JBG Reviews Projects at U Street Assn Meeting

At the March meeting of the U Street Neighborhood Association, representatives from JBG provided an overview of three projects: 14th and S District apartments, LOUIS--formerly known as UTOPIA--at the corner of 14th and U and a proposed hotel for 13th and U Streets. JBG is reincarnating the hotel project that was not supported by USNA members several years ago when it was first proposed. Wallach Place residents attended the briefing and asked questions about height and massing and impacts on their adjacent homes.

For more information, please contact Bryan Moll, project manager for LOUIS at bmoll@jbg.com or 240.333.3705, and James Nozar, project manager for 14th and S, at jnozar@jbg.com or 240.333.3774. If you have any complaints about the projects during construction, please feel free to contact these project managers.

Policy Restaurant and Lounge Celebrates 3rd Anniversary

Streetsweeping Begins March 12

Enforcement of streetsweeping signage will begin next Monday, March 12. Please take a look at your Street Sweeping Signs. As you may know, some changes were made by DDOT last year on some blocks and streets in the neighborhood as to time of day and/or day of the week.

ANC Sponsors Parking Discussion

Our Dupont Circle ANC 2B will be hosting a discussion on parking-related issues. Representatives from DDOT will be present to outline options for residential parking in our neighborhood. I have asked them to describe the pilot project at Columbia Heights with resident only parking on one side of the street. Ward 1 is implementing this program ward-wide and I would like our ANC to consider it for us in Ward 2. I believe that this will relieve some of the pressure placed on our residential parking by visitors to the 14th and U nightlife venues.

The session will take place on Thursday, March 29, at the Dupont Circle Hotel at 7 p.m.

Two Successful Restauranteurs Are Coming to the West Side

I am pleased to inform my constituents and neighbors that two well-known restauranteurs are coming to the west side of 14th Street. They are Med Lahlou and Mark Kuller. Med owns Shoney's on P Street, Ulah Bistro on U Street, and several others in the city. Mark is planning to open his third restaurant. He owns Proof and Estadio. Med will be opening Stub's Kitchen (a working name to be finalized later) at the corner of 14th and T in the former Paradise Liquors building that has been meticulously restored under the watchful eye of HPRB. Mark will be opening his new venture at the corner of 14th and S in the former Whitman-Walker Clinic/JBG project. Med's is an Italian-inspired bistro and Mark will be serving Southeast Asian cuisine in a nature-inspired environment (he was influenced by Brushstroke Restaurant in NYC--see photo). They are currently finalizing their interior design plans and we look forward to dining at these new restaurants in our neighborhood.

ANC Supports Rauzia Ally for HPRB Post

On Wednesday, February 8, the Dupont Circle ANC supported the nomination of Rauzia Ally for an appointment to the Historic Preservation Review Board. She is a resident of Swann Street and President of the Dupont Circle Conservancy. She is a trained architect, a teacher and a business owner. She is knowledgeable about the District's building and zoning codes. And most importantly, she is supportive of Dupont Circle historic preservation priorities.

We wish her good luck in the nomination process and look forward to her participation on the board.


Photo courtesy of Rauzia's Facebook page

UTOPIA Project Schedule Announced by JBG

JBG Project Manager Bryan Moll announced the construction schedule this week for the Utopia Project at the corner of 14th and U Streets. Representatives from the 14th and U Street community were invited to a presentation of the timeline and final drawings for the project. At long last, the project will have its groundbreaking on February 21. Good luck, JBG!