ANC6B SE Library Task Force Meets Sunday, April 23, at 1:00pm.
The Task Force, chaired by 6B Commissioner David Sobelsohn, will hold an in-person meeting at SE Library, lower level, at 1:00pm.
Among items on the agenda:
Briefing on the prospects for funding interim SE Library services during the upcoming renovation. Bijan Verlin, staff, DC Council chair Phil Mendelson.
Discussion of the impact of renovation on neighboring residents
Discussion of the recent budget hearings of the DC Council’s Library Committee.
Next steps
Comments Off on ANC6B SE Library Task Force Meets Sunday, April 23, at 1:00pm.
Hosted by the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation and Barracks Row Main Street, in partnership with: the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Office of Councilmember Charles Allen.
Comments Off on April 21 Friday Night Live Jazz at Eastern Market Metro – 5pm – 6:30pm
The Week Ahead…& Photo Essay on Lead Pipe Replacement
By Larry Janezich
Posted April 16, 2023
Photo Essay on Lead Pipe Replacement
DC Water is in the process of replacing the city’s lead pipe infrastructure by 2030. As work proceeds throughout the city, when DC Water shows up and initiates the replacement the cost on both the public side (to the property line) and the private side (to the point of entry) is paid for by the city. For most Capitol Hill residences, the front yards are public (though maintained by the residents) and usually extends to the front of the house point of entry. For some homes, the point of entry is on private property, for example, under the house.
For those who do not want to wait for DC Water to get to them and want their lead pipes replaced now, the city offers two programs.
Private side only replacement when the public side (to the property line) is already non-lead. The replacement program uses city funds to provide a free or discounted replacement for lead pipes on the homeowner’s property. All property owners in this category receive a 50% discount. Some residents will qualify for 100% coverage depending on household size and income.
Voluntary full lead pipe replacements. If both the public and private side are lead, customers can enroll in the Voluntary Replacement Program. DC will pay for all work in the public space and the owner pays for work on private property.
Here’s a photo essay on the process when DC Water initiates the process and replaces lead pipes to the property line AND to the point of entry on the private side:
Digging a trench from the street to the house is unnecessary. Most replacements start with a hole or two in the sidewalk or yard and one at the public side entry point next to the house. (The contractor restores the surface to the original condition.)
DC Water has a supervisor (at right) on site to oversee the contractor’s work.
This is the “Mole” – the compressed air-powered digging device that is guided by hand along the existing lead pipe between holes. A rope is attached to the Mole when it is withdrawn, which is then used to pull the copper pipe to the point of entry.
The replacement copper pipe.
The new copper pipe after installation – the lead pipe it replaces is left in place.
If the point of entry is on the public side – in this case under the house – the replacement is more complicated. One of the contractor signals “We got this.” The owner’s dog inspects the work. The contractor restores the work area to it’s original condition. On this block 3 houses out of 20 had lead pipes in the private side.
The Week Ahead…
Monday, April 17
DC Emancipation Day Holiday. No trash or recycling pickup.
Racial Equity Tool. Discussion of the revised DC Zoning Commission Racial Equity Tool, and how it will be used on zoning projects within ANC 6A.
721 H Street, NE. Zoning Application. Proposed map amendment to rezone the property from NC-16 to NC-17.
1371-1375 H Street, NE: Informational presentation on a residential development concept for the address range 1371-1375 H Street, NE.
424 10th Street, NE: Zoning Adjustment Application. Request for a Special Exception to construct a two-story rear addition, to an existing, attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit.
1112 8th Street, NE: Zoning Adjustment Application. Request for a Special Exception from the building height requirements to construct a third story addition to an existing, attached, two-story with cellar, flat.
