Day: February 6, 2009

McMillian Area Development

From Jim Berry-
Neighbors, Below please find information about a couple of meetings that will be taking place over the next five days that are of significant interest to residents of our community. Best, Jim BerryBates Area Civic Association, Inc. Meeting 1: The Neighborhoods of EYA and Jair Lynch Development Partners.

WARD 5 COUNCILMEMBER HARRY “TOMMY” THOMAS, JR.,

THE DEPUTY MAYOR FOR PLANNING & ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, THE MCMILLAN ADVISORY GROUP, &

VISION MCMILLAN PARTNERS

Invite You To A

Community Presentation on

the Development of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site

Saturday, February 7, 2009

10:00am to 12:00pm

Trinity University Social Hall

125 Michigan Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20017

Vision McMillan Partners, the development team for the site, includes:

• EYA

• Jair Lynch Development Partners

• StreetSense

• The Alexander Company

• Smoot & Urban Service Systems Corporation

A TOWN HALL MEETING TO PRESENT CONCEPT PLANS FOR THE SITE, BASED ON PRIOR COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT FEEDBACK AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETING ON DECEMBER 13TH.

WE ENCOURAGE STRONG ATTENDANCE AND WANT TO SEE YOU THERE!

Discussion Topics will include:

• Presentation of Revised Concept Plans Based on Feedback from the December 13th Community Meeting at Trinity – Will include Open Space, Historic Preservation, Mixed-Income & Multi-Generational Housing, Community Serving Retail and Restaurants, Job Creating Office Space, Hospitality, and Community, Education, and Cultural Space

• Key Community Issues – Context and Density, Traffic/Smart Growth, Infrastructure, Community Benefits, LSDBE Participation, Job Creation, Sustainable/Green Development, and Other Community Issues

Light Food and Parking Provided

For More Information, Contact:

Vicky Chambers, Office of CM Thomas, at 202- 727- 8204

John Basile, EYA, at 301- 634- 8600

Meeting 2:

North Capitol Street Cloverleaf Study Stakeholder Meeting — Monday, 2/9/2009

North Capitol Street Cloverleaf StudyFebruary Stakeholder Meeting
Monday, February 9, 2009
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Pryzbyla Great Room A Catholic University Student Center
Purpose of the Study
1. Explore alternative intersection configurations for the cloverleaf at Irving and North Capitol Streets.
2. Develop strategies to improve the gateway qualities of North Capitol Street by including civic spaces, memorials, and enhancing the public streetscapes.
3. Develop recommendations for improving safety, connectivity and transportation operations.
Project Team
DC Office of Planning National Capital Planning CommissionDistrict Department of Transportation Stakeholder GroupThe purpose of the stakeholder group is to work with residents, institutions, businesses to help formulate strategies for the cloverleaf. For information on the North Capitol Street Cloverleaf Study and learn about upcoming meetings, visit www.planning.dc.gov or contact Howard Ways, DC Office of Planning, at (202) 741-5219, or howard.ways @ dc.gov . For information on transportation studies, contact Gabriela Vega, DC Department of Transportation at (202) 478- 1458 or gabriela.vega @ dc.gov.

26 P St NE- Tall piece of crap for sale.. 1.5 mil

100_0787.JPGI believe in the Invisible Hand. And I believe the Invisible Hand, in it’s own time, will smite those sellers who have no respect for buyers.
26 P Street, NE, that butt ugly pop up across the street from DDOT’s parking lot, is on the market, for $1,500,000.00, down from the earlier 1.7 mil price tag.
There are several pieces of crap that have languished on the market, mucked up by small time ‘developers’ who have been b*tch slapped by the Invisible Hand (see weird condo on Q & Marion ). This is another that I bet will sit, unsold and vacant for years.
The seller’s must be on crack or something, as per the script for the property listing:

Must Sell NOW. This property will Double in price in two years please check the area by visiting www.nomabid.org. this building is a New Construction. four units configured as residential but has c-3-c zoning – many business applications. four stories, nine bedrooms/nine bath. Great view of US Capital and Monument. Fantastic future and location. very close to new york ave metro/red line. harris teeters market, Dept of Justise, major hotels, returants, retail openning soon.

Location Description:
Few block to US Capital/union station.

One- run spell check. For anything over $200K run spell check.

Will double in 2 years? Only if the additional two floors are torn down, the burnt shells next door are bought and the group of lots are razed and a good architect designs a building. Not your blind kid brother who took some design classes online and thinks he can draw a pretty building.

‘New construction.’ New and fugly. However I’d question the quality of the construction considering that the top floors is evidence of bad decision making.

‘four units configured as residential but has c-3-c zoning – many business applications. four stories, nine bedrooms/nine bath.’ The zoning I think is a clue into the height. But the whole business/residential thing is a clue the the builders had no clue.

‘Few block to US Capital/union station’. Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Now there are the folks who say, well, if you had historic district, this would never happen. Well, to quote another neighbor, I chose not to live in an historic district, and I take the risks that come with that decision. And if someone throws up one of those ugly additions, that’s the chance I take. For myself, I believe that builders who vomit up these additions are rewarded with a building that doesn’t sell. And I hope that the more I point out that ugly DC pop ups (as opposed to the few popups and additions that aren’t crap) don’t sell, builders won’t put them up.