Liberty Tree to Open Soon

A reader comment suggests that Liberty Tree (1016 H Street) might open very soon.

THAT Martini Lounge Rumor

Many of you may remember a rumor that I posted almost two months ago that the Martin Lounge building (1236 H Street) had been purchased by an owner from Wisdom. At the time I  could neither confirm, nor debunk the rumor. I called and emailed the owner of the Martini Lounge, but received no response.  I asked around, and nobody would admit to knowing about such a deal. Then came a post from a certain H Street figure suggesting it wasn't true (but in a weird sort of way). I figured it either wasn't true, or wasn't fodder for conversation yet (i.e., possibly not a done deal ready to go public). I mention it now because I am hearing more hard intel, and I'm getting quoted on other blogs as saying it just isn't true. I now think it is true, and that Granville's will take one of the floors. I backed off in the beginning because I'd rather come later to a story than risk souring a deal. I might get a bit of flack for that, but honestly, is it better that I break a story super early, or that we all hear about it later, and the deal actually goes through? I know what I prefer. I'm a resident first, and a blogger second. I like bars and restaurants much better than rumors of what might have been.

Come Hungry. Come EARLY.

I awoke early this morning (around 6am). I texted two friends who are chronic early risers (or at least capable of not being awakened by a text if they are still sleeping). One responded, and we were headed up there by just after 7am. There were maybe three or four groups of two people there when we arrived.  I ordered the Happy Fat Boy Breakfast (which is HUGE) so I could try lots of different stuff. It was very tasty, but way more than I could ever eat. We sat and relaxed, and around maybe 8:30 people started rolling in hardcore. I mean it looked like it was about to get packed. Good job with the diner Matt and Patrick! It looks like you stumbled on a real demand.

Opening @Conner Contemporary

Maria Friberg - transmission 6 - 2010, c-print, 60 x 30 inches.

GALLERY OPENINGS Maria Friberg: transmission Dean Kessmann: Paper as Art as Potential March 20 - May 8, 2010 opening reception: Saturday, March 20th: 6-8pm artists in attendance. to preview: CLICK HERE CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART 1358 Florida Ave, NE Washington, DC 20002 v: 202-588-8750 info@connercontemporary.com www.connercontemporary.com   Join us on Facebook

Maria Friberg: transmission
Dean Kessmann: Art as Paper as Potential

March 20 – May 8, 2010

Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce two concurrent solo exhibitions featuring new photographs and videos by Maria Friberg, of Sweden, and Dean Kessmann, of Washington, DC. For each artist, this is the fourth solo show with the gallery.

In transmission, Maria Friberg re-frames the automobile as a sign for ambivalent concepts, such as progress and environmental threat, social hierarchy and economic instability, and male power and uncertainty. In her video and photographs, Friberg presents various makes and models of cars, from below, displacing their most familiar features, and exposing their seemingly vulnerable undersides. Filming moving cars against a clear sky, the artist achieves a dream-like effect, while underscoring the relation between man and nature, which forms a major theme in her oeuvre. Her focus on man's place in the natural world is amplified in alongside us, a recent series of large-scale photographs of men suspended on branches of trees, also on view.

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Dean Kessmann construes blank sheets of paper as potential sites for creation with words or images in Paper as Art as Potential. Scanning 365 sheets of blank paper, the artist created an installation with digital prints, transparencies, and video. He explains, "The predominant motive for working digitally on this piece grew out of my interest in translating these tactile sheets of paper into purely digital information, which, after being filtered through the virtual realm, is output, once again, into material form." Identifying each page with a day in the calendar, Kessmann constructs a visual metaphor of an artist's working year. "This project," the artist imparts, "Is about the daily practice of making art, an act of giving and receiving."

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There will be an opening night reception, Saturday, March 20th from 6 to 8pm. Artists in attendance.

Additional information may be found at: http://www.connercontemporary.com/. For further information or images, please contact the gallery @ 202-588-8750 or info@connercontemporary.com.

Conner Contemporary Art is located at 1358 Florida Avenue, NE –Washington, DC 20002. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10-5pm.

Hoping it was the Last Big One this Season

200 Block of H Street Then and Now

Check out (you'll want to see the original size) this cool morph on Flickr. Uploaded by user R.Friend.

On the Western Front..

I'm hearing two exciting things:

1. In the next few weeks Sidamo will roll out their newest offering, individually brewed cups of coffee. You'll be able to choose from 8-10 types of beans, which they will then grind on the spot, put it in a filter, and then pour the water through it. Cool, no?

