RSS Feed10th & G St Church/Office Project On Hold Indefinitely
Thanks to Si for pointing us to this WaPo article. The construction site on the northeast corner of 10th & G St NW is going to remain as a big pit for a good while longer. Developer, PN Hoffman, was unable to sign a major tenant for the office building portion of the project and decided to put things on hold until the market improves. There is also talk of the possibility of the soup kitchen & homeless services aspect of the church not returning due to certain restrictions placed by the developer.
Here is a link to a prior post with a rendering of the planned building.
Planter Box Pet Peeves
Can You Identify The Juicy Fruit, Big Red and Hubba Bubba?
When walking through PQ, you can look down at any planter (tree) box and you’re certain to see one of two things: gum or cigarette butts. If you took a random sample of any four boxes you could add animal feces and beer/liquor bottles. We’ve talked about dogs using the boxes before, no problem there so long as you always clean up after your dog (there is no excuse for not picking up after your dog/having plenty of plastic bags on hand). And we’re not likely to solve the beer/liquor bottle problem anytime soon. That leaves the gum and the cigarettes.
We’ll start with cigarettes: Why would anyone think it was ok to throw a smoldering flame into a box full of dried twigs? Many of the buildings downtown offer smokers’ poles for cigarette disposal, and most of the metal garbage cans have lips that can be used to extinguish (and then dispose of) the butts. And yet somehow the gum bothers us more; maybe it’s because we know several smokers but don’t know any adults who chew gum except those (1) trying to quit smoking, or (2) on a flight.
Obviously lots of people like gum, and in moderation there is nothing wrong with that. But there is something wrong with spitting your gum out on into these boxes or on the sidewalk. We really like the banana pudding from Capital Q, but we don’t spit it out onto the sidewalk when we’re through with it. Doesn’t it seem strange that there is an entire industry and product lines designed around cleaning up gum from sidewalks?
Soon the spring planting will start and the boxes will all be full of grasses and flowers. But you can be sure it won’t take long before the gum, cigarette butts, feces and bottles are in full bloom once again.
PQ Building Permit Update
2/20/2009
Permit # B0900691
700 6TH ST NW
INSTALL ONE 300 GALLON FUEL TANK ON P-3 LEVEL. WITH PUMP AND PIPING TO EXISTING GENERATOR IN PENTHOUSE PER PLANS. 40 GALLON DAY TANK ON GENERATOR.
2/19/2009
Permit # B0903247
601 F ST NW
INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AND REPAIR TO SUIT TENANT “MCDONALDS’S” APPROX 200 S.F ON THE 1ST FLOOR.
2/19/2009
Permit # B0902803
707 G ST NW
JEMAL’S TOMAN LLC & JEMAL’S MICKELSON LLC
REMOVE EXISTING INTERIOR LOAD BEARING WALL TO PREPARE FOR NEW OPENING AS PER PLANS.
2/19/2009
Permit # B0901861
1025 F ST NW
Hennes ? Mauritz Interior remodeling of existing H ? M Store to include demolition, construction, mechanical and electrical.
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The Hood
Chinatown – Life in Mount Vernon Square highlights the Chinatown Revitalization Council 2nd Annual Mayoral “State of Chinatown” address at the Wah-Luck House tonight from 7 pm to 9 pm. [Life in Mount Vernon Square]
Upper Shaw/U Street – A new wine store named Boston Wine and Spirits makes an appearance on 9th Street NW close to U Street NW. [Renew Shaw]
Capitol Hill – Fashion violator caught in the Capitol building. Oopsie. [Capitol Hill Style]
Union Station – A reminder of what it looked like then and now. [Greater Greater Washington]