Comments Off on The Week Ahead…& Photo Essay on Lead Pipe Replacement
Mayor Bowser joined ANC7D virtually on Tuesday night from Skyland Town Center in Ward 7
ANC 7D’s April Meeting Featured Mayor Bowser
by Hilary Russell
Posted April 13, 2023
DC mayors have rarely graced ANC meetings. The ability to dial in facilitated Mayor Bowser’s attendance at 7D’s April 11 meeting, where she outlined her almost $20-billion budget proposal now before Council and answered myriad questions. Her participation may reflect the fact that 7D is a large, new ANC within Councilmember Vincent Grey’s purview, extending from 15th Street on the Hill to the Maryland border and encompassing Reservation 13 and the RFK campus.
A later presentation at this meeting by architects of Phase II of the Hill East Redevelopment Plan for Reservation 13 underlined 7D’s important role with respect to Mayor Bowser’s goal of attracting thousands of new residents and visitors to the city, given that plans includes a Marriott hotel, about 2000 housing units, 60,000 square feet of retail space, and a one-acre central park and playground that will memorialize, respectively, Robert F. Kennedy and Relisha Rudd. For a timeline and more details on the development of Reservation 13 Phase II see CHC’s December 2022 report here: https://bit.ly/3HRNIX3
The Mayor stated that her budget proposal reflects reductions in city revenues and “cost growth,” but no additional taxes. She highlighted investments in schools, childcare, infrastructure, and broadband improvements and maintained that her proposed budget fully funds the Police Chief’s request for 4,000 officers and “the whole spectrum” of violence prevention.
Closer to home, she noted that her budget supports another full-service grocery store at the Capitol Gateway at the intersection of East Capitol and 58th Streets, and the streetcar extension along Benning Road. She acknowledged “tough decisions” on transportation with respect to Circulator buses but didn’t add that the Eastern Market – L’Enfant Plaza route is one of three eliminated by her proposal. And she didn’t reference the prospects for free Metro bus service.
Commissioners posed a raft of questions on community issues, most of which centered on public safety and transportation. They itemized incidents and complaints, including high-profile shootings and carjackings in specific locations; dangerous intersections (e.g., at East Capitol and 16th); illegally parked and fraudulently licensed vehicles; and a need for more integration between violence interrupters and the “safe-passage” workers attached to schools.
She did not address a question on plans for the RFK stadium and the level of community engagement in this process, though noted later the key role of Events DC and its priorities and promised to meet with a community member enthused about adding a skate park to the campus.
Mayor Bowser was back on the Hill the next morning (Wednesday the 12th), outlining her budget proposal and the goal of increasing DC’s downtown residents and tourists for a gathering in Union Station’s great hall that kicked off Jazz in Bloom, a series of concerts at the station organized by DC’s Office of Cable TV Film Music and Entertainment. Concert dates announced so far are Wednesday, April 26 and Thursday, April 27. Watch this space for more information.
Comments Off on ANC 7D’s April Meeting Featured Mayor Bowser
Friday Night Live – Jazz at Eastern Market Metro – April 14 – 5pm – 6:30pm
This Friday Night Live features award winning saxophonist Trey Daniels: soloist, composer and bandleader performing in the genres of jazz, funk, R&B and Hip Hop. For more info, go here: https://treydanielsmusic.com
Comments Off on April 14 Friday Night Live – Jazz at Eastern Market Metro – 5pm – 6:30pm
CM Charles Allen visits ANC6B’s April meeting Tuesday night.
CM Allen on MPD Vehicle Pursuit Policy, Traffic Enforcement, & SE Library
by Larry Janezich
Posted April 13, 2023
CM Charles Allen continued his spring visits to Ward 6 ANCs Tuesday night, briefing the ANC6B on the Mayor’s Budget, now under consideration by the Council, and discussing his priorities as Chair of the Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee. That part of the presentation mirrored his remarks before ANC6A last month as reported on Capitol Hill Corner, here: https://bit.ly/3FjTOgN
During the Q&A Allen responded to specific questions from Commissioners on issues concerning residents of ANC6B.
