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Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
by Marlene Berlin The owner of the Burger King franchise at Van Ness is talking again about closing the location. “Potomac Foods being the last standing Burger King operator in the District, and 40 years of service to your community, it saddens us to have to say goodbye,” wrote Mark James, Potomac’s vice president of […]
by Marlene Berlin Ahead of a three-year deadline, the owner of the Burger King franchise in Van Ness is seeking to waive a requirement that it resurface a parking area to allow for stormwater infiltration. The accessory parking lot behind the Burger King and across the alley is zoned for residential use, so every three […]
by Barbara Kraft Representatives of Howard University met this month with two representatives of a group of Upton Street and Tilden Street neighbors over Howard’s plans for its 22-acre West Campus, which includes its law school, and changes to the future land use designation the Office of Planning (OP) has proposed as part of revisions […]
by Kesh Ladduwahetty Ward 3 has come under particular scrutiny recently for its egregious lack of affordable housing, as well it should. But the Mayor’s proposal to address the issue, which the DC Council has very slightly modified, has carefully avoided the 800-pound gorilla: racism. In failing to define the actual problem, they have failed […]
by Marlene Berlin 12/16 update: The Bowser administration has announced new deadlines for public and ANC comments. The dates have been updated below.) DC’s proposed land use road map doesn’t send Van Ness and Forest Hills veering off its present course. The draft Comprehensive Plan amendments presented at the December 7th Ward 3 meeting at […]
4250 Connecticut’s new owner plans to renovate and modernize the 37-year-old office and retail building when Fannie Mae moves out in November. Bernstein Management presented some early plans at ANC 3F’s March meeting. Bernstein is seeking to modify the 1978 and 1980 Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) that allowed this structure to be built in the […]
by Marlene Berlin (Writing as 2018 President of Van Ness Main Street) DC’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2006 and updated in 2011, is going through another round of updates. The plan will guide future land use in the District, setting standards for such things as the density of our commercial areas and neighborhoods. Why is […]
ANC 3F has collected neighbors’ comments on the planned addition of six homes at 3101 Albemarle Street, and incorporated them into a letter to the Zoning Commission, the Office of Zoning and the Office of Planning. The commissioners are not taking sides or otherwise expressing support or opposition to the development. Rather, the purpose of […]
ANC 3F has added a second February meeting because a couple of matters couldn’t hold until its regular meeting on February 20th. The commissioners will meet on Monday, February 5th at 6:30 p.m. at the Van Ness Main Street office (4340 Connecticut Avenue). The two-item agenda: Ellicott Street parking and a letter to the Office […]
Below is the agenda for the December 14th community meeting on development plans for 3101 Albemarle and the developers’ application for zoning relief. Soapstone Valley Ventures plans to build five townhomes and one single-family detached home on the portion of the property that is not landmarked. This is higher density than DC code allows, and […]
