Ten years before Busboys & Poets arrived, but long after Ben’s Chili Bowl starting selling half-smokes, the 1600 block of U Street NW was home to a restaurant supply store, a crappy pizza joint, local dive Stetson’s Famous Bar & Grill, some vacant storefronts, and, across the street, fire and police stations.
Because half the block [...]

Fox 5 DC's story on "Complicated Order"
I've written more times than I care to share about entrepreneur David von Storch's plans to completely revamp his U Street building, currently home to Results Gym, by installing a new location of his business Vida Fitness, adding a large-scale restaurant, and generally re-imagining the entire space.
But what I [...]

DCmud is reporting that the Board of Zoning Adjustment has approved David von Storch's plan to expand his U Street building, making room for a new restaurant, salon, and a humungous VIDA Fitness, in the space that currently houses gym competitor Results.
In with the new, out with the old by March 2011!

A few weeks back, I wrote about the ongoing drama between gym chain competitors Results Gym and Vida Fitness. The story's lede explained the conflict quite succinctly: "There are three things to know about the U Street building that houses the Results Gym: It’s undergoing a massive renovation that will see a three-story expansion and [...]

There are three things to know about the U Street building that houses the Results Gym: It’s undergoing a massive renovation that will see a three-story expansion and a new rooftop pool. Results is moving out. And the gym’s competitor, Vida Fitness, is moving in.
The construction plans were unveiled at a Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood [...]