1534 5th Street: Owner Has a Driveway but Can't Get a Curb Cut

At its regular monthly meeting September 2, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6E/Shaw voted unanimously to oppose a curb cut in the middle of the 1500 block of 5th Street NW in Shaw, between P and Q Streets. A curb cut would reduce on-street parking on the block by at least two spaces.

1534 5th Street in July

"Parking is such a huge problem on this block and there's no other property that has a curb cut," said Commissioner Kevin Chapple (district 02). Chapple made the motion to oppose the curb cut.

The proposed curb cut would be in front of 1534 5th Street, which is in Chapple's district.

Abraham Soquar came before the ANC to plead his case. He is a newcomer to the neighborhood, and is building a three-and-a-half story semi-detached row house on the formerly empty lot. He talked about when he first saw the lot.

"When I passed by," Soquar said, "people would throw rubbish there, have homeless people living there, and so on."

He said the house, which is currently under construction, is his "first project" and he is hoping to live there. It has space for a driveway on the north side of the property, but there is no rear alley or other way for a vehicle to park there.

Soquar said the completed house would be "more of a sightly place and a better benefit to the street."

Soquar had a letter of support from one of his immediate neighbors, but many of the people in the area were opposed to the curb cut.

"I have received many, many other notices from my constituents that they are opposed to the curb cut," Chappell said.

Other than the next-door neighbor, Chappell said: "Everybody else who has contacted me -- and I've contacted -- are opposed to it because it would put added stress on everyone else..."

Shaw activist and neighbor Martin Moulton spoke briefly against the curb cut. Moulton said he had lived in the neighborhood for 14 years and had never seen homeless people camping out on the property when it was vacant. However, he conceded: "It was sort of a blight."

Moulton said there had been "at least three or four ground-up constructions" in the same block and "no one has received a curb cut."

"It's totally out of character with the types of blocks we live on," Moulton said.

Soquar had hoped to get ANC endorsement before a District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hearing scheduled for later this month. Curb cuts are the responsibility of the DDOT.

The proposed curb cut at 1534 5th Street was the subject of the SALM blog post of July 16.

ANC6E videos its monthly meetings in their entirety and posts them in half-hour segment on YouTube. See ANC6E's YouTube channel here. The discussion of the curb cut for 1534 5th Street can be on seen here, starting at time 24:10.

Although Quorum Achieved, Absences Still Plague ANC1B

Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1B/U Street achieved a quorum at its regular monthly meeting on September 4. However, its work is still made much more complicated by habitually absent Commissioners.

ANC1B's September 4 meeting started at 7:00. By 7:20, it had achieved a
quorum, with the following Commissioners in attendance: Ricardo Reinoso (district 05), Dyana Forester (06), Juan Lopez (07), Mark Ranslem (08), ANC1B Chair James Turner (09), Allyson Carpenter (10), E. Gail Anderson Holness (11), and Zahra Zilani (12).

At the beginning of the meeting, Turner made an announcement about some of the Commissioners who were not attending. Commissioner Marc Morgan (01), Turner said, was absent due to the illness of his father. Jeremy Leffler (02) moved out of his district but has not officially resigned. Deborah Thomas (04) had sent Turner a note saying she would be unable to join the meeting.

Thomas has the worst attendance record of all ANC1B Commissioners who have served since the last election. She has attended only 7 of 22 meeting, or 32%. Thomas did not submit petitions for her name to appear on the November ballot for re-election as ANC Commissioner.

During his announcement, Turner did not mention Commissioner Sedrick Muhammed (03). Muhammed did not attend the meeting.

Muhammed has the second-worst attendance record, and the worst of all Commissioners clearly running for re-election. Including this latest absence, Muhammed has attend 12 of 22 meetings -- or 55%. For data on Thomas's and Muhummed's attendance, see the blog post by Nick Baumann, Chair of ANC1B liquor-licensing affairs committee, on ANC1B Commissioner attendance. Baumann's information was the subject of the SALM blog post of August 25.

However, the absense that generated the most discussion at the meeting was Leffler's. Leffler moved out of the district several months ago, but has never sent a resignation letter to the DC government. There is apparently no other mechanism for removing a Commissioner. So Leffler still counts as a Commissioner for the purposes of a quorum, meaning that the Commissioner officially has twelve member, seven of whom must be in attendance for votes carrying an ANC's "great weight" to apply. If Leffler had resigned when he had moved, ANC1B would only need 6 Commissioners (of 11) to reach a quorum. If this had been the case, at least one of the two aborted July meetings of ANC1B could have gone forward.

Leffler's district (02) extends in a jagged square, roughly from S Street NW on the south to Florida Avenue in the north, and from 12th Street to 8th Street. It was remarked at the meeting that this district was contributing the most to the ANC's workload, as the center of new development moved east along U Street from 14th Street towards Shaw. This is generating new liquor license-related requests, new historic preservation cases, and new requests for zoning relief -- all ANC concerns.

For example, at the September 4 meeting, there were several items from Leffler's district. They included liquor-license related requests, including that of two liquor stores -- see yesterday's SALM blog post. In addition, a zoning case for 919 T Street (see SALM blog post of July 28) came up for full ANC approval.

In Leffler's absense, unelected committee members picked up the bulk of the work. For example, in the liquor-license cases, Baumann and his liquor-licensing affairs committee negotiated with the current and potential licensees, but they were hampered by their inability to speak with the authority of an elected Commissioner. When Baumann asked the Commissioners for a volunteer to help on the fine details of the negotiations, the room was filled with an embarrassing stony silence as Commissioners initially refused to take on further work outside their district.

