April 21, 2008
Go Home Already: Stick Your Neck Out
>> "Metro Transit Police charged a 20-year-old Alexandria man with stealing three Zipcars from the parking lots of Braddock Road, King Street, and Franconia-Springfield stations." [City Desk]
>> Could a big swanky hotel be in store for U Street? [dcmud]
>> "Most of you reading this don’t know Chris. Now you never will." [BrightestYoungThings]
>> "For all its might, the storm could not entirely free the area from the grip of a drought that began last summer, but it made a dent: National Weather Service reports showed 3.56 inches of rain had fallen overnight at Dulles International Airport." [WaPo]
>> "A teenager came home from cheerleading practice and found her 72-year-old father stabbed and killed at their District home on Isherwood Drive NE." [WJLA]
>> "Prosecutors have dropped assault charges against a Georgetown University student accused in a possible hate crime beating near campus." [NBC4]
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I don’t know-I think they are running out of famous people from the 20s who lived near U Street to be the theme for buildings (the ellington, langston lofts, busboys and poets, etc). Maybe they could start naming new buildings after the people that destroyed much of the city during the race riots. They could name the hotel the “Carmichael” and could house a VIP lounge called the “Burn baby burn room.”
How about a swanky new building named for Rayful Edmond?
Dude, how do you steal a Zipcar? That's a real shame. Those Zipcars really tied the city together, did they not? I hope the cops find my briefcase and Creedence tape.
Fuggit, Dude. Let's go bowling.
Is U Street ready for a big swanky hotel? Nope. Maybe some smaller, quirky Kimpton-style place in an existing building would work, but I'm having a hard time seeing something large and luxurious being very successful on the U Street of today. In a few years, maybe.
I thought the big growth market was swanky SMALL boutique-ey hotels?
This place is going to end up like the Hotel Earle full of homocidal lunatics and guys writing wrestling pictures.
Great. U Street is bad enough to drive on with the idiot double-parkers. Let's add tourists to the mix. That'll solve it.
Wow two Coen brothers references in just two posts.
For what it's worth, Jelly Roll Morton set up shop on U St. late in his life. Maybe someone could open up a pastry shop in his honor. But I like the Stoakley Carmichael idea. Maybe it could be a whole theme:
Mary Treadwell Accountants
Catfish Mayfield Finishing School For Aspiring Politicians
Rasheeda Moore Concierge (Tagline: "They'll Set You Up")
I think a hotel on U-street is a great idea and I like the idea of it being more of a boutique type hotel rather than a Hilton or family type place. A hotel in that area has a great draw for young mid 20s people visiting the city - close to Adams Morgan and Dupont and right on top of a metro line. Also, a lot of people dont have space in their apartments for 3-4 friends to stay for the weekend.
The hotel would more than likely have underground parking, which may mean rentable spots to people in the neighborhood, which would get some of the cars off of the street.
I'm absolutely all for this project.
The hotel would more than likely have underground parking, which may mean rentable spots to people in the neighborhood, which would get some of the cars off of the street.
And then through the magic of induced demand, cars will reappear and then all you'll have is more traffic.
The Double H - Hiptard Hotel on U.
Is Crew Club too far south on 14th street to count as the U stree hotel? I don't think they have a restauarant but they could still market themselves as full service.
Shomer FUCKING Shabbos!!!
They should call the hotel "The Metrosexual on U." Says it all: Metro accesible, gay friendly, about five years out-of-date.
Or, since tourist guides and real estate moghuls love the term "vibrant" they should call it "The Vibrator on U." With lots of those magic-fingers massage beds and lots of Mojo Nixon on the jukebox.
Why name it after the dead? How about making it look like it used to be a manufacturing plant, fill it with fake lofts, and call it the "Jason Blair Fabrication Plant on U"
I trust that dog in the picture more than I do most drivers in DC. At least you know he isn't going to be talking on a cellphone. Although, he probably will be texting his bitches.
Monkey, you shouldn't confuse "metrosexual" with gay friendly. It's more like gay envy.