On restrictions on MPD vehicular pursuit: Commissioner Chander Jayaraman asked Allen about the widely distributed Twitter video of a carjacking of a jeep near the Ballpark on March 29, as several MPD officers and a squad car on site were unable to stop the theft and who failed to pursue. Jayaraman suggested the failure to pursue was due to the Law Enforcement Vehicular Pursuit Reform Act of 2021 and wondered if there was any thought being given to providing more support so officers can actually do their jobs.
Allen replied that he thought Jayaraman was referring to a bill that had been introduced, not one that the Council had passed. He said that “nothing the City Council has passed prohibits MPD from being able to do a vehicle chase if they believe there’s a crime taking place. MPD has its own internal policy around chases.” Allen said, “I have heard many times where somebody says the council voted to tell somebody to do that or the council has tied their hands. That’s not true – it doesn’t mean people don’t say it though.”
Jayaraman said that it would be appropriate, then, “for the ANC6B Public Safety Task Force to ask what MPD’s policy is, and what happened there.”
On traffic enforcement. Commissioner Matt La Fortune asked Allen for an update, following CM Henderson’s presentation to the 6B Transportation on this subject last week and her skepticism about moving a bill to toughen traffic enforcement.
Allen said that he and Henderson along with CM Cheh were frustrated last year in their efforts to address this issue when they tried to move an amendment providing for loss of license for individuals with numerous serious traffic violations. Allen said, “We were unsuccessful…and lost the vote significantly.” His plan, he said, is to hold a hearing later this spring with no preconceived answers to help build a stronger coalition which he says he thinks will be more successful than the approach taken last year.
Allen added that the Mayor’s Budget would repeal the law which directs revenue from fines from automated traffic enforcement cameras to go back into traffic safety. Instead, those funds would be used to balance the budget. He says residents are unhappy with traffic cameras and it’s harder to justify cameras to them if the funds don’t go to traffic safety. Allen says that will be difficult to undo but he is looking at ideas to claw back funds to be used for safer streets.
In a follow up on the subject from Commissioner Frank Avery, Allen said that on Monday, DOT revealed their plan to double the number of automated traffic cameras by the end of summer. In addition, the 136 cameras currently operating will be replaced with new technology. Allen is trying to work with the CFO and DOT to figure out how incoming revenue can be redirected toward safety efforts.
(Later in the meeting the ANC unanimously agreed to a Resolution which, among other items, urged the city to make the primary goal of traffic enforcement prevention of dangerous driving, rather than raising revenue; tying non-financial penalties to traffic violations; negotiate with VA and MD on reciprocity agreements to hold non-safe drivers accountable; and to take proactive measures against drivers with the most significant traffic violations.)
On interim services for SE Library: Commissioner Sobelsohn referenced the SE Library Task Force reps meeting with Allen on April 21st and announced that four ANC6B Commissioners, along with Commissioners from Ward 8 and possibly Ward 7, plus a representative from Capitol Hill Village would testify in support of funding for interim services before the Budget Committee meeting this Thursday. In response Allen suggested that clearly laying out the communities’ priorities for interim services and defining what the needs are would be the most effective and persuasive line of testimony.
(Later in the meeting, the Commission unanimously approved sending a letter to all members of the city council urging their assistance for interim services for the SE Library.)
DC Circulator: In other business, the Commission unanimously agreed to send a letter to the City Council stressing the importance of the service provided by the DC Circulator Route from Eastern Market Metro to L’Enfant Plaza. The Mayor’s Budget would terminate the route and the letter urged urges the Council to keep it.
Comments Off on CM Allen on MPD Vehicle Pursuit Policy, Traffic Enforcement, & SE Library
Flowers in the National Gallery of Art’s Rotunda celebrate the season. The lilies represent purity, innocence and rebirth. The Rotunda and the building were designed by Architect John Russell Pope who also designed the Jefferson Memorial. The design was based on the Pantheon in Rome and the building was completed in 1941. The building was funded by former Secretary of the Treasury, Paul. W. Mellon, who gifted it to the nation. The sculpture of Mercury, from Mellon’s collection, stands atop the Mercury Fountain, and is the work of an anonymous artist after Giovanni Bologna, 1529 -1608.
