This week the Historic Preservation Review Board considered granting historic landmark designation to five GW-campus apartment buildings and one office/studio, what appears to be a step-forward in GW’s greater plan of creating a special historic district around their FoBo campus. (DCMud)
The ANC is set to spend up to $3000 opposing a proposed nightclub near 21st and K. The reason: the owner’s other club, located next door, has “plagued the neighborhood with noise, public urination and vomiting.” Our ANC must hate Thurston Hall. (Washington Business Journal, GW Hatchet)
Late night metro riders heading out of Foggy Bottom dealt with routine track maintenance delays. (Get There)
The ANC also voted to support the contractor EastBanc, Inc.’s plans to redevelop the West End library and the fire station. The ANC seems to be impressed with the ample parking and lower density aspects of EastBanc’s plan. It’s not like there’s a metro just a couple blocks away, even if it does have delays. (GW Hatchet)
By Jared
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Posted in news
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Tagged anc, dcmud, delay, density, fire station, Foggy Bottom, gw, gw hatchet, GWU, hatchet, historic, landmark, liquor license, Metro, nightclub, sanctuary 21, west end library
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Here’s some sort-of encouraging news from the Hatchet (emphasis added):
This year, total crime in the Police Service Area 207, which encompasses the Foggy Bottom campus, is down by 6 percent from the same time period last year, according to the MPD crime-mapping Web site. The drop has been primarily seen in property crimes like thefts, stolen cars and arson, which are down by 9 percent, according to the MPD crime map. Violent crimes, which include robberies, assaults and sex abuse, are up by 25 percent in the 207 area. Since the beginning of the school year, there have been 10 such crimes, according to crime map data.
While it’s good to know that we’ve all got less of a chance of having our property stolen or set on fire (there’s been a drop in arson? really? we have actual arson rates in FoBo?), it’ s a little disturbing to hear that violent crimes like assault and sex abuse are up a whopping 25%. I’m sure putting it in terms of percentage probably makes the increase seem more dramatic, since it’s likely a relatively uncommon thing in our neighborhood, but still. 25%? Really?! I wonder what percentage of that increase the Thurston Perv alone accounts for, not to mention the Hammer-wielding Nutjob.
On a different note — the Hatchet interviewed a panhandler in the area for his views on crime. His response was that he thought the cops were doing a better job since there were less homeless people on the street. Is this just some bizarre, lazy journalism, or is it out-of-the-box thinking to find a new angle? I can’t decide. It’s weird, either way.
By Jared
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Posted in Crime
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Tagged arson, Crime, foggy bottom campus, hatchet, homeless people, mpd, nutjob, panhandler, police service area, psa 207, robberies, same time period, school year, sex abuse, the hatchet, upd, violent crime
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This is too funny. The Hatchet has an article about how a “missing” GW student returned safely this morning.
After he disappeared late Friday night/Saturday morning, he showed back up in time for his midterm on Monday.
During the two days he was gone, his friends mounted a massive campaign to find him, complete with media outreach, missing persons reports, contacting his family, and creating a Facebook group.
So what happened? Luckily he posted on the Facebook group wall to tell us.
I don’t entirely understand what he’s saying here — it’s a little bit lolcat. But from what I can tell, he was with shorty.
We here at FoBoBlo would like to wish Royal good luck in explaining this one to his panicked family.
If you love bagels or are on L Street a lot, you probably watched the empy space left by Starbuck languish for a few months, only to be replaced by an invitingly well-lit and plush coffee place. Bourbon Coffee specializes in Rwandan coffee, and they were featured in a nice write-up in the Washington Post.
Jill Biden was spotted out with a friend at the Westend Bistro, which is apparently constantly star-studded.
In older news (sorry to miss this), Foggy Bottom is apparently warring with the city over the fate of the Stevens School property (I was rooting for Top Chef’s Carla to win the contract). At the beginning of the month, the Examiner had a story detailing opposition to the winning contract plan of an apartment complex. The Hatchet covers the continuing saga today with a post called “City representative skips Stevens School meeting.” In conclusion, no one loves the idea of an apartment building because it means students will live in it.
We reported last week that the random attack in Duques Hall was allegedly carried out by some nutjob wielding a hammer, and today the Hatchet reports that MPD has confirmed that indeed it was some nutjob wielding a hammer:
A graduate student was attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant in a bathroom on the second floor of Duques Hall Friday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report. … the incident appears to have been a random act of violence.
While the original GW infomail alert offered a description of the hammer-wielding nutjob, a secondary one was released with a more accurate description and included his image. That info is reproduced here below.
20-40 year old male, bald, possibly Middle Eastern descent, 5′10″-6 feet tall, stocky build, wearing three-quarter length light colored pants, long sleeve dark colored shirt, carrying a backpack. The following are images of the suspect/person of interest.
By Jared
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Posted in Crime, news
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Tagged act of violence, assailant, backpack, bald, duques hall, graduate student, gw, hammer, hatchet, metropolitan police department, mpd, nutjob, police department report, random act, random attack, scoop, scoop-day-doop
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