The Hawk & Dove Will Reopen In Early February According to Owner Xavier Cervera
The Week Ahead…..Photo Update on Hawk & Dove
by Larry Janezich
Tuesday, December 11
ANC6B meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center.
There are a few items on the agenda that deserve attention.
The Slow Progress on the Signals at 10th and PA Avenue Gave False Hope to Residents Opposed to Installation of Lights At the Only PA Avenue Crossing Without Them
New Traffic Signals at 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
The installation of new traffic signals at 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, is a done deal. DDOT officials are being asked to present their rational for the signals and Soumya Vev and James Cheeks from DDOT are scheduled to appear. Commissioner Oldenburg’s Transportation Committee, locking the barn before more horses escape, passed a resolution which will come before the full ANC later on the agenda, calling upon DDOT to consult with the community before any such action is taken in the future. Passage is a safe bet.
New Liquor License for New Barracks Row Restaurant
The ANC will vote on a license for Rose’s Luxury, 717 8th Street SE.
401-403 15th Street, SE – Payne School in Background
401-403 15th Street, SEThe ANC will consider a raze permit for 401-403 15th Street, SE, to make way for new retail and condos. Sheldon Jones, partner in the mysterious Gideon Kingston, LLC, and Michael Regignano, of CAS Engineering, will explain why they need ANC approval now for a raze permit for the properties. According to Jones, the partnership is “contemplating a mixed use project with a maximum height of 50 feet, with retail on the ground level and four levels of residential with 11 or 12 residences, split between one bedroom and two bedroom units.” Jones plays his cards close to his vest, and has stipulated that any information regarding Gideon Kingston’s plans and the parties involved be regarded as confidential and privy only to the commissioners on ANC6B. It’s not clear that communications with a government agency on community matters can be confidential unless proprietary information is involved, and it is hard to see how it could be at this stage.
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 
Sadly, developers who have been “mysterious” about their plans have not been kind to Hill East. Some eventually went belly up, leaving empty hulks that were eyesores for years, or they built slapdash monstrosities. They also left us with “50-foot buildings” that were higher in reality when you added the various roof-top appurtenances. Experience has taught us that developers who want to keep their intentions “close to the vest” are usually up to something that we probably will not be thrilled with. Fiftteenth Street SE, between the D Street Corner and East Capitol has become home to more than it’s share of grotesque structures that try to traffic in the Capitol Hill brand without having the slightest relation to what Capitol Hill looks like. And in the end, those pushing retail space on 15th have created corner after corner of empty storefronts, failed ventures like the recent Crepes on the Corner or sites that were magnets for violent crime. I hope the ANC will press for more openess and discussion about the future of 15th Street, because we have long hoped for something better, usually in vain.
One also hopes that the ANC will discover whether an application for a PUD is lurking behind the promise of 50-foot maximum height.
MIght that height merely refer to the commercial zoning that applies on that corner?