Georgetown-Burleith ANC Meets Tonight: Hyde-Addison School; C&O Canal Dock
• December 4, 2014

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E will hold its December meeting, 6:30 p.m., tonight, Dec. 1, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 35th Street and Volta Place, NW, Heritage Room, main building, second floor. This following is tonight’s meeting agenda, as provided by ANC 2E.

Approval of the Agenda

Approval of December 1, 2014, ANC 2E Public Meeting Agenda

Administrative:

Approval of November 3, 2014 Minutes.

Approval of FY2014 Fourth Quarter financial report.

Transportation Report

Public Safety Report

DPW Report

New Business:

Introduction of new commissioners-elect and retiring commissioners.
Fiola Mare request for daytime valet parking staging area.

Community Comment ABC

Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave., NW, ABRA-097178
Epicurean & Co., Georgetown University
J. Paul’s, 3218 M St., NW, ABRA-72358

BZA

1351 LLC, 1351 Wisconsin Ave., NW BZA # 18884

Old Georgetown Board

MAJOR AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

1. 3219 O Street, NW

Hyde-Addison Elementary School Addition Concept

2. National Park Service C & O Canal National Historical Park

C&O Canal at 34th Street, NW New dock Concept

PRIVATE PROJECTS

1. SMD 02 OG 15-057

1544 33rd Street, NW — Residence One-story rear addition, alterations
Concept

2. SMD 03 OG 15-012

3206 N Street, NW

Commercial Alterations, replacement curtain wall, sign pylon and covering
Concept

3. SMD 03 OG 15-054

1351 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Alterations, new windows, sunken courtyard at rear
Permit – revised design

4. SMD 03 OG 14-321

1513 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Rooftop and rear additions Revised concept

5. SMD 03 OG 15-048

1525 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Alterations to front and rear, sign – Via Umbria
Concept

6. SMD 03 OG 15-040

1529 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Awnings, menu boxes, sign, lights
Yummi Crawfish Seafood restaurant – existing Permit

7. SMD 05 OG 15-052

1132 29th Street, NW

Commercial
Rear additions, alterations
Concept

8. SMD 05 OG 14-279

1223 34th Street, NW

Residence

Alterations

Permit

9. SMD 05 OG 14-346 1065

Thomas Jefferson Street, NW

Residence

Additions and alterations

Revised concept

10. SMD 05 OG 15-042

3333 M Street, NW

Commercial
Replacement garage door
Concept

11. SMD 05 OG 15-039

1065 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Sign – Nadeau
Concept

12. SMD 05 OG 15-020

1218 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Alterations to rear fence for incinerator
Permit

13. SMD 05 OG 15-036

1218 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Retractable skylight enclosure of rear yard
Permit / Concept

No Review at this Time by ANC 2E: The following additional projects, which are on the upcoming December 4, 2014, 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, November 28, 2014.

1. SMD 02 OG 15-056

1519 35th Street, NW

Residence Alterations to masonry openings on carriage house Concept
RECOMMENDATION: Returned without Action. Submission materials and a site visit on 18 November 2014 indicate that proposed alterations to masonry openings on west wall of carriage house would not be visible from a public thoroughfare. Refer to the Historic Preservation Review Board.

2. SMD 02 OG 15-051

3235 R Street, NW

Residence One-story rear addition, alterations to pergola
Permit

3. SMD 02 OG 14-349 3252 S Street, NW (Square 2154, Lot 852)

Residence
Site alterations Revised concept

4. SMD 02 OG 15-046 3246 Jones Court, NW

Residence

Replacement windows

Permit

5. SMD 02 OG 14-369 3252 Jones Court, NW

Residence
Replacement windows
Permit

6. SMD 02 OG 15-015 1728 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial
Demolition, 3-story building
Revised concept

7. SMD 02 OG 14-320

1826 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial
Two-story rear addition, roof deck, green wall
Revised concept

8. SMD 03 OG 14-370

1411 33rd Street, NW

Residence
Replacement windows
Permit

9. SMD 03 OG 15-019

1413 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Replacement windows – existing
Permit

10. SMD 05 OG 15-050

1032 29th Street, NW

Commercial
Alterations, replacement door and gate
Permit

11. SMD 05 OG 15-044

1054 31st Street, NW

Commercial Replacement doors
Permit

12. SMD 05 OG 15-041

1028 33rd Street, NW

Commercial Sign – Thomas Moser
Permit

13. SMD 05 OG 14-329

3600 M Street, NW

Mixed-use Alterations to wood doors, replacement aluminum windows and storefront
Permit

