From the Capitol Hill Restoration Society:
Tagged Preservation CafeRobert Pohl, our neighbor and professional tour guide, will relate salacious true stories from his new book “Wicked Capitol Hill,” Wednesday, May 16, 6:30-7:15 p.m. at Ebenezer’s Coffee House (downstairs), 2nd and F St. NE. The event is free and handicapped accessible, and the public is encouraged to attend. Some of the material may be unsuitable for children – we hope.
Turns out, unsuprisingly, quite a lot, as the report by my indefatigable and very productive fwllow commissioner, Kirsten Oldenburg. documents.
Note that the public hearing on the proposed changes is this Tuesday.
This announcement was just posted:
Tagged Advisory Neighborhood Commission, ANC6BAdvisory Neighborhood Commission 6B Seeks Executive Director
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6B seeks applications for its Executive Director position. The Executive Director is responsible for all office functions and operations of the Commission, including its online presence and maintaining the Commission’s records. S/he also acts as a liaison on behalf of the Commission with officials and agencies of the Federal or District of Columbia governments, and with representatives of community organizations or other groups and assists the Commissioners with their duties as requested. The Executive Director provides information and assistance to 6B residents on services available from D.C. Government, or within the 6B Commission area. The Executive Director is a part-time position of 80 hours per month.
A highly qualified candidate will possess a college degree and experience with community organizations; District of Columbia Government experience in a program, informational, or contact representative capacity will be especially valuable. 6B residents shall be accorded preference points.
To apply for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6B Executive Director position, please send resume and cover letter electronically to ANC6B Chair Jared Critchfield (critchfieldaj@gmail.com). The Commission will begin reviewing applications on Monday, May 14, 2012.
The Historic Preservation Review Board dealt Thursday April 26th with mainly design matters at its third review of the Hine development, the first two having focused on conceptual issues; i.e. height and massing. It’s fair to say that the first two reviews by the Board were generally positive although community comments were certainly not uniformly so. This time it was different: While the staff report was again generally positive, not so all members of the Board, notably several of the new members, who did not limit themselves to purely design matters. [See my previous post on Hine for background.] The report by Larry Janezich gave what I’m told (I wasn’t there not able to watch the video transmission) an accurate recounting of what went on. The vote, as Mr. Janezich notes, while 5-3 in favor of the staff report, also embedded some strong criticisms, including the “water feature” and the height of the 7th and Pa building. It’s perhaps not insignificant that two of the no votes were by members who live on Capitol Hill. The third no vote was by Graham Davidson, a major figure in DC architecture. DC Mud also reported on the session , focusing on the design changes since the last time the HPRB reviewed the project.
Next up is the PUD hearing (again, refer to the earlier post) by the Zoning Commission on June 14th. It’s likely that the HPRB comments will be factor in this hearing and very likely that the project will return to the HPRB, in July or September (no hearings in August).
Tagged Historic Preservation, Stanton/EastBanc