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Georgetowner • October 5, 2015

The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its October meeting, 6:30 p.m., Sept. 28, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 35th Street and Volta Place, NW, Heritage Room, main building, second floor. The following is Monday’s meeting agenda, as provided by ANC 2E.

Approval of the Agenda

• Approval of September 28, 2015, ANC 2E Public Meeting Agenda Administrative

• Approval of June 29, 2015 and August 31 Meeting Minutes

• Public Safety and Police Report

• Financial Report – FY2016 Budget and ANC 2E Executive Director, Bookkeeping Service funding

• Transportation Report

• DPW Report

Community Comment

New Business

• Petition by neighbors to remove a gingko tree in the 1500 block of 26th Street NW

ABC

• ABRA-097883, 1717 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Gokulesh, LLC t/a Hop, Cask & Barrel (Class A) consideration of possible settlement agreement

• Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW (Class B) Full Service Grocery Store; License and (Class CR) Restaurant License

Old Georgetown Board

Private Projects

1. SMD 05 OG 15-317 (HPA 15-567) 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Mixed-use
Addition/alterations
Foundry Concept

2. SMD 07 OG 15-333 (HPA 15-610) 1611 29th Street, NW
Residence
Alterations
Permit

No Review At This Time by ANC 2E:
The following additional projects, which are on the upcoming October 1, 2015, agenda of the Old Georgetown Board, have not been added to the ANC meeting agenda for OGB-related design review and we do not propose to adopt a resolution on them at this time. (If there are concerns about any of these projects, please contact the ANC office by Friday, September 25, 2015.)

Major and Public Projects

1. SMD 05 OG 15-239 (HPA 15-449) 2715 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Mixed-use
Demolition, new construction
Revised concept
Private Projects

1. SMD 02 OG 15-190 (HPA 15-349) 3417 R Street, NW
Residence
Rear addition and alterations
Revised concept

2. SMD 02 OG 15-329 (HPA 15-605) 1614 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Restaurant
Mechanical equipment
Permit

3. SMD 02 OG 15-319 (HPA 15-570) 1623 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Commercial Signs and awning
Carine’s Bridal
Permit

4. SMD 03 OG 15-335 (HPA 15-612) 1316 33rd Street, NW
Residence Alterations Concept

5. SMD 03 OG 15-337 (HPA 15-614) 1316 33rd Street, NW
Residence
Alterations, site work
Permit

6. SMD 03 OG 15-336 (HPA 15-613) 1318 33rd Street, NW
Residence
Alterations, site work
Permit

7. SMD 03 OG 15-295 (HPA 15-543) 1223 34th Street, NW
Residence
Alterations
Concept

8. SMD 03 OG 15-330 (HPA 15-606) 1221 36th Street, NW
Institution Addition/Alterations
De la Cruz Gallery of Art
Concept

9. SMD 03 OG 15-318 (HPA 15-569) 3206 N Street, NW
Commercial Signs
Mashburn
Permit

10. SMD 03 OG 15-285 (HPA 15-531) 3301 N Street, NW
Residence
Rear addition, alterations, gas lights
Existing alterations without review
Permit

11. SMD 03 OG 15-313 (HPA 15-562) 3319 N Street, NW
Residence
Replacement windows
Permit

12. SMD 03 OG 15-305 (HPA 15-553) 3424 P Street, NW
Residence
Alterations
Permit

13. SMD 06 OG 15-334 (HPA 15-611) 3018 P Street, NW
Residence
Two-story rear addition to replace open porch, alterations
Permit

14. SMD 06 OG 15-320 (HPA 15-588) 3043 P Street, NW
Residence
Window and door replacement
Permit

15. SMD 03 OG 15-339 (HPA 15-616) 3045 P Street, NW
Residence
Replacement windows, garage door, shutters
Existing alterations without review
Concept

16. SMD 03 OG 15-261 (HPA 15-472) 3247 P Street, NW
Residence
Alterations
Concept

17. SMD 03 OG 15-303 (HPA 15-551) 3411 Prospect Street, NW
Residence
Solar panels
Permit

18. SMD 03 OG 15-304 (HPA 15-552) 1422 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Commercial
Rear addition, alterations, sign
Boulangerie Christophe
Revised concept