2. Ethiopic is getting damn close to opening. I'm talking maybe less than a month.

Health Food Store Coming to Florida and Trinidad Ave?

A report left in the comments suggests that a new health food store might be headed for the corner. I imagine this would be going into the space vacated by the laundromat.

H Street Playhouse Sold?

The following was sent to me and left in the comments:

To: historicwashington@yahoogroups.com
From: scott@scott-roberts.net
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:25:24 -0800
Subject: [HistoricWashington] H Street Theater property changes hands for 1.1 million

I noticed this commercial real estate transactions entry in the Friday, February 26, 2010 Washington Business Journal -- the landmarked Mott Motors/Plymouth Theater site.

Scott Roberts

H Street Playhouse LLC to Century Theater LLC, 1365 H Street NE, Lot 90 Part of Lot 21 Square 1027, $1,100,000.

1381 H Street to Come Down.

I just received this. The Ohio was at 1380 H Street. I think it's the building between the vacant lot and the Salavation Army because I believe I've seen some sort of notice there.

Greetings:

Attached for your information are copies of raze permit applications recently submitted to the Historic Preservation Office for an administrative clearance. HPO provides this general public announcement because of the frequent neighborhood interest in raze applications.

Addresses included in this report: 1381 H St NE
(ANC6A06)
HPO is one of a group of agencies and private utilities that clear raze applications before permits are issued. The HPO clearance of a raze application indicates either that the property is not subject to the historic preservation law, or that the demolition has been approved through the process provided in the preservation law.

HPO endeavors to maintain fair, efficient, and prompt processing of these applications. We routinely clear raze applications that do not involve historic preservation issues. If a raze application may involve a matter of significance to neighborhood planning and development, we may hold the application until the expiration of the official notice period that DCRA is required to give to the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

Anyone interested in the status of the HPO clearance of a raze application may contact us by email at historic.preservation@dc.gov. To check the status of a raze application, please check the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs website at: dcra.dc.gov. Select Permits, then “View a List of Raze Permits Issued Year to Date*” – the permit status will be listed as ”New Application”, “Open”, “Permit Issued”, or “Completed.” Please contact DCRA at (202) 442-4400 for information on a specific raze application.

Bruce Yarnall

Operations and Grants Manager
DC Historic Preservation Office/Office of Planning
2000 14th Street, NW Suite 401
Washington, DC 20009
P: (202) 442-8835
F: (202) 442-7638

Quick Round Up for Today

Ok, this has to be fast because I've got to get to work. My computer is at the Apple Store for repairs, and will likely be there all weekend. Here are a few things you should check out:

DCMUD: Streetcar Update.

The City Paper: Capital City Diner Finally Settles In

Intersections Arts Festival continues at the Atlas with a wide variety of offerings at affordable prices. The Express covers Intersections.

Streetscape Issues and an Update

No doubt you've probably noticed that the construction on H Street is pretty extensive, and covers most of the Corridor. You may have also seen some comments here relating to that very issue, and expressing concerns that having construction so spread out might really hurt businesses on H. First I'm posting a letter sent by Joe Englert to select Councilmembers and staffers. Many of you will recall the discussion to which Englert refers. Those unfamiliar with the P Street issue can Google it, but just know that the street construction wasn't as well executed as many would have liked. As a result, it put a lot of pressure on local businesses because potential patrons avoided the torn up strip. Now many business owners on H Street are anxious because the construction on our own Corridor isn't going quite the way it was planned. Some promises were made that haven't been kept. Below Englert's letter you'll find an update on the Streetscape project from one of the organizations working on the Streetscape.When I first posted it I referred to it as a "response." I
m actually not sure if it was meant as a response, or is just how they always send out the regular update. Either way, it is related enough to the letter that I think it belongs in the same post. I also think the project needs to, um...get back on track.

Dear D.C. Councilmembers and Staff,


Where did it all start going wrong? Remember about two years ago, we had a community meeting where we professed that we had learned what NOT to do when it came to streetscape constructions in the city?. We had business people from P Street N.W. tell their horror stories. We had MacTech and DDOT saying that there would never be any more than three blocks under construction at any given time. They would house vehicles in sheds and off-site instead of blocking buildings. There would be great pains made to make sure no intersections would ever be blocked, etc., etc.
However, we now have EVERY block from 2nd to 15th on H Street Northeast under construction.