Public Safety. Last Thursday, Council Member Charles Allen hosted his Ward 6 Community Meeting on the Mayor’s proposed budget. The meeting was both virtual and in person at the School-Within-School at Goding. Here are the highlights from the public safety portion of the meeting:
The Mayor proposed $10 million in budget cuts for MPD, but the budget includes what MPD asked for re for recruitment and retention bonuses at $5.4 million, and $1.2 million for police education incentives. In addition, there is $2.18 million to civilianize 18 MPD positions and get 18 officers back on the streets. Also:
$7.7 million for violence interruption programs at the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement.
$4.5 m for Pathways workforce development for at risk youths (but 14% overall budget cut).
$9 m for safe passage programming.
$227 million for a new jail
Allen said that the two public safety issues driving violent crime stats – gun violence/ homicides and carjackings are a national problem. MPD strategies in response have been: 1) Establishing a region-wide carjacking taskforce to coordinate police responses, and 2) Better partnering with community based organizations and violence interrupters. He noted that that coordination didn’t happen two years ago.
Declining police staffing is also an issue which is not limited to DC. Allen said the Chief says that money is not the problem – of the 347 training slots in the police academy, only 74 are filled. Attrition is outpacing new hires. (On Friday, Mayor Bowsers raised the hiring bonus for new MPD recruits to $25,000, $5,000 over the current bonus.)
ANC6C’s Transportation Committee, chaired by Resident Member Michael Upright, met last week and voted to support a proposed streetscape plan for the NRP Group’s new 12-story plus penthouse mixed-use building at 301 Florida Avenue, NE, with 115 dwelling units, all affordable to income levels at or below 50% AMI and ground level space dedicated to retail.
The ANC6C’s Transportation Committee also voted to support Folger Shakespeare Library’s request for support of the installation of two digital totems (signage); one at 2nd and East Capitol, one at 3rd and East Capitol. An earlier plan for ten foot totems was scaled back to six feet, judged to be more in keeping with the scale of other nearby signage.
This street tree on the unit block of 7th Street NE, fell victim to last weekend’s windstorm, so to speak. Photo: Daniele Schiffman
Easter Sunday, circa 3:00pm, at The Flea Market at Eastern Market on 7th Street, SE.
The Week Ahead …
By Larry Janezich
Posted April 9, 2023
Monday, April 10
Southeast Library Taskforce will hold an in person meeting at 7:00 pm at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Second Floor.
Lola’s, 711 8th Street, SE. Retailer’s Class “C” Tavern License, Application for an Entertainment Endorsement.
Lola’s. Request for a stipulated license for an Entertainment Endorsement.
Mason & Greens DC. 400 8th Street, SE. Application for a Retailer’s Class “B” Full-Service Grocery Store license.
Mason & Greens DC. Request for a stipulated license for a Retailer’s Class “B” license.
Presentations:
Charles Allen, Councilmember, Ward 6
Stephen Akyereko, DC Water – Lead Free DC
Planning and Zoning Committee
4-5 Library Court, SE. Special Exception to combine one tax lot and two record lots in the RF-3 zone (Square 788, Lots 28 and 817).
1236 Walter Street, SE. Zoning Adjustment Application to construct a two-story rear addition, to an existing attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit in the RF-1 zone.
1236 Walter Street. Historic Preservation Application to construct a two-story rear addition, to an existing attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit in the RF-1 zone.
Rezoning of 1323 E Street, SE.
Potential of Moving P&Z Meetings from Tuesday to the Thursday ABC Committee Slot
Transportation Committee
Traffic Safety Resolution
Southeast Library Task Force
Sending Previously Approved Letter of Support for Budget Funding for Interim Services for the Southeast Library to Remaining Members of DC Council.
Authorization for Commissioners Sobelsohn and D’Andrea to Testify (Thursday 4/13; 12-3pm) on ANC 6B’s Behalf to the DC Council’s Library Committee on the Library System’s Budget.
