Petworth News

The Tivoli and the Knickerbocker

Down in Columbia Heights, the Tivoli redevelopment nears completion, which will hopefully help fill the retail/restaurant void between Petworth and Adams-Morgan.

A bit of history, the Tivoli was originally built by theater magnate Harry Crandall [no relation to yours truly, as far as I know] to bounce back after the infamous 1922 disaster at Crandall's Knickerbocker theater at 18th and Columbia Road. A heavy snowfall caused the Knickerbocker's roof to collapse during a packed show, killing or injuring most inside.

The Horning Brothers website details the incident and the building of the Tivoli soon after:

http://www.horningbrothers.com/tivoli/history.htm

Below are a few pics of the Knickerbocker disaster I found on the web.

Bill Crandall.

UNTS holiday potluck

[from Dorothy Blackwell]

UNTS (Upshur-N Hamp-Taylor-Seventh) HOLIDAY POTLUCK PARTY

When: this Saturday 12/18, 4:00-8:00p
Where: 612 Upshur Street

Come out and meet your Petworth neighbors!

Hosted by Kevin & Dorothy Blackwell
882-1038
[email protected]

Wine tasting at Wonderland

[from the ColumbiaHeightsDC blog]

CHAT Wine Tasting Party at Wonderland - Monday, Dec. 13

A wine-tasting party at Wonderland (11th & Kenyon) will be the venue for our December CHAT gathering.

CHAT is a neighborhood group dedicated to fostering community activities focused on recreation and sports in the DC area, as well as neighborhood social events. An ongoing "Tour" of activities will provide opportunities to meet neighbors and friends in an active environment. In addition to planned events, the group site is a great place to find workout and training buddies or teams, announce events, class offerings and other relevant community activities.

DATE: Monday, December 13th
TIME: 7:00 PM
WHERE: Wonderland (Upstairs)

To join CHAT, go to adventuresome_DC at Yahoo Groups or send an email to:

[email protected]

X-mas trees

[from Petworth-Cares email group]

The Georgia-Petworth Holiday Market was a big success thanks to the community coming out to support us. Thanks to all of you, we have more money to put back into the community and a good start on next year's Farmers' Market season!

We do, however, have a few Christmas trees left from the market. We have a few scotch pines and several blue spruce, various sizes. All the trees are currently located in a backyard in North Park View, and are ready for pickup or delivery in the immediate area.

The trees are all reduced for quick sale...only $15 per tree! That is quite a bargain, half-off our already low market prices. If you or anyone you know needs a tree, please let me know immediately -- you can contact me at [email protected] -- and we can make arrangements to have you select a tree and either take it away or have it brought to you by one of our fabulous volunteers.

Also, if you know anyone in your neighborhood who might like to have a tree but might not be able to afford it, especially homes with children or elderly folks, let us know. We would love to help make their holiday a little more merry. And we deliver!

Again, thanks for your support, and have a very merry holiday season!

Terri Pendleton, Market Manager
[email protected]

Island Cafe liquor license

[from ANC 4C07 Commissioner Karen Archer]

This is unbelievable.

ANC 4C passed a resolution to protest the renewal liquor license for Island Cafe, which is located at 829 Upshur Street. For those not familiar with the Island Cafe, it is located just a few doors away from Ms. Carpenter's place at 821 Upshur. It's well known that some members in the community strongly oppose the issuance of a new liquor license for Ms. Carpenter's establishment [Domku Bar & Cafe], claiming that it will disturb the peace, order and quiet of the residents in the immediate area.

For the record, the Island Cafe has been a problem business. They have a limited day time presence, and because there is no voluntary agreement with the community the business often stays open till 3am Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. As the ANC Commissioner for that area I've received several complaints regarding the loitering, noise and parking problems caused by this establishment.

Well, today I attended the ABRA hearing for the renewal of the liquor license for Island Cafe, and I was shocked to see members of the very group that oppose Ms. Carpenter's liquor license attend the hearing to support the owner of the Island Cafe.

Karen W. Archer

Soldiers Home property

[from soon-to-be resident Arlus Stephens]

I saw in the UNC newsletter for for Sept. or Oct. that the Soldier's Home is in the process of selling off a huge chunk of property south of RCC Rd (just below Randolph) and east of Park. 

Has anything developed since that time? Is there any idea how the property might be developed? Is it possible the city might buy the land (or part of it) to make it into a park?

Arlus

Homes sold in Petworth

Selected Petworth home sales that closed in November, courtesy of Lesley Aranha.

339 CRITTENDEN - List: $350,000 Close: $320,000
634 WEBSTER ST - List: $250,000 Close: $260,000
4116 4TH - List: $359,500 Close: $355,000
422 BUCHANAN - List: $330,000 Close: $325,000
820 ALLISON - List: $295,000 Close: $295,000
315 VARNUM - List: $299,000 Close: $280,000
401 UPSHUR - List Price: $250,000 Close: $237,000
4704 8TH - List: $399,900 Close: $380,000
516 BUCHANAN - List: $330,000 Close: $330,000
4123 7TH - List: $330,000 Close: $367,000
118 VARNUM - List: $449,900 Close: $451,400
315 TAYLOR - List: $339,000 Close: $345,000
4433 5TH - List: $289,999 Close: $315,000