Greater Greater Washington has a good post about the proposed redevelopment of the Babe's site, which is just a couple of hundred feet from the Tenley metro station and right on Wisconsin Avenue. Douglas proposes building ground-floor retail (likely with one nice sit-down restaurant) and sixty residential units. There would be no off-street parking as part of this development, although Douglas might include two spaces for ZipCar.
The Tenley NIMBYs are already fighting against this project. ANC 3E, which represents Tenley and Friendship Heights, will be discussing this project tonight at their January meeting. If you live in the District and have time available tonight, getting more supporters at this meeting is very important
Parking-free, mixed-use building is right for Tenleytown
by Steve Seelig
Greater Greater Washington
January 11, 2012
Douglas Development wants to rebuild Tenleytown's long-vacant Babe's Billiards into a mixed-use development with 60 residential units and ground floor retail space. Perhaps most significantly, Douglas wants to build no parking at all on the site.
Images courtesy of Douglas Development.
The once-popular neighborhood nightspot has been shuttered for several years, despite its location just a few hundred feet from the Tenleytown Metro station.
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E will hear about the proposal tomorrow night (Jan. 12) at St. Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden Streets NW. It would help for smart growth supporters in the area to attend and encourage the ANC to support this worthy project.
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/...or-tenleytown/