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6A will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here:
Among items on the draft agenda:
Community Presentations
Mayor’s Proposed FY2024 Budget – Richard Jackson, Director, Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE)
DC Water’s Lead Free DC (LFDC) Initiative – Sean Moore, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
Consent Agenda
Recommendation: ANC 6A protest the application of Hiraya Kapamilya at 1250 H Street, NE, (ABRA-124137) for a Class C Tavern License unless a settlement agreement is entered into prior to the protest deadline.
Recommendation: ANC 6A submit FOIA requests to DDOT to disclose certain data regarding the nature and disposition of the pre-January 6, 2023 TSI requests; as well as the component parts scoring of the TSI 2.0 prioritization model, and the identification and availability of data used to compute the prioritization scores.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to DDOT and Washington Gas, requesting that all barriers be re-installed along the entire Florida Avenue bike route and that measures be taken to ensure compliance with safe accommodations.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to DDOT or an appropriate entity within DC government to request data concerning the number and disposition of claims related to sidewalk safety issues in 6A; and if the information was not made available within a “reasonable” period of time, then ANC 6A would submit a FOIA request.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter of support to BZA for area variance relief for a project to construct a rear addition to an existing, attached, two-story with basement, principal dwelling unit at 912 Maryland Avenue, NE, in the RF-1 zone on condition that the owner provide letters of support.
Plenary session:
Recommendation: ANC 6A protest the application of Old City 1 Cafe at 1307 H Street, NE, for a Class C Restaurant License.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter of support to BZA for Special Exception relief pursuant to construct a new, detached, five-story with cellar and penthouse, 80-unit apartment addition, to existing mixed-use buildings at 1000–1016 H Street, NE, based on the plans that include 3,261 square feet of retail space on condition best effort to get come to an agreement on construction issues and that gas service only be used for emergency usage.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send letters of support to BZA and HPO for special exception relief to construct a rear and side addition to an existing attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit at 336 11th Street, NE, with the condition that any information or reports received from HPO before the full ANC considers the project be in support of the project. BZA hearing scheduled for 4/26/2023.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter of support to BZA for special exception relief to construct a two-story rear addition, to an existing semi-detached, two-story principal dwelling unit at 214 Warren Stree,t NE, in the RF-1 zone on condition that the developer make best efforts to get letters of support from 216 and 222 Warren Street NE.
Suggested Motion: ANC 6A support the application of Kitchen Cray at 1301 H Street NE for a stipulated restaurant CR license with an entertainment endorsement under the condition that entertainment is only in the indoors lower level.
Comments Off on The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
Friday Night Live – Jazz at Eastern Market Metro – Returns April 7
“Live, on the Hill” Jazz Concerts at Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park returns Friday, April 7, 5:00pm – 6:30pm. The featured artist kicking off the season is drummer Allen Jones.
Comments Off on Live Jazz at Eastern Market Metro Returns Friday April 7
Council Member At Large Christina Henderson talked about traffic and parking enforcement at last night’s ANC6B Transporttion Committee, chaired by Commissioner Matt LaFortune.
CM At Large Christina Henderson Slams City Traffic Enforcement at ANC6B Committee
by Larry Janezich
Posted April 4, 2023
“We have gotten to a point unless you destroy property or kill someone or get caught parking on a street long enough, there is no enforcement – unless you do something so egregious that MPD pulls you over.”
In a rare appearance of a Council Member before an ANC Standing Committee, CM At Large Christina Henderson came before ANC6B’s Transportation Committee last night to talk about traffic enforcement.
She opened her presentation noting that the Automated Traffic Effectiveness Amendment Act (ATE) she introduced last year had gone nowhere. She said she has reintroduced the ATE Act this year but “the votes are not there” and she is trying to refine it: “That’s where we are.”
