11/5/03: [76]
Comfort One will move into old Fuzio space.
New Italian art gallery Capricorno open at 2128 P St.
WT says Boston-based City Sports will open 8,000-sq-ft
store on 19th St between L and M in mid-December, with
a second store following in Chinatown.
With Staples in their old space at 19th & L, Office
Depot has opened new store at 20th & K.
WP reviews restaurant at 19th & Jefferson. See "Fin
Needs Some Finishing,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35930-2003Oct16.html
WEG has more info on 225 condos being developed at the
former Columbia Hospital for Women. See "Top-Floor
Columbia Condominium Elevates to $3 Million Price
Range,"
http://www.westendguide.us/Columbia11.htm
See also "Archaeology of Columbia Hospital Site
Intriguing,"
http://www.westendguide.us/archae.htm
Komi restaurant is open on 17th St.
Subway expected in former City Market at 1946 NH Ave,
just below U St Starbucks.
WP highlights twin sphinxes outside of 16th St's House
of the Temple. See "From the Permanent Collection,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12799-2003Oct24.html
WP & MW have pix from High Heel Race:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/entertainment/highheel2003/01.htm
http://www.metroweekly.com/scene/index.php?k=257
http://www.metroweekly.com/scene/index.php?k=252
WP looked at 1400 block of RI Ave, which has been
transformed by new businesses like Caribou Coffee,
Hotel Helix & Lounge, Aaxis Technologies and Abdo
Development, plus residential projects like the 22-
unit Willison at 1425. Says the $50-per-night Braxton
Hotel at 1440 is getting a new owner, who might convert
it to condos. See "A Block Reborn: Once-Notorious
Stretch of Rhode Island Avenue Transformed Into a
Desirable NW Neighborhood,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47947-2003Oct31.html
TCBY now open in the Hudson, on P St.
See note on Best-In Liquors robberies, [1] below.
Mid City Post Office has closed, at 1408 14th St.
See note on return of Metro Cafe, south of their old
location, [2] below.
ANC2F01 reports Candida's World of Books will open
around December at 1541 14th St, SE corner of Q, below
Framesmith. Shop will offer books in over 15 languages.
See "A makeover for U street: The area surrounding
14th and U streets has experienced a boom in the last
few years, and gays who can afford to are playing
important roles in this development,"
http://www.washblade.com/2003/10-24/arts/feature/ustreet.cfm
Video American has moved to a new street-level space,
at 2104 18th St.
Adams Morgan finally has a punk/goth shop, Stark
Raving Mad, at 2309 18th St.
WP notes "socko lighting" at Adams Morgan sushi bar
Saki (2477 18th St). See middle of "Nightwatch,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35951-2003Oct16.html
WP profiles 102-unit apt building at 18th & Columbia.
See "Melwood Offers Convenience and Lively Nightlife,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42465-2003Oct17.html
WEG covers debate over future of major Foggy Bottom
parcel. See "Old George Washington Hospital Site
Offers Prospect of Dispute or Accord,"
http://www.westendguide.us/hospital1103.htm
WEG says Chipolte will open at 3255 M St (west of Wisc
Ave) in late February. See "Chipotle Franchise Headed
to M Street," http://www.westendguide.us/Chipolte.htm
See "Retail Goes Outside The Typical Big Box: Best
Buy Opens in Tenleytown,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14150-2003Oct24.html
See also "Best Buy opens in old Hechinger site,"
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/10/20/daily28.html
Container Store will open in March, and 109 condos
above it should be finished by fall 2004.
See "Fashion police: D.C. finally is a desirable
demographic,"
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/11/03/newscolumn5.html
See "$300 Million Gamble To Revive Rockville: Success
Would Defy Downtown History,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21127-2003Oct26.html
If I could move just one NYC shop to Dupont, it
would be Magnolia Bakery (followed by The Big Cup).
See "Once Just a Cupcake, These Days a Swell,"
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/05/dining/05CUPC.html
Tonight, November 5: Fall Open House at The
Phillips Collection, 6:30 - 8:30. See [3] below.
Friday, November 7: Opening Night of Anger Box. See
http://www.cherryredproductions.com/
Saturday, November 8: Tree Planting sponsored by Casey
Trees, staging area at 17th & NH Ave, 9am - noon. See
http://www.caseytrees.org/events.htm
November 8: WABA Anniversary Auction Gala, Royal
Netherlands Embassy. See
http://www.waba.org/gala_auction/auction.php
Friday, November 14: Whitman Walker yard sale at
Foundry United Methodist Church, 16th & P.
Saturday, November 15: http://www.laughoutloud.org/
Best regards,
Michæl
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[1] [from carysilverman@comcast.net, 10/29/03]
Dear Neighbors,
I just got off the phone with the owner of Best-In
Liquors, located adjacent to Wholefoods. On each of
the past three days, the store has been robbed during
the day by a group of youths who come in and steal
whatever they can fit in their jackets. They have
threatened the owner, who is worried about his safety.
Please lookout for anyone suspicious on the 1400 block
of P Street and call 911 if you see a group matching
the following description:
-group of 4 to 7 African-American youths.
-the leader is about 6', thin, long braided hair,
about 18 years old
-the other suspects are younger, and appear to be 14-
16 years old, 4 are about 5'1'' to 5'2'', two are
about 5'8''
-most are wearing large winter jacket with hoods, most
jackets are black.
-two are wearing black hats, two are wearing red hats
-they are wearing colored t-shirts under their jackets
-they are all wearing jeans and sneakers
-they appear to be coming to the store from the
7th Street and O Street area.
Let's try to help the store out and stop this from
happening again!
Cary
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[2]
The Metro Cafe is returning as BoxLIFE.
We have teamed with Mark Zimin, the creator of
Mousetrap, and others to create a new artistic
experience.
A new two level location has been secured near the
old Metro Cafe.
We will continue to offer a mix of theater,
independent film screenings, and local visual artist
exhibitions coupled with a lounge to showcase DJ
talent. Sadly, given space constraints we can not
showcase live music. We spent more than a year looking
for a spot to resume live music and we will continue
to use our proven resources to support live music in
DC.
We are committed to building the local music and
arts scene. We continue talking to people who want to
partner with us. If you want to participate or provide
other creative input contact us.
Mark Zimin : the_blow_up@hotmail.com
Metro Cafe : metrocafe@att.net
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[3] [from rsinanan@phillipscollection.org]
The Director of The Phillips Collection
Cordially invites the Dupont Circle Neighborhood
to a Fall Open House
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
6:30p.m to 8:30 p.m.
1600 Twenty-first Street, NW
Washington, DC
Light refreshments starting at 6:30 p.m.
At 7 p.m., join assistant curator Dr. Susan
Behrends Frank for a tour of the exhibition,
Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
This fall, The Phillips Collection is host to some
of the most important avant-garde art of the early
twentieth century. Surrealism and Modernism from the
Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
includes paintings, collages, and sculpture by
Salvador Dalí, Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte,
Edvard Munch, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Picasso, among
many others. The works in this exhibition represent an
exhilarating array of artistic movements. Art lovers
will have the chance to explore dreamlike distortions,
provocative imagery, and meditations on the
subconscious in surrealist works seldom featured in
Washington. The Atheneum's twentieth century
collection of modernist works forms a complement to
the one established by Duncan Phillips. Surrealism and
Modernism provides a look at a unique era in the
history of collecting by American museums when
aesthetically adventurous directors struggled to make
the case for modern art to a suspicious public.
Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will be featured at
The Phillips Collection from October 4, 2003 through
January 18, 2004.
Organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,
Hartford, Connecticut.
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