There is scant parking, jersey barriers everywhere, orange fencing on every street, no parking signs everywhere, equipment blocking sight lines every day and every weekend. Communication with businesses is non-existent. The D.C. government now seems to be unaware of the current plans, schedules and completion dates for segments of the street or the length of the street.

Can we please get the many parties of this project together as soon as possible. As we are all well aware, the economy is sputtering. The recent blizzards have been costly and cruel. Now, on top of these hardships comes a construction project that has come untracked. It looks uncoordinated, sloppy and unsupervised from our viewpoint. How can we get this back on track and organized once again?

We are looking forward to getting back on track and soon!

Thanks for your attention to this important issue!

Sincerely, Joe Englert, Atlas District "BID" 


Good afternoon….On behalf of the District Department of Transportation, we want to bring you up to date on the impact of the snowstorms and the efforts that all parties have made – and continue to make – to resume significant construction activities.

Construction activities were suspended about mid-day on Friday, February 5, as the snowstorm moved into the city and remained suspended throughout the following week as the Round Two snowstorm hit and snow mounted to historic depths. Monday, February 15 was the President’s Day holiday, observed by the DC and federal governments and many private companies, including the project contractor, Capitol Paving of DC. On various occasions during the work-suspension period, DDOT, MACTEC, and CPDC personnel assessed conditions in the work zone and had discussions about when and what types of major construction tasks could be re-started – always with the emphasis on the urgency of resuming work quickly and safely.

On Tuesday, February 16, CPDC had a full complement of workers back on the job, with the principal task of repairing potholes and removing snow from the work zone. On Wednesday, February 17, additional construction activities resumed, installation of the Verizon manhole at the 5th Street intersection was completed, and significant progress was made on the installation of storm drains in the 1100 and 1200 blocks. The pace of construction has increased each day since, as more and more of the snow accumulation was removed and ultimately melted when temperatures warmed.

Because many H Street area residents and merchants have asked, we are well aware of the widespread community interest in receiving an updated, long-term schedule of the work activities planned in the various blocks of the project area, and the target start dates and completion dates for work in each area. All parties are devoting our intense attention and best efforts to produce a reliable schedule for you as soon as possible.

As always, we are grateful for your patience, cooperation, and support as we work toward the goal of making H Street the “Great Street” this community has worked so hard to achieve.

Our Construction Manager’s Weekly (in this case, covering two weeks) Status Report is attached.* The complete library of status reports is available on the DDOT website, http://www.ddot.dc.gov/. Please continue to call on us whenever you would like additional information or assistance.

Margaret Gentry

Community Relations Specialist
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting
1322 H Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Tel/Ofc: 202.388.3081
Cell: 202.320.8534
FAX: 202.388.3083
magentry[at]mactec.com
*The report mostly consists of photos, and detailed accounts of the precise activities for each week. You can get it from the website.

WP: B. K. Adams

Photo courtesy of B. K. Adams
The post reports on the efforts of B. K. Adams. Adams has installed a new work called "The Bridge of Leadership" in the 300 block of H Street. He previously had another piece installed on the site called "I Am Talking to My God" that consisted of a pole, and a highchair painted bright blue and suspended high above the ground.

DCPS Fundraiser @H Street Country Club

Press release:

H Street Country Club to Host DC Public Schools Fundraiser
February 27th

Day-long event will incorporate elementary students, families, teachers
and community

Washington, DC – Saturday, February 27th, H Street Country Club will host an early event rewarding local DC Public Schools (DCPS) elementary students for improvements in the classroom. Children from the Payne and Maury Elementary Schools will enjoy the indoor mini-golf course, games, drinks, and snacks from 11a.m. - 3p.m. Parents will also be recognized for high percentage attendance of parent/teacher conferences prior to an all-night event to collect funds and new books for local schools.

Starting at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, February 27th, all guests visiting the H Street Country Club can donate a new, unused children's book or $10. In return for each donation, patrons will get a free drink ticket and will have a chance to meet local school administrators and register for the many DCPS volunteer opportunities available. All proceeds collected that night will benefit the DC Public Education Fund.


"We're elated to partner with DCPS and the DC Public Education Fund. We've received a wonderful response from the DC community since our opening last May and hope to work with our neighbors time and time again in the future," says owner Joe Englert.


The DC Public Education Fund’s mission is to dramatically improve student achievement in the District of Columbia by serving as a strategic partner to businesses, foundations, community leaders, and individual donors in supporting and investing in high-impact programs with the District of Columbia Public Schools. This work includes attracting critical funding resources, managing key public-private partnerships, and acting as fiscal sponsor for all grants made on behalf of DC Public Schools. For more information, visit dceducationfund.org.