The ATE would:
allow traffic cameras to issue points on driver’s licenses – currently the sole province of MPD
require reporting driving records of drivers who accumulate five moving violations to insurance companies
require reckless drivers to take “safe driving” lessons
The bill introduced last year was co-sponsored by Charles Allen, Brianne K. Nadeau, Elissa Silverman, and Brooke Pinto.
Henderson alluded to another bill introduced last year by then-CM At Large Elissa Silverman – the Reckless Driver Accountability Act of 2022 – making it easier to boot or impound vehicles with a large number of parking or moving violations. It also went nowhere. Henderson cited concerns about overburdening those with lower income as an impediment to passage of both bills by the city council.
The brief presentation was followed by a Q&A period.
Can the city take a more proactive approach for towing?
Henderson: “We have a list of vehicles which are boot-eligible … we have addresses. DPW is reluctant to be more proactive because of a lack of resources,” with only six towing teams on the streets. She said she had talked to DPW about doing overnight towing funded with overtime pay and whether having a crew working overnight would produce significant results. A resident member attendee raised concerns about the safety of a towing team conducting overnight towing.
Have you considered citizen reporting and rewarding citizens with a percentage of the fine?
Henderson: “That has come up in conversations with bike groups regarding idling vehicles in bike lanes. The issue is the same as with parking tickets. If we can’t force the violator to pay the ticket, so what’s the point? You get caught up in the idea of overburdening a certain class of people. We have gotten to a point unless you destroy property or kill someone or get caught parking on a street long enough, there is no enforcement – unless you do something so egregious that MPD pulls you over.”
What is the status of Rock Creek Parkway case where three people were killed by a driver with 44 violation and unpaid $12000 in fines? At what point is interest in enforcement triggered?
Henderson: “Right now our system isn’t designed in that proactive way. Right now visual observation of a vehicle on the street is what triggers enforcement. It is no one’s job to actively search for the most egregious vehicles ticketed in term of speeding.”
What’s the status of Vision Zero in light of the recent auditor’s report seeming to indicate there’s a program, but no program?
Henderson: “I’m meeting with the Director of DDOT to try to understand what the commitment of that agency is. I appreciate that the ANC is considering a resolution on this because I feel like my colleagues need to hear enforcement is important to them as part of the overall Vision Zero goals, and right now, we don’t have that.” She said that because of how we bifurcated the system it makes it difficult to hold a single agency accountable for Vision Zero – because they would say Vision Zero responsibilities cover three agencies.
What will nudge people to change their behavior?
Henderson: “Infrastructure is one,” Henderson said, adding “I’m on ‘Team Infrastructure.” She supports using “concrete and steel” infrastructure (street diets, bollards, bump outs, speed bumps) to slow traffic in support of Vision Zero goals. But, she added, “…we should be clear not everybody on the council is onboard with infrastructure changes to improve safety. Part of that is a legacy about how to move people in and out of downtown in the fastest way possible and sometimes at expense of public safety of the people who live here. We have to change that paradigm. And I’m not sure were prepared to do that. Even in conversations about the ATE bill – in terms of the notification of insurance companies – folks were claiming I was anti-driver. I have a car but my husband and kids bike and they commute and I want them to be safe. I walk my kid to school. Across Georgia Avenue and I want her to be safe. And I think we can do both. But every change we make toward Vision Zero, people assume that it’s anti-vehicle as opposed to safety concerns that undergird it. She added, “There are other things. We’re still trying to figure that part out. We’re open to suggestions.”
Afterward, the Committee unanimously supported a motion to forward a Traffic Enforcement Resolution to the full ANC for consideration at its next meeting on April 11.
The resolution urges the DC City Council to take up legislation to improve traffic enforcement in the DC including, but not limited to:
tying nonfinancial penalties to traffic violations such as points on a driver’s license,
reporting on traffic violations to insurance companies,
requiring remedial lessons for drivers accruing a substantial number of violations prior to renewal of a driver’s license and registration. The measure also:
urges the city administration to reconvene the Fake Temp Tag Task Force and make public recommendations for further action to reduce the number of fake tags in DC and
urges the Mayor to begin negotiations with MD and VA on a regional reciprocity agreement to hold unsafe drivers accountable regardless of where they commit traffic violations.
