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Share Your Opinion on The Hine School Development

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South, Eastern Market

The ANC Subcommittee on the Hine School Development is asking for the community to share its opinions on a number of aspects of the Hine School development project.  While this survey is open until February 10, the subcommittee is meeting tonight and will start discussing the feedback.  If you would like to attend the subcommittee [...]

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Capital Riverfront BID Annual Report Released

January 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC

Last week the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District released its annual report at a well-attended lunch presentation, hosted in a new (and available for rent) office building on Half Street SE.  The Annual Meeting was attended by hundreds of city officials, developers, lenders, contractors and other parties interested in the state of the neighborhood quickly [...]

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Hill East project revamps plan for parking and retail

September 8th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Barney Circle, Capitol Hill, New Hill East

A mixed-use development project at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street, Southeast, may be one step closer to construction if developers receive approval from Capitol Hill’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission next Tuesday. Developers presented revised plans to the ANC6B’s Planning and Zoning Committee earlier this week. The project keeps the building’s 21 apartment units [...]

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Hine Development Inches Forward in the Dead of Summer

July 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Eastern Market

When developers first acquired property at the site of the former Hine Junior High School on Capitol Hill two years ago, they had hoped to break ground on a mixed-use development by 2011. That’s far from reality now, as planning for the Hine project inches forward through design and zoning approvals. ANC 6B commissioners, who [...]

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H Street Construction “Substantially Complete”

June 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · H Street, Near Northeast/Atlas District

This morning Mayor Gray, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and local business leaders, Anwar Saleem of H Street Main Street and Julia Christian of CHAMPS joined forces to celebrate the substantial completion of the H Street Northeast  Streetscape reconstruction. Substantial completion refers to all street and sidewalk surfaces being complete; no traffic lanes being blocked [...]

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Hine Design Concerns Mount, But Not Insurmountable to ANC6B

June 22nd, 2011 · 22 Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market

At a special call meeting Tuesday night, ANC 6B voted 6-3 to approve a memorandum that development partners Stanton/Eastbanc should make various aesthetic design changes to the  proposed Hine School site, clearing the way for a decision by the Historic Preservation Review Board June 30th on key architectural plans for the square block project.  ANC [...]

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The Village Gallery to Close

June 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market

“After 14 years on Capitol Hill, The Village Gallery will be closing at the end of July,” said Claire Southerlin, who owns the shop with her husband, Alan Braley. Southerlin and Braley are currently looking for buyers for both the property and the remaining art collection, which is currently made up mainly of Braley’s watercolor, [...]

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ANC 6B Releases Draft Recommendations on Hine; Wants Community Feedback

April 21st, 2011 · 14 Comments · Eastern Market

The latest proposed designs for the Hine School development are up for consideration in front of the Historic Preservation Review Board, and the ANC wants to hear from residents before determining their own recommendations for the project.  So here’s another chance for you to weigh in…

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Hine Development Questions? Restoration Society Hosts Eastbank Tonight

April 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Eastern Market

It’s difficult not to have knee jerk reactions to change. Especially big change, and when Hine Junior High at Eastern Market is torn down, the building that’s going up will indeed be big. It’s the source of much anxiety and concern for some residents, a much anticipated boost in the arm for commerce and density [...]

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Barracks Row Feedback Poll Open (Again) ‘Til Sunday

February 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Barracks Row

We’re glad to report the folks behind the recent poll of Barracks Row neighbors, as well as a wider Capitol Hill audience, are continuing to gather information and have reopened the poll of sentiments around concerns aabout issues such as parking, restaurant and retail density, and nightlife on 8th Street. Be sure to use this [...]

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