19. SMD 05 OG 15-310 (OG 15-559) 3219-B M Street, NW
Commercial
Alterations
Revised concept

20. SMD 05 OG 15-328 (HPA 15-604) 3059 M Street, NW
Commercial Signs
Bluemercury
Permit

21. SMD 05 OG 15-331 (HPA 15-607) 1200 Potomac Street, NW
Mixed-use
Replacement fence, re-grading planting bed
Permit

22. SMD 05 OG 15-322 (HPA 15-598) 1042 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Commercial
Signs
Soulcycle
Permit

23. SMD 05 OG 15-296 (HPA 15-544) 1055 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Mixed-use
Signs
Revised concept

24. SMD 05 OG 15-266 (HPA 15-478) 1255 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Multi-family residence
Replacement fence
Permit

25. SMD 06 OG 15-338 (HPA 15-615) 1213 28th Street, NW
Residence
Rear alterations, pergola
Concept

26. SMD 06 OG 15-332 (HPA 15-609) 1412 28th Street, NW
Residence
Replacement windows
Permit

27. SMD 06 OG 15-323 (HPA 15-599) 1423 28th Street, NW
Residence
Roof replacement
Permit

28. SMD 06 OG 15-290 (HPA 15-538) 1242 29th Street
Residence
Replacement windows
Permit

29. SMD 06 OG 15-327 (HPA 15-603) 1326 30th Street, NW
Residence
Window sash replacement
Permit

30. SMD 06 OG 15-260 (HPA 15-471) 2905 N Street, NW
Residence
New parking pad, alterations, site work
Revised concept

31. SMD 06 OG 15-324 (HPA 15-600) 3021 N Street, NW
Residence
Installation of solar panels
Permit

32. SMD 06 OG 15-343 (HPA 15-620) 3015 P Street, NW
Residence
Rear addition
Concept

33. SMD 07 OG 15-341 (HPA 15-618) 3035 Q Street, NW, #5
Residence
Rooftop addition and deck
Permit

34. SMD 07 OG 15-307 (HPA 15-556) 3058 R Street, NW
Residence
Side addition, alterations
Revised concept

35. SMD 05 OG 15-266 (HPA 15-478) 1255 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Multi-family residence
Replacement fence
Permit

36. SMD 07 OG 15-326 (HPA 15-602) 3011 Cambridge Place, NW
Residence
Door and window replacement
Permit

37. SMD 07 OG 15-321 (HPA 15-596) 3001 Dent Place, NW
Residence
Rebuild retaining wall and fence on public space
Permit

38. SMD 06 OG 15-340 (HPA 15-617) 3107 Dumbarton Street, NW
Residence
Raise roof, rear addition, replacement windows, EIFS
Existing alterations without review
Concept

Government of the District of Columbia: Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E

3265 S St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20007

202-724-7098
anc2e@dc.gov
www.anc2e.com

Peter Murray • October 1, 2015

Ty Williams, the Georgetown University linebacker who broke his neck in a brutal hit during the team’s Sept. 5 away game at Saint Francis University, is reportedly in stable condition and showing signs of improvement, according to the Washington Post.

A first-quarter hit left the Georgetown junior and Gaithersburg, Md.-native with five fractured vertebrae. Immediately after sustaining the injury, Williams was transported to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Altoona. He reportedly underwent over nine hours of surgery.

A week after the incident and subsequent surgery, Williams’ cousin Monica Cochran told the Post that doctors are “optimistic” that Williams will recover from the injury. In addition, she said Williams is determined to walk again and that he has been able to move one of his knees, his right foot and his left toes. WUSA 9 reports that Williams moved to a rehabilitation facility in Atlanta earlier this week.

The day after the game, Lee Reed, the Georgetown University director of intercollegiate athletics, said in a statement, “Our thoughts and prayers are with Ty Williams and his family. The coming days will be very important and we will be here to support him and his family. We ask our fans and the entire Georgetown community to believe and pray for Ty as he begins the recovery process.”

Georgetown Football head coach remarked, “Ty is one of our leaders on and off of the field and is a very important part of the Hoya Football Family.”

