The NIMBY hysterics/paranoia is going to begin in 3, 2, 1...
This is great news. It's boom times on the Wisconsin Avenue corridor with this proposal, the development of the site next to the Western Union tower across Wisconsin Avenue, the Tenley library (even if it didn't include the residential part as a public-private partnership), the relocation of the American U. law school to the Tenley Circle campus, and construction soon to begin on the Giant/Cathedral Commons development. Public Tenley, a sports bar opened earlier this year, as well as several other restaurants. Additionally, between Tenley and Friendship Heights, the Harrison (
http://www.theharrisondc.com/the-har...ew-renderings/) will finish construction soon
Plan in Queue for Babe's in Tenleytown
Posted by Kelly Matlock
7/13/2011
DC Mud
Image courtesy of DC Mud.
"Plans for the former Babe's Billiards site at 4600-4614 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Tenleytown have been knocked around, and ultimately scratched, since early 2004, three years before the well-known neighborhood hangout was forced to give its final last-call-for-alcohol. The site, dormant now for four years, is owned by Douglas Development, and the developer plans to rekindle an earlier vision for the parcel: a six-story, mixed-use development with a significant retail component...."
http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2011/07/pl...enleytown.html