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This post will be the first of several posts GPLiving will make about the ANC’s of Gallery Place/Penn Quarter.
We’ll start this series off easy. Here’s the rundown: The Disctrict has Wards. Every Ward is made up of several ANCs (Advisory Neighborhood Commissions). Every ANC is made up of SMD (Single Member Districts). These lines are redrawn every 10 years around the time of the national census. They will be redrawn next in 2010.
Here is a map so that readers can orient themselves. Which ANC and SMD are you in? (This info is also on your voter card if you’re unsure)
You will notice that GP/PQ is split between Wards 2 and 6 and ANC SMD’s 2C03 and 6C09. If you include the old convention center site, our neighborhood is split into 3 parts.
What GP/PQ residences are in ANC 2C03? (Translates to Ward 2, ANC 2C, SMD 3)
- Mather Studios
916 G St NW
40 units
Ventana
910-916 F St NW
62 units
The Artisan (coming soon)
915 E St NW
160 units
Residences At Gallery Place
777 7th St NW
192 units
Terrell Place
675 E St NW
29 units
In the next posting on ANC’s, we’ll focus more on ANC 2C.
Post title quote from the movie Mission Impossible.
Shimba Hills Coffee To Open In Gallery Place
We emailed Shimba Hills to ask when they expect to open. The response follows:
Subject: RE: When are you opening?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 22:36:00 -0400
Thanks for the inquiry. We should be open in the [sic] two weeks if everything goes to plan. Looking forward to your patronage and support.
Motet In Gallery Place
Some may have noticed a different variety of street performance over the weekend in Gallery Place: Motet. There were several people outside the Gallery Place theater protesting the Da Vinci Code movie opening.
Pic 1 and Pic 2. Thanks to GP resident, terecico, for the pics (taken from the G Street alley)!
"I’m rolling, brother," Jemal says And The Radio One Complex
GPLiving couldn’t resist posting about another Washington Business Journal article which documented Jemal’s purchase of 5 more downtown buildings and contained a lively quote. The notables include:
- Complete tear-down of the SW corner of 10th and F St NW to construct an office building
- Tenants displaced include: a waffle house, a T-shirt and souvenir shop and a newsstand that sells throwing stars and bongs and charges $1 to enter a back room with pornographic materials
- Jemal finally purchased the four story building that is in the same block as the Woodies building – He will turn it into what amounts to a $5.2 million doorway to the Woodies building!
It’s hard not to like Jemal’s work – he preserves the historic buildings, brings in retail stores that fit the location, and has a strong vision for turning downtown into a thriving neighborhood.
Radio One Complex
Also, similar in scale to the Gallery Place complex and a little farther north (7th and S St NW), Chip Ellis’ Radio One complex is sure to draw the crowds. Plans include 182 condominiums.