14. SMD 05 OG 15-047

3330 Cady’s Alley, NW

Commercial Alterations to masonry openings Concept

15. SMD 05 OG 15-058

3069 Canal Street, NW

Residence Rear addition, replacement doors Permit

16. SMD 06 OG 14-289

1216 30th Street, NW

Residence Roof replacement Permit

17. SMD 06 OG 15-027

1319 30th Street, NW

Residence Alterations Concept

18.SMD06 OG15-055

1319 30th Street, NW

Residence Alterations Concept

19. SMD 07 OG 15-030

1633 31st Street, NW

Residence New garage Permit

20. SMD 07 OG 15-045

2703 P Street, NW

Residence Replacement front stairs and fence Permit / concept

21. SMD 07 OG 15-017

2523 Q Street, NW

Residence New window openings on side wall Permit

22. SMD 07 OG 15-007

2715 Q Street, NW (Square 1285, Lot 801)

Dumbarton House Replacement garage door Permit

23. SMD 07 OG 15-008

1901 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Commercial Awning, alterations Permit

24. SMD 08 OG 14-264

3614 Prospect Street, NW

Residence Partial demolition, 2-story rear/ rooftop addition, alterations to front, replacement windows
Revised concept

25. OG 14-292

3700 O Street, NW

Georgetown University Site work for new bus turnaround
Concept

26. OG 15-049

3700 O Street, NW Georgetown University – Ryan and Mulledy Halls

Alterations and site work
Permit

27. OG 15-037 —

3700 O Street, NW Georgetown University – J.R. Thompson Intercollegiate Athletic Center

New construction
Permit

28. OG 14-353 —

3220 Prospect Street, NW

Commercial
New construction

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E — 3265 S St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20007 — 202-724-7098 — anc2e@dc.gov — www.anc2e.com.

‘Five Guys Named Moe’: Heady Stew of Blues, R&B and Swagger
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Director Robert O’Hara’s version of the Louis Jordan-based musical, “Five Guys Named Moe,” now at the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage is said to be very different from the original which proved to be popular on Broadway and on tour and in the West End in the 1990s and in revivals.

Sad to say, I didn’t see the original, and Jordan, the man and the music and precursor of rock and roll, was just a little before my time. So basically, what I saw was as brand new as a baby, more or less, although a pretty energetic and loud baby.

What O’Hara has done is to place the music—it’s a heady, stewy mixture of blues, R&B, a little bit of big band oomph—into the hands of what purports to be a contemporary (or at least 1980s style boy group), echoing with contemporary swagger and style, who pop out of a radio being listened to by one very sad sack guy who’s heading towards hangover at five in the morning, lost his girlfriend, and is generally moe-aning the blues.

The five Moes—No Moe, Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe and Eat Moe—are dazzling in white smooth outfits and decide to help out the lost guy, by the name of Nomax by giving him free musical advice about life, women, drinking, women, dancing, women, attitude, and oh, yes, women. Count the audience as the sixth moe—More Moe.

The Moes are all terrific singers with a lot of range, and even more moves. They dazzle with attitude. Try, for instance, Little Moe with “Messy Bessy” and the classic “Saturday Night Fish Fry” and Sheldon Henry as Big Moe, hooking up with Kevin McAllister, as the befuddled Nomax on “What’s the Use of Getting Sober When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again.”

There’s a bit of contemporary flash and dazzle here—all achieved with the help a scintillating group six musicians to help glide things along. You might think Kanye or Jay-Z could come waltzing out to try their hand at some Jordan tunes. Yet, the songs have echoes—they have some of that bounce and rhythms of early rock, to be sure along the Bill Haley and Chuck Berry lines—but they dig back, too, with riffs and dollops of urban and southern blues and a little male Bessie Smith lamenting.

All the Moes can do their splits and spins, their cool moves—with sunglasses or not—they shine like a group of charmers who could talk and sing you into just about anything. They do just that when they persuade audience members—women all—to come up and do a conga line, in the calypso-raggae flavored first act closer “Push Ka Pi Shi Pie.”

The Moes— Jobari Parker-Namdar, as No Moe, Henry as Big Moe, Clinton Roane as Little Moe, Travis Porchia as Four-Eyed Moe, and Paris Nix as Eat Moe—are terrific entertainers and look great in white dinner jackets to boot. They embrace the music with their own sense of style, while leaving all the fun Jordan parts including the bluesy, often funny lyrics in.