Cochran set up a GoFundMe to provide financial support to Williams and his family. The page has nearly reached its goal of raising $40,000 to help pay for Williams’ family’s medical and travel expenses. Cochran wrote on the page, “The communities as a whole — Georgetown Univ. & alumni, Quince Orchard, St. Francis Univ., UPMC Altoona Hospital, Penn State Athletic Department, the many NFL players sending Ty well wishes an prayers (Thank you Mr. Wingo) — have been outstanding! The support is so appreciated. Thank you all so much!”

During the Hoya’s Sept. 12 home game, the team wore Williams’ number, two, on their helmets in a show of solidarity, while members of the crowd wore pins on their shirts that read, “Pray for Ty.”

Robert Devaney •

The District of Columbia is turning at least 35 parking spaces into mini-parks for the annual parking-place-to-public-space event, known as Park(ing) Day, held on the third Friday of September.

With the help of the Georgetown Business Improvement Development, Georgetown has taken on the parklet project, allowing residents, designers and businesses alike to construct their very own public space. Throughout D.C.’s neighborhoods, other BIDs and businesses are involved.

Georgetown businesses are in with the neighborhood’s BID to set up a temporary space outside: Baked & Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW; Luke’s Lobster, 1211 Potomac St. NW; the Urban Land Institute along with the Foundry Building, 1055 Thomas Jefferson St. NW.

According to the Georgetown BID, here’s what happening Friday at Georgetown’s one-day-only parkets:

“Popular local bakery and coffeehouse Baked & Wired plans an interactive parklet, designed to encourage community gathering and conversation. The space will include reclaimed railroad tracks as well as fresh plants and grass; buckets filled with chalk encourage visitors to draw or write messages in the ‘park.’  

“The Foundry Building, owned by JBG, will host complimentary refreshments from Canal Cafe and short yoga demonstartions from CorePower Yoga from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

“The Urban Land Institute parklet will encourage visitors to relax and have fun, while learning about ULI and our mission to ‘create better places.’ The parklet design is inspired by ULI’s Building Healthy Places Toolkit, and is constructed of modular shipping palettes configured into living ‘green’ walls, recycled carpet tiles, a one-hole mini-golf course, and unique site furniture for lounging and working.

“Visitors will also have the opportunity to play Urban Plan, ULI’s innovative city planning and development game, which captures the complex trade-offs and challenging issues of land-use decisions via an engaging game of Legos.”

Also significant for this day-only event is the full participation by the District Council for the first time. In a release, the Council stated: “This year, spearheaded by the Maryland-D.C. Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Washington Parks & People, and the D.C. Council, the event will convert all 13 Councilmember parking spots in front of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) to temporary parks on Friday, Sept.18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.”
 
The Council will host the Nature Conservancy, Washington Parks & People and other participating organizations, including D.C. UrbanGreens, Living Classrooms Foundation, the Anacostia Watershed Society and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association to make Friday the District’s largest involvement in PARK(ing) Day yet. 

 Park(ing) Day’s inception in San Francisco 2005, originated with Rebar Art Studios desire to inspire people to reimagine the environment and their place in it. Its vision is to convert meter (or zone-restricted) spaces temporarily into public parks, thus generating new forms of communal space. What started as a single locale has launched into a global movement with more than 100 cities on over four continents involved. Visitors can learn more about the Park(ing) Day project at www.parkingday.org.

Here is the list of all Washington, D.C., participants, according to the District Department of Transportation:

American Public Health Association, 720 I St. NW

American Society of Landscape Architects, 636 I St. NW

BicycleSPACE, 2424 18th St. NW

D.C. Council-Nature Conservancy-Washington Parks & People, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Department of Parks and Recreation, 1250 U St. NW

