Tuesday, June 23, 2009

VOH Articles to Check Out

H Street Mural Takes Shape
With Help, H Street Going Green
H Street Connection Plans on the Move
H Street Trolley Power Still Under Debate
Losing Meads Row


Also check out the ANC reports:
6A
6C

14 comments:

Alan Page said...

some news from my walk down h street earlier:

the storefront at 10th and H that had the Million Family March mural on the side is being renovated (the mural is now gone). The construction worker said that it will be a phone store, some competitor with Boost Mobile that will offer $35/month phone plans.

I also got a good look at the tracks today, as I have not walked down that part of H in some time. Things appear to be moving along quickly, although I have no idea what the construction process for rails should look like (lol).

Alan Page said...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3344/3654998321_3a7e0463ce.jpg?v=0

photo of the tracks above, for those who haven't seen them or live nowhere near dc (i'm assuming we have lots of non-dc resident visitors to the blog just curious about urban renewal?)

John said...

That was a sad article about losing Meads Row. Hopefully the result will not be a parking lot, as speculated.

tarisdaddy said...

I agree with the VOH take on the loss of Meade's Row. Sure the buildings are run down, but i think they are pretty cool an should be preserved. What's the friggn point of historic review and preservation if they aren't going to preserve anything. We'll end up with something like the H street connection. More shoe stores lame retail or parking lots do not make the best use of our historic assets in my opinion. Richard!

Anonymous said...

Again I ask. "How many cars can they put on that lot?" Why can't we approach them with a better alternative?

Anonymous said...

A parking lot is a regrettable idea but the buildings are a mess, causing damage to the interior of the Atlas.
The owners have had it on the market at a ridiculous price...so what's the solution here? The owners won't fix up their buildings and no one else will buy them and fix them.

diane said...

Those owners would need to apply to the city to put in a curb cut in order to access a parking lot. and, I do not believe the city will grant that permit as no more curb cuts are going to be allowed accessing H St NE. Also, it would be too close to the corner of H and 13th Streets.
Here's hoping folks.

Anonymous said...

Kinda off topic.Dont forget screen on the green tonight.This my first time at the screen.Do they sell food ?

Anonymous said...

links for the last two articles are incorrect.

inked said...

Anon 7:34,
the links are correct. If the stories have been changed, they haven't been changed on the main page. If you have an updated link to modified stories send it to me.

Parking Relief said...

Sorry to see historic buildings razed. However, a parking lot that would relieve parking congestion for patrons and valet service from H Street which spills onto G Street between 11th-13th Street, NE is also welcome. If I or my spouse try to find parking after 5PM on Friday or Saturday, no dice until midnight. Don't get me wrong, we love the increased foot traffic of customers to H Street, but we would like to park close to our home.

Alan Page said...

correct trolley power link:

http://www.voiceofthehill.com/D-C-NEWS/H-Street-trolley-power-still-under-debate

inked said...

Ah, so that's what Anon 7:34 was talking about. I assumed that when he/she said "last two links" he/she meant the "last two links." Apparently that was a reference to two links in the middle.

tarisdaddy said...

I feel you on that Parking Relief, we're neighbors. But to take a page from Richard's book, If you create destinations with the idea that parking will be provided than more people will drive. The limited parking spaces fill up and it's still ends up not being enough because more people drive because they think there's parking available. End result you and I still can't park In front of our door's after 7:00 on the weekend or maybe even Thursday. I think the horse is out of the barn on parking in the 1100-1300 blocks of G for the weekend and will get worse before it gets better. Hopefully the trolley will provide some relief in about 3-5 years if we are lucky. Of course i have a car, so I should shut up, but i try to keep it parked as much as possible.

All this to say those run down semi historic buildings add character to H street in the Atlas District. These buildings restored/ made usable is a whole lot better than a parking lot or something that is an inappropriate scale and style( i know there's that over lay zoning thing, but i have little confidence in it). I don't know what the motives of the owner are but it seems like a historic designation would help with funding for the minor subdivisions restoration. Maybe they could put one of those green roofs on it and that would help with the water problems, if this is the cause of damage to the Atlas Theater.