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On 14th, we have the Studio (with multiple stages & classrooms), the Source, Miss Pixie's Back Warehouse (which presented the world premier of Ganymede Arts 'After the Garden') and the black box at the 1409 Playbill Cafe. U Street has the Lincoln Theater. (There's also a space for lease at Logan that was supposed to be a contemporary performance space and
was granted a CX license.) Nearby, there's the Church Street Theater, Theater J at the JCC and the Foundry Players Community Theater at the Foundry Methodist Church.
I've also attended plays at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
In addition to live theater, there are many live music venues including Jo Jo's, Utopia, Twins, The Bohemian Caverns, Nellies, HR-57, The Black Cat, 9:30 Club to name a few.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:50 PM, lancefromdc <salonial@...> wrote:
Phyllis, all these stores are nice, but they don't add up to the theater district that was envision for that street ... We have bars, restaurants, and an assorted lot of mom and pop stores. But only 2 theaters. (The Howard is in another neighborhood ... far away.) We're lacking the central part of the vision for 14th Street ... the local theaters. And with the furniture stores taking over the very same buildings that are most suitable for upstart local theaters, there's no denying that the coming of a furniture row in getting in the way of the development of this street as promised by the District.
Lance> sites<http://communitymattersdc.blogspot.com/2009/07/images-of-proposed-projects-in-vicinity.html>(including
--- In DupontForum@yahoogroups.com, p d klein <kleinpd@...> wrote:
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> There's no need to fear furniture stores taking over
> restaurants/bars/taverns at 14th and U.
> In fact, restaurants/bars/clubs in the 14th and U vicinity are no where near
> being out numbered by furniture stores.
> Several new restaurants will be opening soon on 14th Street.
> Plus, *Cork* will be opening a market/wine store and new development
> Utopia and Whitman Walker)
> will include generous spaces for new retail and restaurants. In addition to
> antique and contemporary
> furniture stores, we have several theaters (and the Howard Theater
> restoration is underway),
> clothing stores, pet boutiques, doggy daycare, flower/garden/plant shops,
> high end stereo equipment, galleries, restaurants, taverns, bars, fast food,
> cafes, ice cream,
> gelato, cupcakes, frame shops, shoes, artists studios, copy shop, coffee
> shops, books, yoga studios, gyms, government offices, gifts/cards,
> groceries, pharmacies,
> hardware, sweet shops, kitchen & home accessories, hair & nail salons, shoe
> repair, dry cleaners, bicycles, banks, tax service, architects' offices,
> pawn shops,
> churches, etc.
>
> So, don't worry. Enjoy the variety.
>
>
>
>
>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:04 PM, lancefromdc <salonial@...> wrote:> > --- In DupontForum@yahoogroups.com <DupontForum%40yahoogroups.com>,
>
> >
> >
> > My main concern is that if this becomes a "furniture row" (which appears to
> > be happening with ever increasing volocity), then we will negate the
> > possibility of this becoming a mini-"Off Broadway" area for DC as envisioned
> > when the Arts Overlay was put in place. Par of what drew me to buy my home
> > where I did was this vision that was put out there for us that 14th would
> > become a place with lots and lots of local theaters (like Studio and Source)
> > and galleries and restaurants and, yes, even bars ... A center nightlife
> > draw to DC. If these furniture stores keep coming in at the pace they are
> > coming, we can kiss all those expectations goodbye. We will instead have a
> > place that suburbanites schlep to during the day to buy their big name (but
> > marketed as 'cheaper') furniture such as CB2 (more marketed as 'greener')
> > Room and Board ... And a place which is dead and devoid of the artistic
> > nightlife we were promised. We've got to start saying 'no' to more furniture
> > stores or anything unrelated to promoting this area as an area for the arts
> > and entertainment.
> >
> >
> > "jej20009" <jjohnston@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In DupontForum@yahoogroups.com <DupontForum%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "lancefromdc" <salonial@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Apparently, CB2 (a low-end Crate and Barrel company store) is coming to
> > 14th Street. It follows the lead of Room and Board which is supposed to open
> > next Spring. (Many residents opposed Room and Board's apparent 'outbidding'
> > of that space from Tryst which had been in negotiations to lease that
> > building for a 24 hr dinner and restaurant for that spot.)
> > > >
> > > > 14th Street is supposed to be an Arts Overlay District, meaning it is
> > supposed to be developing with stores related to the arts (i.e., theater,
> > galleries, etc.) and the kind of establishment that fit in with the arts
> > objective (i.e., restaurants, bars, etc.) It looks like it may instead just
> > turn into one big outdoor IKEA with lots of low end furniture stores ...
> > > >
> > > > Lance
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/07/06/daily41.html
> > > >
> > > I don't think of CB2 or Room & Board as "low end." A simple slipcover for
> > a sofa at R&B will run you $350 or more. Hardly 'low end.' I welcome the
> > additional furniture stores to DC - and look forward to patronizing them
> > like I do the ones we already have on 14th and U streets. Why should we have
> > to schlep to Rockville or Tysons to buy furniture? These store will increase
> > the options to us city dwellers - especially those of us without cars.
> > However, I do grant that too many of any one thing in an area can be a bad
> > thing. I don't think we're at that point, yet, though I would welcome a
> > Tryst or similar place.
> > > -J
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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