"Partnerships with businesses and civic leaders are essential to our success in transforming DC Public Schools, and this one with H Street Country Club is an exciting new model," said Cate Swinburn, President of DC Public Education Fund. "We thank Joe Englert and his partners for their support of the Ward 6 community and the students of Washington, DC."

H Street Country Club is located in the Atlas District at 1335 H Street NE. It features Mexican fare designed by James Beard award-winning chef Ann Cashion and is home to the only indoor mini golf course in Washington, DC. It is open daily from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 5:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. Reservations are recommended but walk-ins are welcome. To contact the restaurant or make reservations, please call 202-339-HSCC or visit www.hstreetcountryclub.com.

Liquor Store in 300 Block of H for Sale

Here's the pdf. It's really frustrating to watch the 300 block of H and feel like too many people are just playing wait and see. Much of the block sits empty except for a few scattered structures on the south side. Now one of those (this one will/should almost certainly be a teardown. 5,700sqft.

Thanks to "George" for the tip.

Capital City Diner Opens Tomorrow @6am

Stop by the diner at 1050 Bladensburg Road tomorrow and check it out. I'll write more later (work is busy, and a nasty laptop issue requires a trip to the Apple store tonight). Enjoy these photos for now:
Asst. Chief Groomes stops by to check out the diner.



Breakfast is served all day.


Chicken Fried Steak and the Bacon Cheese Burger.



Not exactly health food, but it is very tasty.

WP: Intersections Arts Festival

The Post covers the massive arts festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Check out the Intersections website. You can also friend the festival on Facebook, or follow its blog. The festival offers diverse performances, everything from the NE Senior Singers, to youth choruses, to Grammy Nominated progressive hip hop artist Christylez Bacon, to Grammy Award winning folk singer Tom Chaplin.

Same Place, Different Time

As some longtime readers may have noticed, I like to take photos of this building. I have at least 14 of them, which is kind of a lot for a random vacant building. FYI, this is at the corner of Morse and Montello. Though the building has changed since I first bought my house almost seven years ago, it has always been vacant and, um, "for sale."

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UPDATE

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When I said "for sale" I meant it. At $900,500 1201 Morse is the most expensive home in Trinidad. Interestingly, the structure is not being taxed at the vacant rate. I notice that the owner, a Freeman Hardy, lives in Bethesda. Maybe the doctor rumor is true, because there is a Freeman Hard who teaches at Howard University College of Dentistry.

And kudos to Matthew for digging up these cool old photos of the store.

Feb 2010

March 2006

January 2006

January 2006

January 2006

October 2005

July 2005

July 2005


March 2005

Reader Photo: Palace of Wonders Fire Show

Uploaded by Flickr user Command Z. Have photos taken in the neighborhood to share? Add them to the Frozen Tropics Flickr pool.

WP: Capital City Diner

Matt Ashburn poses outside his diner soon after it was delivered to DC.


The Post writes about the trying process of opening the Capital City Diner. The diner, which is located at 1050 Bladensburg Road, opens to the public on Tuesday at 6am. Check out this old Brightest Young Things post for a peek at the menu. The Capital City Diner is Trinidad's only sit down eating option. Check out this old post for more photos of the diner arriving on Bladensburg Road.

In other exciting news, just across Mt. Olivet Road, the upscale soul food purveyor Sugar is expanding, and will now offer additional seating.

All That Glitters @H Street Playhouse

Restoration Stage  brings a new musical to the H Street Playhouse (1365 H Street), but the run is short, so catch it while you can:

"ALL THAT GLITTERS..." is a new musical about Precious, a beloved twenty-first century girl group who struggle between core Christian values and the allure of fame and fortune. Through riveting drama, infectious "radio-ready" pop music, and unforgettable performances,.."
February 17th-28th
Tickets $26

Capital City Diner to Open Tuesday

The much anticipated vintage diner on Bladensburg Road should be open to the public starting Tuesday.  The diner will be Trinidad's only sit-down dining establishment. Young and Hungry reports.

Liberty Tree Website

The website for Liberty Tree (the new pizza place coming to the 1000 block of H) is live.

KunstlerCast: Broken Windows and Urban Policing

I was listening to old KunstlerCast podcasts today as I rode the X2 home* and I thought this would be a good one to share. You should really listen to them all because it's a pretty good podcast.