Gensler/Golden Triangle BID, 2020 K St. NW

Georgetown BID/Baked & Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW

Georgetown BID/Luke’s Lobster, 1211 Potomac St. NW

GoDCgo, 1201 G St. NW

HKS Architects Inc., 1200 K St. NW

Island Press, 2000 M St. NW

JBG, 1055 Thomas Jefferson St. NW

JBG, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE

JBG, 955 L’Enfant Plaza SW

Lee and Associates, 638 I St. NW

Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, 500 I St. NW

NoMa BID/Ayers Saint Gross, 1200 First St. NE

NoMa BID/Carpe Librum, 1551 First St. NE

NoMa BID/DoTankDC, 1200 First St. NE

NoMA BID/JBG/Washington Animal Rescue League, 1222 First St. NE

NoMa BID/REI, 1151 First St. NE

NoMa BID/Senate Square, 2001 I St. NE

Oculus, 1440 P St. NW

Office of Planning, 1100 4th St. SW

Office of the State Superintendent of Education, 810 First St. NE

Project for Public Spaces, 1612 K St. NW

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 1400 New Hampshire Ave. NW

The Trust for Public Land, 204 3rd St. SE

Urban Land Institute, 1025 Thomas Jefferson St. NW

Washington Area Bicyclist Association, 3407 14th St. NW

Washington Area Bicyclist Association, 605 Division Ave. NE

Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, 641 D St. NW

ZGF Architects, 1830 K St. NW

Zipcar, 2221 I St. NW

Peter Murray •

Anticipation is high for the Pope Francis’s arrival in Washington, D.C., tomorrow, but worries over traffic may be running higher. With a three-day schedule that includes visits with the President and Congressional leaders, a Papal Parade along Constitution Avenue, a mass at the Shrine of Immaculate Conception, and more, the Pope’s visit will bring large segments of the city to a literal stand still on parts of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The pope arrives Tuesday at 4 p.m., and while the Secret Service warns of road closures starting Tuesday, Pope Francis does not have any events scheduled until Wednesday morning, when he will be welcomed at the White House by President Barack Obama at 9:15 a.m.

Then, at 11 a.m., the Papal Parade will begin, travelling along Constitution Avenue and 15th and 17th streets NW, shutting down all roads surrounding the White House.

At 11:30 a.m., the pope is scheduled for a midday prayer with a gathering of U.S. Bishops at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Rhode Island Avenue, south of Dupont Circle. This event will shut down segments of Rhode Island Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, M Street and N Street from 12 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

Next up, Pope Francis heads to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Catholic University for the Junipero Serra Canonization Mass at 4:15 p.m. Mass is expected to shut down all major roadways near Catholic University. Avoid this area, as if your soul depends on it.

On Thursday, the Pope is set to address a joint session of Congress around 9:20 a.m. In addition, Pope Francis may make an appearance at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, according to House Speaker John Boehner. Expect road closures – and gridlock – all around Capitol Hill on Thursday.

For a more comprehensive guide to road closures during the Pope’s visit, check out this joint press release from Secret Service, the Mayor’s office and a number of other relevant government agencies.

Georgetowner • September 28, 2015

Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog

September 25th, 2015 at 10:00 AM | Tel: (540) 687-6542 | Event Website

Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog and the accompanying in-depth exhibition catalogue explore the quintessential relationship between man and sporting canines in eighteenth- through twentieth-century British, European, and American portraits and landscapes. This ambitious loan exhibition organized by the NSLM brings together forty-five paintings and sculpture from public and private collections.

Address

National Sporting Library & Museum; 102 The Plains Road; Middleburg, VA 20117

Friendship Betrayed

September 25th, 2015 at 07:30 PM | $35 | wsc.tix@gmail.com | Tel: 703.418.4808 | Event Website

WCS Avant Bard presents this 17th-century play by María de Zayas y Sotomayor, which, like Sex and the City, explores what happens to female friendships while women look for and find love. Kari Ginsburg sets her production in the 1920s, a time when women were beginning to explore their sexual curiosities and passions.

Address

Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two; 2700 South Lang St., Arlington, VA

DC Walk for the Animals

September 26th, 2015 at 10:00 AM | Free | events@washhumane.org | Tel: 202-735-0323 | Event Website

The event will include games for all guests with activities such as toy making, face painting, musical sit and dog pools. There will be exciting prizes as well as food trucks & a bake sale! You don’t want to miss this!

Address

The Kingsbury Center; 5000 14th St. NW

Fall Arts Festival

September 26th, 2015 at 10:00 AM | FREE | info@workhousearts.org | Tel: 703-584-2900 | Event Website

The Workhouse Arts Center, presents its inaugural national arts festival featuring 100+ artists exhibiting contemporary fine art and fine craft, jewelry and hand-crafted furniture.