And Nomax—as sung and performed by Kevin McAllister—does his part too. He’s got a deep and impressive bass voice that’s surprisingly evocative and affecting, and his stumble-bum act comes close to being endearing

What’s maybe missing from this—given that so much of the songs and material is about women of all shapes, sizes and dispositions—is an-in-the-flesh female performer. I’d say E. Faye Butler, who’s been at Arena enough to be comfortable, would be right at home with this bunch.

“Five Guys Named Moe” runs through Dec. 28.

The One and Only Marion Barry
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He never really left the stage. Now he’s gone. For nearly 50 years, Marion Barry was a force to be reckoned with. There were those who idolized him and saw him as their only champion. Others detested him and viewed him as an odious, destructive presence.

One thing that cannot be taken away from Barry: he was a very successful politician. He was elected Mayor of the District of Columbia four times. The last time was truly amazing. He had been in prison for six months just a few years before but came back in 1994 and reclaimed the highest office. Even hobbled by poor health during his last days, he was still an elected official, representing Ward 8 on the District Council. He could have served there forever.

Barry, a self-proclaimed “situationist,” formulated himself to fit each and every situation. In 1974, when he was first elected to the D.C. Council, he was a dashiki-clad militant activist. He won citywide for the at-large position. Four years later, he needed to moderate his image. So, he became a pin-stripe politician who romanced the residents of Georgetown and Cleveland Park in their living rooms. He won them over and began his reign as mayor.

In 1982, Barry was supposed to face a formidable foe in former Cabinet secretary and former Ambassador Patricia Roberts Harris. The story is told that while Harris was testing the waters for her potential run, she ventured out to Anacostia. After giving a speech, she felt quite satisfied and thought she had connected with the crowd. She sat down. Seated next to her was Barry. He leaned over and whispered into her ear, “I’m going to kick your ass.” That’s exactly what he did. He cleaned her clock, winning seven of eight wards. I dare you to name his 1986 opponent.

To those who did not want D.C. to have more home rule, Congressional representation and ultimately statehood, Barry was the perfect and ideal justification for saying, “No.” His personal life, the bloated government payroll and corruption by close aides and friends all added up to hold D.C. back. We, the citizens of D.C., suffered — even today.

As a person, Barry was not vindictive or mean-spirited. He once told me that there was only one person in this city he would not speak to. Barry played the race card when needed. But more than anything he was a big-city mayor of the Richard J. Daley, Boss Tweed, Boss Crump and James Michael Curley vintage. That’s the way I believe he wanted to be remembered.

Regularly contributing to The Georgetowner and The Downtowner, Mark Plotkin is a political analyst and contributor to the BBC on American politics and also a contributor to TheHill.com.

Woman, Dog Pulled From C&O Canal
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A woman and her dog were rescued from the C&O Canal near 31st and M Streets NW on Nov. 21, according to NBC4 News. It is unclear how and why the woman and the dog were in the water, with temperatures hovering above freezing. They likely fell in the water on a morning walk, around 8:30 a.m. Neither the woman nor her dog was injured.

Jogger Hurt at 28th & Q
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A car struck and seriously injured a pedestrian around 4 p.m. on Nov. 26 at 28th and Q streets NW, according to police. The man, who was jogging at the time, was pinned under the car for almost an hour. D.C. Fire officials removed the man from under the car and brought him to the hospital. He is in critical condition following the accident.

Multiple-Assailant Sexual Assault at G.W.
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Three suspects allegedly sexually assaulted a female student at George Washington University in an alleyway near the intersection of 24th and I streets NW on Saturday, Nov. 22, according to the GW Hatchet. D.C. and university police are asking members of the community for help in identifying the suspects, who have been described as “white males in their 20s” by police. One alleged assailant was about 6’3”, wearing a shirt that said “Fitch.” Another was shorter and wore a dark-colored, short-sleeve v-neck shirt and a black Nike fuel wristband.

Georgetown Law Student Sues University, Synagogue
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A student at Georgetown University Law Center is suing the university, Kesher Israel and National Capital Mikvah, according to NBC4, over the alleged actions of Rabbi Barry Freundel, who is said to have recorded women during a ritual bath in the synagogue.