Here are a few other urban planning type podcasts to help you cope with that commute:

Planetizen
The American Planning Association podcast page
Smart City


*It took me almost two hours to get home from Metro Center today, and I am not amused.

Intersections

There's a lot of stuff going on with the Intersections Arts Festival at the Atlas. Here's a bit of info:

Get ready forINTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival. Three ART-filled weekends celebrating who we are, where we come from and where we are going now. Lets meet. Cross. Collide. Coalesce. Collaborate. At INTERSECTIONS. Saturday February 20th is FAMILY DAY at INTERSECTIONS! Featuring FREE events for all ages! Cafe Concert by recent Grammy nominee for Best Children's Album Christylez Bacon. Free workshops with the Capital Children's Museum and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) Tickets are still available to performances by Coyaba Dance Theater, Reverb and BodyMoves Dance Company! For more information check the INTERSECTIONS website. A "New America" is center stage at the Atlas in DC this winter.  INTERSECTIONS: A New AmericaArts Festival runs weekends, February 19 - March 7, 2010, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE.  This multi-disciplinary, multi-ethnic and multi-generational line-up of more than fifty arts events celebrates the cultural dynamics shaping America today. Experience boundary-crossing theater, dance, music, film, visual arts, opera, literary and spoken word.  For more information and tickets please visit www.intersectionsdc.org or call 202-399-7993. WEEKENDS FEBRUARY 19th- MARCH 7th 2010 THEATER Atlas Resident the Washington Savoyardspresent Scott Joplin's rarely performed ragtime opera Treemonisha. Wooly Mammoth Theater will sponsor a community read of the classic A Raisin in theSun. Arena Stage presentsAn Evening with Marva: Celebrating the Gospel Truth with actress Marva Hicks. Local actress Kathleen Gonzalez will performBridge of Bodies, a one-woman, sixteen character unfolding of a Haitian-American's mission of self-discovery. More....  DANCE Jason Garcia Ignacio/City Dance Ensemblepresent The Mountain a dance fusion of east and west by an award-winning Filipino choreographer. Coyaba Dance Theater, Tappers With Attitude and Urban Artistry will bring Origins, a joyful collaboration celebrating the heritage and soul of African American dance. DCypher Dance DCypher 10.2: Co-Ed, will electrify audiences with a high-voltage hip-hop performance by a boundary-breaking DC dance ensemble. BodyMoves Contemporary Dance CompanyDance through the Decades, presens a lively journey through the history of black dance.  More... MUSIC Folk legend Tom Chapincelebrates the intersection of music and social change, joined by members of DC's St. Augustine's Gospel Choir. Grammy nominee Christylez Bacon presents In Pursuit of Me: The Story of Christylez Bacon, a world premiere merging music and theatre by one of Washington hip-hop's rising stars. Jay Walkers at the Intersection, a collaborative concert featuring Grammy-winner Jon Carroll's  pop and R & B, Nigerian artistTosin Aribisala's jazz and Michael Shereikis' Afro-Funk. Harmony Crossing, an a cappella romp from gospel to "road-tunes" from DC's Wammie-winning sextet,Reverb. More... FILM Music Meets Film: CARMEN at the Intersection Live musicians paired with a screening of Carlos Sauro's film that resets the world's most famous opera in the passionate world of flamenco dance. The Prep School Negro: Edmund Burke School presents a film that takes a poignant and unapologetic look at the life of a young man who, through a scholarship, moved from poverty to prep school. GALA Hispanic Theatre Presents Paso Nuevo The Legend of Izquic(2006), A compelling documentary-fiction film tracing the lives of local teenagers who form part of an at-risk theatre collective in Columbia Heights DC. More... LITERARY Symphony Space Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, a special presentation of the popular public radio series starring actor Joe Morton (City of Hope, Eureka.)  Politics and Prose Bookstore:Steven Roberts: From Every Endof This Earth, a reading and book signing by the New York Timesbest-selling author capturing the stories of thirteen immigrant families and their lives in the new America. Folger Shakespeare Library Poets When Words Collide,a poetic response to life in today's America by professional and student writers, including poets Kim Roberts and Sami Miranda. More... Dine in the Atlas District  All this ART can make you hungry!  Festival patrons can take their INTERSECTIONS ticket on the day of their performance to one of our Festival-Five partner establishments, The H Street Country Club, Sticky Rice, The Argonaut, Granville Moore's and The Rock and Roll Hotel and receive 10% off their check.  So DO ART and EAT all on H Street NE. The Atlas Performing Arts Center is located at 1333 H Street NE in Washington, DC www.atlasarts.org. 202.399.7993

H Street Great Street: Nouveau Fleur

The local blog talks up the local florist.