Mason and Greens – the Zero Waste Store at 8th and PA Avenue, SE – plans on offering what is the possibly the city’s first beer and wine “refillery.” Their liquor license application comes up before ANC6B ABC Committee meeting on Monday night.
In mid April, M&G hopes to turn on the wine and beer taps which will be installed in the four holes shown above. The existing taps currently offer non-alcoholic beverages.
Barracks Row Union Kitchen – The unconfirmed word on the street is that Union Kitchen is still slated to open an outlet in the former Subway Shop on Barracks Row at 8th and E Street, SE, across from the 7-11. Most recently, the space was the campaign HQ of DC City Council candidate Graham McLaughlin. The windows are blurred with film, but there’s been activity inside. The Union Kitchen folks are pretty hard to reach.
The Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee met last Wednesday night in the Market’s North Hall. Chair Chuck Burger announced the establishment of four committees to involve the community in the Market’s survival. EMMCA will solicit volunteers to serve on the following four committees: Fundraising, Events, Marketing/Branding, and Social Media.
Triple Candie’s latest. Here are two shots of Triple Candies’ new installation in their exhibit space in the former Li’l Pub at 655 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. For more, go here: http://www.triplecandie.org/
“Jannis Kounellis was a Greek Italian artist based in Rome. A key figure associated with Arte Povera – a movement theorized by curator Germano Celant as a major shift from work on flat surfaces to installations.” Wikipedia.
The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted April 2, 2023
The Week Ahead … (Some meeting dates have changed in observance of the upcoming religious holiday)
Monday, April 3
The Washington Bach Consort will offer another free performance of its Noontime Cantata series at 12:10pm at St. Mark’s Church, 301 A St SE. Professional soloists, choir and orchestra will perform an prelude and Bach cantata.
ANC6B’s Alcohol Beverage Control Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
301 Florida Avenue NE – Streetscape Plan. The NRP Group has requested a review of their proposed streetscape plan for the development project at 301 Florida Avenue, NE.
1100-1199 Block of 4th Street. NE – DDOT TOPS. Construction Permit Request, Fixture Small Cell Installation.
Folger Shakespeare Library request for support. The Folger Shakespeare Library is requesting ANC support for the installation of two digital totems (signage); one at 2nd and East Capitol, one at 3rd and East Capitol.
Request for bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue, NE. ANC 6C resident requesting the addition of bike lanes on the Massachusetts Avenue corridor.
Tuesday, April
ANC 6B April 2023 Planning and Zoning will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
Capitol Hill Classic – The 42nd annual 10-K, 3-K and Fun Run will be held on May 21, 2023. Race representative Roberta Stewart will discuss the event with our committee, answer questions, and seek ANC 6C support. For details, please see https://www.capitolhillclassic.com/
Hayes Senior Wellness Center Tot-Lot Playground – The playground, which first opened in 2012, is in need of repairs. Specifically, the rubberized surface has worn away in several locations, the entry gate is misaligned and difficult to operate, and the metal fencing along K St is detached/loose. EPE Chair Joe McCann will present.
L and M Street Underpasses (NoMa) – Request to DC Government that the concrete barriers be removed at the L & M Street underpasses in NoMa, and that the District install on the side path areas seating, bike lanes, playable art, and other elements to activate these spaces.
Brentwood-Hamilton Field – Request to DPR to install basic safety and access improvements to the Brentwood-Hamilton field on 6th Street at Neal NE in ANC 5D adjacent to 6C. This limited seating, no ADA pathways, and very poor maintenance of the areas outside the fields. 6C07.
Thursday, April 6
Friends of Southeast Library will hold their monthly meeting at 5:30pm in Southeast Library, lower level.
Agenda:
The April book sale.
Report by SE Neighborhood Library Branch Manager Julia Strusienski
Comments Off on The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 