The female student, NBC4 reported, “was taking Rabbi Barry Freundel’s Jewish studies class at Georgetown when he suggested she write her research paper on the mikvah ritual and required her to participate in the immersion.”

The plaintiff’s statement accuses that those named in the suit “turned a blind eye to Freundel’s increasingly bizarre behavior, ignoring bright red flags,” according to WJLA.

Meanwhile, Kesher Israel, the Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 28th and N Streets, NW, formally fired Freundel, who also must move out of his home – owned by the synagogue — on the 3000 block of O Street NW in less than a month.

“We are horrified by the behavior reported to have taken place at the mikvah,” a statement from Georgetown University read. “The university is . . . conducting its own investigation of Rabbi Freundel’s conduct.”

The following is part of the synagogue’s termination statement on Freundel: “The alleged acts leading to this step were a gross violation of law, privacy, halakha, and trust. . . . Our collective heart breaks for the consequences, both seen and unseen . . .”

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• December 2, 2014

Neam’s Property Under Contract to Roadside Development
• December 1, 2014

Known for its mindful remaking of historic properties, Roadside Development has the old Neam’s Market property at 3215-3217 P St. NW, also known as the Marvelous Market property, under contract.

Roadside — which is the development firm that recast the old Sears and Hechinger property in Tenleytown with retail and residential units and is set to remake Frager’s Hardware on Capitol Hill — is still in the planning stages for what to do with the closed building with a 13-car parking lot at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and P Street, where the last Marvelous Market stood until the end of April. The legendary Neam’s Market closed in 2001.

“We don’t own the Marvelous Market property,” Richard Lake, one of Roadside’s founding partners, told The Georgetowner. “We have it under contract. We aren’t talking about plans because we haven’t formulated them completely.”

Roadside has listed the property on its website as part of its portfolio: “Prime Georgetown Retail space available. Ideally situated at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, NW and P Street, NW, this marquee corner location has 13 dedicated retail parking spaces. The site offers tremendous branding, visibility and unparalleled accessibility.” According to Roadside, the building space totals 5,873 square feet.

“It’s a really cool corner, and it has a lot of history,” Lake said. “Neam’s Market was on that site for years. The corner is a Washington institution. Obviously, it’s a small piece of property. We want to do something neat there, if we are able to.”

Led by founding partners, Lake, Armond Spikell and Todd Weiss, the D.C.-based Roadside also redeveloped the old market hall at 8th and O Streets into the Market at O with a new Giant food store along with a condominium and Cambria Suites hotel. It also has projects in Virginia and Maryland.
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Shopping, Skating and Holiday Cheer in Georgetown
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People are getting set for Thanksgiving, even as the sights and sounds of the holidays are about to pop. So, get ready, Georgetown, here are a few selections to begin the season.

Small businesses make up 73 percent of Georgetown’s retail offerings, according to the Georgetown Business Improvement District, and it has switched into overdrive to promote Georgetown as the place to be — and to shop and dine — just days before Thanksgiving and weeks before Christmas arrives.

Small Business Saturday, Nov. 29, is the day after Black Friday, and is an event begun by American Express, to promote small businesses across the nation.

Here is a fun BID project: Brighten up the holiday season with the Third Annual Georgetown Holiday Window Competition, which 19 merchants participated in last year. Throughout the neighborhood there will be light art installations and festive decorations. Windows should be completed by Monday, Dec. 1, and voting will take place from Dec. 3 to 17. Photographs will be posted on the official Georgetown Facebook page, and the shop window that earns the most “Likes” will announced as the winner.

The annual Swedish Christmas Bazaar will take place Dec. 6, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Experience and learn about Swedish Christmas traditions — including St. Lucia Day — and shop from a number of different Swedish vendors. The bazaar is at the House of Sweden at 2900 K St. NW, next to Washington Harbour at the Georgetown waterfront.

The Washington Harbour Ice Skating Rink is open now through March. Washington Harbour — 3050 K St. NW — is the largest skating rink in the D.C. area and will host many events through the season.

The Georgetown Glow Winter Public Art Exhibition is an outdoor display of public art and light installations and sponsored by the Georgetown BID. It will be on display Dec. 12 through Dec. 14. The installations will be lit nightly from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The artwork is by local and regional artists, and the art of international artist Luisa Alvarez of the Spanish art collective, Travesias de Luz. The BID will create a program brochure and map for the weekend that will feature the public art installations as well as local in-store holiday promotions, activities and events.