Comments on: 14th and T: Reality Edition

By: Reid

Reid — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:33:49 +0000

Actually, it would be better if you came to work here and actually paid income taxes here, you know, like every other city in the country can do.

By: SD

SD — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:19:08 +0000

Heaven forbid we Virginia assholes wish to spend some of our money in DC. I guess Grim would prefer it if we just came to work here in the morning and left in the evening, utilizing infrastructure without spending much cash to support it. Or would it be better if we never came into DC at all so its business districts could die?

By: Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:46:00 +0000

James' point really is the key here. 14th Street is filled with empty storefronts, and there is no reason why someone wanting to do Tryst, or (another) yoga studio, or comedy club, can't lease or buy those. The "either/or" dichotomy that many have tried to draw here is a false one.

By: James

James — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:34:59 +0000

Jule, the 'outrage' is a tempest in a teapot. Having the building fixed up & put to good use is what is really wanted. There's plenty of space around 14th & U for more entertainment venues like the diner comedy club. Room & Board will bring more people & business to the neighborhood.

By: downtown rez

downtown rez — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:58:55 +0000

"Great, a bunch of assholes from VA and MD will bring their minivans to the neighborhood."

When it gets down to it, that's kinda what the bar/club scene is like, isn't it?

By: Ronald Clayton

Ronald Clayton — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:41:19 +0000

I purchased a unit in the Nolando Condominium,located at 14th and T, after relocating from New York 10 months ago. My unit directly faces the property in question. The graffiti is gone, and that is a good start. Mr. Grim's angry, vitriolic rage is inappropriate, at best. Rage on Ryan -- you are not only Grim, but small. Can't wait to make you acquaintance.

Shout out to Jule Banville for remaining true to your profession as a journalist.

By: Ryan Grim

Ryan Grim — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:20:04 +0000

I'm de-friending Jule on Friendster!

By: Jule Banville

Jule Banville — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:49:27 +0000

Poor writing on my part. It's not my view that it's a good or bad decision. It's his view that it is not a bad decision and I thought I was making that clear in presenting Dickson's views and involvement. I'm simply putting his side of things out there to the masses interested in following what's happening to this building. But I do not think that just because we're an alt-weekly we have to pull out some sort of knee-jerk opinion about the morality of who buys what in this town. It's not my goal nor my standing to decide what should and should not move in to 14th and T. It's my goal to follow the story. I've done two major posts on this already, both of them more than fair to the plight and efforts of Constantine and John X. This is real estate. There's always another side of the story.

By: Ryan Grim

Ryan Grim — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:58:43 +0000

Wayne Dickson has an obvious incentive to make his decision look reasonable, especially in the face of all the community outrage that he'd rather sell to a furniture chain than a Chapelle-backed independent movie theater and whatever the hell else they were planning. But that doesn't mean you folks have to believe him or cite him here as if he's some neutral arbiter. And what is this?? "But that doesn’t mean Four Points, his clients and the owners of the building, are making a bad decision." If you're an alt-weekly or an alt-weekly reader, then yes! That's exactly what it means! It's not just a bad decision, it's a stupid and greedy one, too. I don't wanna hear about who wrote the check first. If it's a question of who has more capital at their disposal in a quick fashion, then of course the chain wins. Bah! Oh, and they have a store in SoHo? So does every other chain nowadays. And it'll have a "tremendous regional draw"? Great, a bunch of assholes from VA and MD will bring their minivans to the neighborhood. I can't wait. (And before anyone points it out, yes, it's true that i'm an asshole from MD myself.)