RSS FeedHPRB Approves Construction Fence for 627-631 H St NW (Chinatown)
Yeni Wong is about to fence in her first project underneath the friendship arch. 627-631 H St NW are the former homes for Lei Garden and China Doll. Both buildings are *not* historic and have been approved for demolition. The buildings will make way for a new office+retail project. Wong’s second project (Gallery Square), which entails partial demolition of the CVS (801 7th St NW) and the neighboring restaurant on 7th, is still a ways off. CVS is holding on to their lease for dear life and the issue will be hitting the courts in a few months.
Historic Preservation Office Report (excerpt):
6/6/07
627-631 H St NW
Downtown
Temporary Work Construction fence
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So CVS is holding on to their lease for dear life? How quaint. Meanwhile, their employees swelter in a filthy store without air conditioning. It’s one of the most disgusting places I’ve been into.
They’re holding onto their lease because that store probably pulls in more money per square foot than most of their other locations.
Yes, IT 446, HVAC issues are a landlord responsibility. But the tenant has recourse, and the tenant — CVS — has done nothing about it.
It’s the tenant’s responsibility for cleanliness and tidiness, such as shampooing filthy carpets, mopping sticky floors and not using the floors to store merchandise.
In the end, if CVS as a corporation cared about its image it would insist that store management do their job and insist on air conditioning for the employees and customers, and clean up the dump.
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Sooo sad to see Lei Garden go for real. I was holding out hope that it would reopen at some point.