We Love DC: We Love Evolve Urban Arts

The folks over at We Love DC are pretty excited after a recent visit to the Evolve Urban Arts Project.

CP: Capital City Diner

The City Paper sneaks a peak at the Capital City Diner. By the way, the diner guys just got their business license today. I stopped by recently and the diner is really cool on the inside. I think people will be very pleased.

Snow Experiences?

I hung out with neighbors, and we helped dig out many a car/parking space. We shared many a meal, and a few drinks. Yesterday I was walking with a friend when we came across a couple of women who I recognized as Argonaut patrons (I think they are Gallaudet students). They had gotten stuck in a snow bank, but I had a shovel on me. They were able to quickly dig out using it. I was glad to provide it, and even happier that I know how to say "You are welcome" in ASL. Sometimes I really love living around here. Any good snow stories to share?

Avoiding Valentine's Day? Here's Another Option...

Nighttime Snow Shots

Flickr user lmno.p contributed these three cool shots of H and surrounding streets during the storm to the Frozen Tropics flickr pool. I'm partial to the one on G Street.

1300 block of H Street

1300 block of G Street

Linden Court

Toyland is Open

Actually, Toyland (421 H Street) officially opened this past Wednesday amidst all the snow craziness. Stop by and check out H Street's newest bar.

202.487.8839

Tues - Thurs: 5:00 pm - 12:00 am
Fri - Sat: 5:00 pm - 2:00 am
Sun: 5:00 pm - 12:00 am

City Gallery Comes to H Street

A new art gallery, City Gallery, will open soon at 804 H Street #1. The gallery represents over 20 local painters, sculptures, photographers, engravers, and printmakers. The grand opening will be Saturday March 6th from 6-9pm.

Tee Time Kids Cancelled 2/13

Elise

We wanted to let you and your readers know that due to the snow disruptions, H Street Country Club is forced to cancel the Tee Time Kids Event we had planned for Saturday (2/13).

We apologize for any inconveniences and we have contacted the individuals who have purchased tickets so we can refund their money.

This event will be rescheduled at a later date and we will notify customers.

Regards,

Ricardo Vergara
H Street Country Club
1335 H Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-399-4722
HStreetCountryClub.com

Homicide on 21st Street

This is in Langston.
Here's the report:

[MPD-5D] HOMICIDE ON 21ST STREET NE‏
From: mpd-5d@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Greene, Lamar (MPD) (lamar.greene@dc.gov)
Sent: Fri 2/12/10 6:19 PM
To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com

Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 700 block of 21st Street, NE.

On Wednesday, February 3, 2010, shortly after 7:00 a.m., members of the Fifth District responded to the 700 block of 21st Street, NE for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, they located an adult male lying in front of an apartment building. The victim was unconscious and unresponsive. Personnel from the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department responded to the scene, but could find no life signs.

The victim, identified as 47-year-old Carlos Bernard Alexander of the 400 block of 53rd Street, NE later was officially pronounced dead on the scene by a representative of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia. The body was then transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office pending an autopsy. On Friday, February 12, 2010, the manner of death was ruled homicide due to complications resulting from blunt force injuries.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIM [E] (1-888-919-2746).

The Metropolitan Police Department is currently offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.

Anonymous information may also be forwarded to DC Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS and to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411. If the information provided by a caller to Crime Solvers leads to an arrest and indictment, that caller will be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

WP: Leigh Conner

The Post profiles one of the owners of Conner Contemporary, an art gallery located at 1358 Florida Avenue.

Capital City Diner Moves Closer to Opening

They've now got the C of O. That means they now just need:
1. a contract with a garbage collector;
2. a health inspection;
3. a license.

ANC 6A Results

Drew Ronneberg wins. I'm hearing 92 votes to 14. Good turnout.

Sova Events

Special Valentine's Day edition of SOVA Sessions. DJs Electric Avenue and Chris Nitti will be spinning deep house and various grooves in SOVA's upstairs wine lounge all night. No cover all night.

Hotties for Haiti, the Doctors Without Borders benefit originialy scheduled for last night is back on for next week. Sova 7:30 start time, 8:30 bidding, Wednesday the 17th.