The two-day outdoor festival will include work by artists from across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Enjoy free admission and parking, local gourmet food vendors, indoor and outdoor exhibition venues, local beer and wine for purchase, live music, children’s craft tent and activities.

Address

Workhouse Arts Center; 9518 Workhouse Way; Lorton, VA 22079

St. Nicholas Cathedral Bazaar

September 26th, 2015 at 11:19 AM | free | gkokhno@gmail.com | Tel: 7038019911 | Event Website

Please join us to enjoy Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, and Serbian food and a variety of Slavic folk music and dance performances. Admission is free!

After trying some blini, pirozhki, or golubsty, we invite you to try a poppy seed pastry, enjoy a folk music performance, start your Christmas shopping in our gift shop, take a Cathedral tour, and listen to Orthodox-related lectures. For families with children we also have activities for kids including face painting and crafts.

Address

3500 Massachusetts Ave. NW

Capital Streetcars: Early Mass Transit in Washington, D.C. By John DeFerrari

September 26th, 2015 at 01:00 PM | This event is free and open to the public | jerry.mccoy@dc.gov | Tel: 202) 727-0233

Washington’s first streetcars trundled down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Civil War. By the end of the century, streetcar lines crisscrossed the city, expanding it into the suburbs and defining where Washingtonians lived, worked and played. Join author John DeFerrari on a joyride through the fascinating history of streetcars in the nations capital.

Address

Peabody Room (3rd floor); Georgetown Neighborhood Library; 3260 R Street NW

Sunday Serenity: Fall Yoga in the Park

September 27th, 2015 at 09:30 AM | $5 | education@dumbartonhouse.org | Tel: 2023372288 | Event Website

Sunday Serenity continues through the fall! Join local yoga instructor Lauren Jacobs in the East Park at Dumbarton House, which provides a serene, tree covered outdoor space, for this 60 minute all-levels vinyasa flow class that should be fun and challenging for both experienced yogis and yoga skeptics alike! Bring your own mat.

Address

2715 Q Street, NW

The Wedding Ring

September 27th, 2015 at 12:00 PM | free | info@exclusivelyentertainment.com | Event Website

The Wedding Ring is a complimentary seminar designed to help engaged couples understand how to approach the entire wedding “shopping” process. Now in its second iteration, the educational seminar will be followed by a meet-and-greet with the full “ring” of speakers and vendors. Engaged couples are also invited to enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments!

Address

The Westin Tysons Corner; 7801 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22043

Dinner with a Spy: An Evening with Jon Monett

September 29th, 2015 at 07:00 PM | $300 includes hors d’oeuvres and three-course dinner with wines. | lhicken@spymuseum.org | Tel: (202) 654-0932 | Event Website

Jon Monett served more than 26 years at the CIA in the Office of Technical Services as a technical operations specialist and ultimately becoming responsible for managing the CIA’s technical activity worldwide. At this gathering, International Spy Museum Executive Director Peter Earnest will lead a conversation with Monett about the technological advances in intelligence operations and more. You will be one of only twelve guests at nopa Kitchen+Bar for this three-course dinner.

Address

noPa Kitchen+Bar/International Spy Museum; 800 F Street, NW

Georgetowner • September 23, 2015

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were joined by Georgetown University President John DeGioia and wife Theresa and others for dinner on Copley Lawn in honor of the royal couple Sept. 16. The king — who earned a master’s degree from the university — addressed the opening of the Joint Meeting of Spanish Scientists in the United States in Riggs Library on the main campus. [gallery ids="102314,126445" nav="thumbs"]

Robert Devaney •

“Light the City — Georgetown,” a community celebration of unity and faith, was held the evening of Sept. 12, beginning with a Vigil Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Afterwards, “human luminaries” with candles walked from the west side of Georgetown to a gathering at Epiphany Catholic Church on the east side of town, praying at or visiting churches along the way.

Participating churches included Christ Church, Dumbarton United Methodist Church, Epiphany Catholic Church, First Baptist, Georgetown Lutheran, Georgetown Presbyterian, Georgetown Visitation Monastery Chapel, Grace Episcopal, Holy Trinity, Jerusalem Baptist, National Community Church and St. John’s Episcopal.