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emikael

  • Job: Business owner and historic preservationist
  • Tell us about yourself: I own a fantastic furniture consignment store in Bethesda, MD (with two partners) and work for a local nonprofit in the field of historic preservation. I live in Columbia Heights.
  • Commented on Nothing Is Concrete: Third Church of Christ, Scientist, To Be Razed
    The theory was to create buildings that reflect a sense of place internally. They were focused inward. To understand the Third Church, you really have to be inside it. The sanctuary is lit by a series of skylites and is...
  • Commented on Nothing Is Concrete: Third Church of Christ, Scientist, To Be Razed
    The church will not be able to tear down their building until they file for a building permit. Considering they are so hard up that they can't afford to maintain their building (if this is really true), this could be...
  • Commented on A Streetcar Named PRIMOVE
    What is truly ironic is that the tracks shown in your photograph show the only remaining bits of the unique technology DC once developed to create the streetcar system without overhead wires mandated by Congress. We've been through this before...
  • Commented on Metro Says Google Transit Could Happen if it Made Them Money
    Wow Stapalouva, calm down. He was talking bout the fact the architects and engineers created a design to the whole metro system deliberately devoid of advertising, as directed. The Metro was supposed to be a model transportation system in our...
  • Commented on The Michelle Rhee Moment in the Presidential Debate
    The key here is her statement "she has committed to staying at the head of D.C. Schools as long as Adrian Fenty is still mayor and still wants her in the job." Rumors are flying that Fenty has been jockeying...
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