable. Sure won't get any offers from the feng shui set.— Bloomingdame, pics of 🌞🌕🌈❄️ in #BloomingdaleDC (@bloomingdame) December 26, 2017
Monday, December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas from Ward 5 Councilmember McDuffie
From: Councilmember Kenyan R.
McDuffie [mailto:kmcduffie=dccouncil.us@mail160.wdc02.mcdlv.net] On Behalf
Of Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2017 8:41 AM
Subject: Merry Christmas!
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2017 8:41 AM
Subject: Merry Christmas!
|
Sunday, December 24, 2017
last night at The Unified Scene Theater
See these tweets:
Oil In The Alley rawkin’ (literally) @unifiedscenedc pic.twitter.com/Ok28X5GXVZ— The Unified Scene DC (@unifiedscenedc) December 24, 2017
Sound check/tech for tonight’s show. Ten tickets still available: https://t.co/GruEpxfVfu pic.twitter.com/OJv4NtJtcP— The Unified Scene DC (@unifiedscenedc) December 23, 2017
Christmas worship services at St. George's and St. Martin's
St. George's Episcopal Church:
See this tweet:
St. Martin's Catholic Church:
From: David Kuhl
Scott,
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! Could you please post the below announcement of the Christmas Mass schedule for St. Martin's Church along with the attached flyer?
Christmas Eve Mass: 10:00PM (gospel choir)
New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31, 2017
New Year’s Eve Mass: 9:00PM
See this tweet:
Blessed Christmas to you and those you love! ~ the people of St Georges DC! Join us for Christmas! 12/24 @ 7:00 PM and 12/25 @ 10:00 AM - see pic for details #BloomingdaleDC #EDOW #localchurch #Godisgood pic.twitter.com/QPs3GZ5lpG— St Georges DC (@StGeorgesDC) December 22, 2017
St. Martin's Catholic Church:
From: David Kuhl
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 12:42 PM
Subject: Christmas Mass Schedule Post
Subject: Christmas Mass Schedule Post
Scott,
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! Could you please post the below announcement of the Christmas Mass schedule for St. Martin's Church along with the attached flyer?
thanks,
dave.
-----------------------------------------------
St. Martin’s
Catholic Church invites you to join us in celebrating the birth of Jesus during
this Christmas season!!
Christmas Eve,
Sunday December 24, 2017
Children/Family
Mass: 6:00PM (gospel choir and living nativity)Christmas Eve Mass: 10:00PM (gospel choir)
Christmas Day,
Monday December 25, 2017
Christmas Day Mass:
10:00AM (traditional choir)New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31, 2017
New Year’s Eve Mass: 9:00PM
New Year’s Day,
Monday, January 1, 2018
New Year’s Day Mass:
10:00AMEl Camino and Crisp Kitchen and Bar closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
See these tweets:
Merry Mexmas, #BloomingdaleDC♥️. pic.twitter.com/Dg1ARavCUN— El Camino DC (@ElCaminoDC) December 24, 2017
Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays! We will be closed Xmas Eve & Day and back open Tuesday at 5pm! pic.twitter.com/mhITMujkCs— CRISPKITCHENBAR (@CRISPKITCHENBAR) December 24, 2017
Saturday, December 23, 2017
hold placed on the raze permit for 150 S Street NW, as a result of the historic landmark nomination filing
Regarding the development plans for 150 S Street NW -- the Eritrean Church corner property at 2nd and S Street NW:
The property owner has announced plans to demolish the church buildings and build four new construction rowhouses, each rowhouse with two units.
Here is a snip of the raze permit application -- which is different than a raze permit being issued -- from this past August 2017:
It was announced here at the Bloomingdale Neighborhood blog on Friday, 12-22-2017, that a historic landmark nomination has been filed for the property.
It appears that the landmark nomination has resulted in having a hold placed on the raze permit for the site.
Here is a snip of the hold that was issued yesterday, Friday, 12-22-2017:
No raze action at 150 S Street NW for now.
The property owner has announced plans to demolish the church buildings and build four new construction rowhouses, each rowhouse with two units.
Here is a snip of the raze permit application -- which is different than a raze permit being issued -- from this past August 2017:
It was announced here at the Bloomingdale Neighborhood blog on Friday, 12-22-2017, that a historic landmark nomination has been filed for the property.
It appears that the landmark nomination has resulted in having a hold placed on the raze permit for the site.
Here is a snip of the hold that was issued yesterday, Friday, 12-22-2017:
No raze action at 150 S Street NW for now.
Stay tuned.
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