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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Hine Design Concerns Mount, But Not Insurmountable to ANC6B
June 22nd, 2011 · 22 Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
Tags: ANC 6B·Community·development·Eastern Market·Hine School
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, [...]
Tags: art·development·retail
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…
Tags: development·Hine School
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 [...]
Tags: development·Hine School
New Bar Expected Next to Tunnicliff’s
February 9th, 2011 · 23 Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
This just in: THIH hears restaurateur Xavier Cervera is buying 224 7th Street, SE – Petit Gourmet – out of its lease and putting a bar in next to Hill stalwart Tunnicliff’s, probably giving the centrally-located gathering place a run for its money and providing a fresh bar scene on traditional ole Seventh Street. DC [...]
Tags: business·development·Food
The Little House That Couldn’t
January 11th, 2011 · 16 Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
You may recall walking up C Street Southeast to Eastern Market on weekends, past a dilapidated house, boarded up and yellowing, collecting old newspapers and rubbish. It is no longer there. It is now a vacant lot, covered with hay, behind a cheap fence. Once a Chinese-American-owned market and/or drycleaner (I’m not Robert Pohl–ask [...]
Tags: demolition·development·Real Estate
Reservation 13 Update – Long Term Development
November 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments · New Hill East, Stadium Armory
While social services sprawl understandably took up a good portion of the time at last week’s Reservation 13 meeting, the original purpose had been to discuss the longer term developments of the site. For those catching up, Reservation 13 is the large block of land south of the Armory and east of 19th Street SE [...]
Tags: Community·development·Real Estate·Reservation 13·Tommy Wells
Giant Food Coming to H Street
November 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · H Street, Near Northeast/Atlas District
Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells announced today that an agreement has been reached to bring a Giant grocery store to the new development at 3rd and H Streets NE. The store will be part of a project by Steuart Investment Company and will encompass 41,000 square-feet of first floor space. The rest of the development [...]
Tags: development·Giant·H Street·supermarket
