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THE CAPITOL HILL CURRENT
Tue, November 24, 2009Washington, D.C.
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Mack Gross, Carolyn Sewell and Richard Sewell relax before D.C.'s first Tweed Ride, which started at 8th and H streets NE. (photo by Brett Davis)
D.C. NEWS
Norton advocates for elected D.C. attorney general
Ornamental Garden owner dead at 49
Martini Lounge investigated in
wake of firefighter stabbings
City officials map out streetcar plan
Shooting spawns changes
on 6th Street NE
'DC One Card' questions could be answered by legislation
WETA documentary explores Washington of '60s
H Street Connection developers near accord with commission
Fenty, police promise more attention on Northeast crime
CSX plans contruction on Virginia Avenue tunnel
H Street trolley plan to
be unveiled at meetings
Commandant's House plan narrowly wins support
Rosedale Community Center set to get library
Voice founder Bruce Robey remembered fondly
Hill crime down, not out
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HILL CHATTER
White House honors Hill program
Huge kudos to the Hill’s own Higher Achievement program, which received the Coming Up Taller Award from first lady Michelle Obama.
The award, which honors out-of-school organizations that provide arts and humanities programs to gifted, at-risk kids, was given at a White House ceremony Nov. 4.
The Hillys are here
Fellow local shoppers, voting time is here for the Hillys, this inaugural award that honors your favorite Capitol Hill businesses.
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Fight over 12th Street NE
charter school continues

The years-old charter school case that prompted a change in city zoning laws is still causing rancor in the neighborhood surrounding a controversial row house at 138 12th St. NE., the planned new home for AppleTree Institute.
Parking meters make money for Capitol Hill projects

City officials revealed last week that an almost two-year-old trial parking program has created hundreds of thousands of dollars for public amenities in the Capitol Hill and Southwest Waterfront neighborhoods.
Rosedale lies in wait as council
worries over park contracts

Among the projects caught up in the fight is the $16 million Rosedale Community Center in Ward 6, where the mayor and Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells held a groundbreaking in October. Rosedale, which was set to receive a brand-new 22,000-square-foot structure and a 4,000-square-foot library, is the most expensive project on the list.
DIGEST
Lower 8th discussions center around retail
Ward 6 public schools retain students
Hill East residents win promise from Fenty
Businesses could be certified 'green' in District
Little Lights seeks volunteers
A+ for Capitol Hill bank
Town hall to highlight education reform
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
A steady light in a flickering system
At 7 a.m., much of the District is still getting into gear, but Cheryl Warley is already at her post as principal of J. O. Wilson Elementary School. Eleven hours later, she’ll still be here, making sure all the students have made it out of the building, and that kids in after-school programs are properly situated.
A multitasking maestro
The living room of Thea Kano’s Capitol Hill home is a dramatic span of starkly painted beams and exposed ductwork, dominated by a glossy black grand piano. Kano is assistant music director of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, conductor of the Capitol Hill Youth Chorus and a former associate conductor of The Washington Chorus.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONS
Northeast Capitol Hill (ANC 6A)
At its Nov. 12 meeting, the commission heard Mary Beatty, the chair of the commission’s alcoholic beverage licensing committee, suggest that the commission should consider pursuing a moratorium on tavern liquor licenses long the H Street corridor. Beatty made the suggestion in response to recent incidents at bars on H Street, in particular a reported stabbing at the H Street Martini Lounge.
Southeast Capitol Hill (ANC 6B)
At its Nov. 10 meeting, the commission heard CSX officials explain their plans to tear up Virginia Avenue from 2nd to 11th streets SE in order to expand the freight train tunnel that runs underneath the street. Many residents and commissioners questioned the plans, which would expose the tunnel for two to three years.
Near Northeast (ANC 6C)
At its Nov. 12 meeting, the commission announced it reached an agreement with the controversial Level Lounge.
HILL TWITTER
VoiceoftheHill: @theHIllisHome is reporting a D.C. Alert about a bank robbery in the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE, but no more news yet.
VoiceoftheHill: @TheHillisHome has winners of the Hillys: http://bit.ly/8jjwEz
VoiceoftheHill: RT @theHillisHome: CHAMPS First Annual Hilly Awards http://www.thehillishome.com/2009/11/champs-first-annual-hilly-awards/
VoiceoftheHill: Fight over 12th Street NE charter school continues: http://bit.ly/57dwY2
VoiceoftheHill: RT @jdland: USDOT HQ wins award for excellence in brownfield redevelopment and revitalization: http://bit.ly/2Y5HMg

OPINIONS
Welcome to H Street
In the coming years, H Street will be getting a welcome retail-residential complex between 8th and 10th streets to replace the now-dilapidated H Street Connection strip mall.
Parks and wreck
Two years ago, D.C. Council members spent a hearing questioning the executive vice president of Temple Group, a construction consulting company working for the Department of Parks and Recreation, about delays and faulty work done under its purview. Last week, the council questioned the city administrator about contracts the parks department entered into with another construction consultant, Banneker Ventures, without seeking required council approval.

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It's in the bag ...
Mayor Adrian Fenty kicked off a six-week, public education program Monday to remind folks that the new nickel bag tax will go into effect Jan. 1. Closer to the date there will be radio and TV spots with the message, "Skip the Bag, Save the River."
The ABCs of political power ...
Mayor Adrian Fenty is fond of references to the take-charge mayors of big cities like Chicago and New York. And Fenty's own policies mirror those of the big cities. He is seizing control systematically of every city agency, board and commission by appointing folks who are loyal to him, regardless of whether the previous occupant was doing a good job.
A D.C. Council first ...
More than 260 people signed up to testify at the D.C. Council's two days of hearings on same-sex marriage this past week. But the number of witnesses was not a record. We think baseball holds that honor.
A stick in the eye ...
The sandbox is getting a little rough. Who will blow the whistle on the increasing acrimony between the council and the mayor?

ON THE MARKET
Car Barn stands test of time
For proof that everything old becomes new again, look no further than the Car Barn condominium on 15th Street NE. The red-brick structure was originally the end of the line for the D.C. streetcar traveling from Georgetown and also hosted storage and repair functions. Though the building became obsolete during the auto age, it will soon witness the revival of streetcar travel as the city lays tracks on nearby H Street.
Lincoln Park row house full of light
If homes were songs, Realtor Peter Grimm knows the tune for this circa-1909 bay-front Victorian: “The Sunny Side of the Street.”
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