Board Rejects Apple for 4th Time

Oh cminus this part in particular is special: If you travel back in time to 1800 and get Pierre L'Enfant to design your building for you, they will still not approve it.
Hilarious.

As a resident of Georgetown, I take offense to your assertion that we’re all “asshats” over here. First off, the “asshats” you refer to are mostly tourists and suburban riff-raff that infiltrate our neighborhood – that is hardly our fault. Obviously there is something to the neighborhood or people wouldn’t flock to it. Additionally, Georgetown is one of the most exclusive, and expensive, neighborhoods in DC for a reason. Perhaps you’re jealous? Secondly, why the hell would Apple put their store in Logan Circle? For starters your neighborhood borders Shaw – so taking into account the spillover crime, I doubt Logan is upscale enough. Besides, what the hell does Logan have in it? Answer is, simply, not a lot. A friggin Whole Foods (or is that DuPont)? A few crappy restaurants? No Parking? There’s a reason there is nothing in your crappy neighborhood – not upscale and no infrastructure to support it. Lastly, I have no doubt you, like everyone else, loves to hate on Georgetown yet still comes over regularly to enjoy our bars and cuisine. So you can quit hating on Gtown, hater. Clearly there’s at least one real “asshat” in Logan.

Oh piss off. I'm just tired of everyone hating on my neighborhood out of jealousy.

Jealousy? Really? You're silly.

Did I make the map? No I didn't. It's the first map on Google when you search for "DC Neighborhood Maps", you asshat. Any other molehills you'd like to make a mountain of??

sure, tx2dc, i'll make mountains out of anything i damn well want to.

no need to call people names. it takes away from whatever argument you're trying to make here.

i hope you're not asked to carry out any serious research anytime soon. citing "it was the first link on a google search" is right up there next to "wikipedia says..." as one of the worst defenses you can give for a line of reasoning that i've ever heard.

And I hope you finally get laid some day.

Um, I don't think you really have the hang of this whole let's-not-make-Georgetown-residents-look-like-asshats thing.

Whisky tango foxtrot.

Hey prick, I was just defending my neighborhood from all these people that hate it for no good reason aside from the fact that it's expensive, it's tourist-y, or there is no Metro. Unless you have something insightful to say, mind your own goddamn business.

Okay, so according to your posts, people who hate on Georgetown are "jealous" "asshats" from "crappy neighborhoods," like Logan or Shaw, or "suburban riff raff," or "pricks" who "need to get laid someday."

You want something insightful? You're forgetting the most important reason why people hate on Georgetown, and it's in the mirror.

Lots of people from the rest of D.C. spend a lot of time hating on Georgetown, but trust me, 99.9% of it definitely isn't out of jealousy.

You know what, I didn't think there was anything to that rumor that Georgetown was full of asshats, until TXtoDC opened his mouth.

May I recommend you soon change your username to DCtoTX, friend?

The only people I know that go to Georgetown for the nightlife are Republicans. The only reason everyone hates Georgetown is because Georgetown is comprised mostly of tourists. And that in itself makes the place terrible. If it weren't for the tourists and lack of a Metro station it would be a very nice place to live. Only place other than Logan Circle that I would want to live in DC as far as neighborhoods go.

As for Logan and Shaw, I thought most of Shaw is East of Logan, as opposed to North... What?

forthewin: read this article from mari at inshaw.com. this is the map showing the boundaries of what became the shaw neighborhood.

there are lots of areas within this greater shaw neighborhood that have their own unique identities (logan, u street, etc.)

shaw isn't really east or north of logan, they are part of each other.

It would appear for practicality purposes (considering that it is no longer the mid 20th century), Logan Circle evolved into an entirely separate neighborhood (among other areas), and is now no longer a part of the area that would be considered Shaw, so much as bordering on it. In other context, the idea of one area existing inside of another area would make sense (countries and states, etc), but Shaw and Logan are like giving a kid two first names.

And it would also appear that either way, the majority of Shaw is located East of Logan circle as opposed to North. (Especially if you want to go by those weird signs they have everywhere.)

The argument is obviously subject to not having any definite answers either way, but I live directly on Logan Circle, and if I told people I lived in Shaw, they wouldn't know what the hell I was talking about.

overall, i agree with you. logan certainly has its own identity now.

And those are both viable options since everyone clearly hates Georgetown, and it's residents, for no friggin reason. I vote Chinatown....an iStore would fit nicely amongst the young, hip vibe.

Dude, have you BEEN to Chinatown lately? There's nothing young or hip about it. Anyone who can afford Penn Quarter is already on the wrong side of forty. The only young people you find are loitering in Mcdonalds and saying rude things about women's booties.

Really, Chinatown's about as hip as a turtleneck dickie.

Yeah, but heavily spoiled Bethesda teenagers don't even need to go to anywhere for an Apple store...there's one in freakin' Bethesda!

One major problem with Georgetown seem to be getting overlook: no Metro. Why the hell should Apple put there store in a location that's difficult to get to when it's obvious that some in the neighborhood don't want it. There are plenty of other places in this town that are far more accessible and would beg to get the store rather than bitch about it.

Georgetown wants to be exclusive snobs about it? I say screw them, we don't need their crap.

Why should Apple care if there is a metro stop if business is good? Lots and lots of people find their way to Georgetown every weekend to shop.

And for the record, there are places that have their names in metro stops that are just as far from them as Georgetown is from Foggy Bottom.

I wonder if that's because the Urban Outfitters building was infill, as opposed to an existing contributing structure of the historic district (I presume that it's an historic district, hence the board review). Plus, there's probably even some grandfathering...Urban Outfitters has been there since at least 1995.

Sorry, I used the wrong address - the Apple Store current taxable assessment is about $7.5 million - $13.5 is the proposed new value based on the sale. The McCormick Paint store remains under $2 million.

I feel like Columbia Heights is already full of Apple "fanbois"

Amen to that! It's no longer 1895.

Finally, an entertaining comment!