Eventually, Commissioners Forrester and Lopez agreed to take on part of the liquor-licensing affairs work abandoned by Leffler in his district.

Once this detail had been worked out, Commissioner Holness made a motion calling for Leffler to resign. It passed unanimously.

Later in the same meeting, Commissioner Holness moved to withhold ANC consideration of all activity in Leffler's district, but the motion died for lack of a second.

The next scheduled meeting of the full ANC1B is October 2.

Cheater's Guide to Dream City -- Part 16 (City on Trial)

This is the sixteenth installment of a series (see the first installment here) summarizing the 1994 book Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C.by Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood. This book has recently been republished as an ebook and a paper book. HBO has plans to use material from the book to make a movie about the life of Marion Barry.

Chapter 15 (one of three): City on Trial

This chapter recounts the aftermath of the arrest of Marion Barry on drug-related charges in 1990.

The arrest divided the city. The authors tell of white editor of the Washington City Paper, Jack Shafer, joyously celebrating Barry's arrest in an Adams Morgan bar while a black bartender "talked quietly to the pool players, suddenly sullen, shaking their heads in disbelief. At some level, it was their loss" (Kindle location 4724).

Barry's lawyer, R. Kenneth Mundy, contacted US Associate Attorney General Jay Stephens.

" 'What would the mayor have to do for you to drop the charges?' Mundy asked."

"Stephens, according to Mundy, said that Barry would have to resign and make a complete public confession of his drug abuse over the years. In the heat of the moment, the white Republican appointee had shown the Barry bust to be little more than what some people suspected: a naked political takedown. Stephen's revealing demand set the tone for Barry's imminent counterattack. Though the content of that first conversation was not disclosed publicly, Barry would portray the entire investigation as politically motivated, with some justification" (l. 4745).

On January 19, 1990, the day after his arrest, Barry was arraigned at the US District Court Building on Constitution Avenue. Barry appeared with his then-wife Effi, waded through a crowd in front of courthouse, and listened to the charges against him. "That afternoon Marion Barry turned the government over to city administrator Carol Thompson and the top bureaucrats who had already been running the government for more than a year" (l. 4790).

Barry checked into the Hanley-Hazelden Center, a drug- and alcohol-rehabilitation clinic in West Palm Beach Florida. He would later move to a clinic in South Carolina.

"The Washington Post polled residents and found that nearly half of the blacks in the sample believed that federal investigators had targeted Barry because he was black, but even more said that the mayor should resign. More than 70 percent of the white polled said that Barry should step down, and the combined number favoring resignation was 57 percent" (l. 4808).

Barry returned to DC on March 13. His first appearance was a televised address from the Reeves Center. The next day, he made an unannounced stop at Washington Post building, where surprised post chair Katherine Graham trailed him through the newsroom as he shook hands with reporters. He appeared before crowds of supporters at churches.

"From the moment he set foot in the capital, every move Barry made was geared toward his trial, then just three months away. The government had the goods on him. He'd already seen himself smoking crack on the videotape of room 727, and he knew that some of this cocaine-snorting cronies were cooperating with the prosecutors/ On the facts, Barry looked very guilty, so the master politician decided to portray the FBI as the bad guys in a racist plot" (l. 4841).

Barry said: "I think the prosecutors know that in this town all it takes is one juror saying 'I'm not going to convict Marion Barry. I don't care what you say'." (l. 4850).

Jury selection began on June 4 in a circus-like atmosphere outside the courthouse, with pro- and anti-Barry zealots competing for media attention.

"The government had filed a new 14-count indictment: Eleven counts were misdemeanors alleging cocaine possession from the fall of 1984 to 1990, including four counts of possession at the Ramada Inn and one at the Vista. There were three felony counts alleging perjury before the grand jury in January 1989, immediately after the Ramada incident" (l. 4878).

"Barry was willing to plead guilty to as many as three misdemeanor counts, but he refused to admit to a felony because he'd be forced from office and face jail time. Jay Stephens demanded that Barry accept at least one felony" (l. 4879).

On June 13, Barry bowed out of the mayoral race.

"It certainly was best for Barry's case before the jurors, just then being picked and still subject to the news. In the eyes of prospective jurors, there was one less reason to penalize the mayor because he now effectively was driven from office" (l. 4887).

"Both the government and the defense team spent hours poring over the profiles of the prospective jurors. Ken Mundy relied on the analysis, the dossiers, and the instincts of Barry's chief political aide, Anita Bonds, who sat at her own table behind the defense table" (l. 4895).

"By June 18 the two sides had settled on the twelve jurors and 6 alternates. Of the twelve who would sit in judgment on Barry, ten were black and two were white, reflecting roughly the city's racial makeup. Seven of the blacks were women; both of the men were white. Anita Bonds had done her work well. Barry needed just one juror; Bones had succeeded in getting at least five dark-skinned, lower-to-middle-class blacks on the jury who fit the profile of a Barry supporter..." (l. 4903).

"The plea-bargaining negotiations continue to the eve of trial, but neither side would budge. Barry wouldn't accept a felony plea. Stephens would accept nothing less. The jury was sequestered. The trial had to go forward" (l. 4910).

Cheater's Guide to Dream City continues next week

Further installments will appear on successive Fridays. All posts will be cross-posted on the ad-hoc "Cheater's Guide to Dream City" blog.

Full disclosure: I have a commercial relationship with Amazon. I will receive a very small portion of the money people spend after clicking on an Amazon link on this site.

This is a great book and well worth reading in its entirety.

"SketchFactor" Visits Logan Circle ANC

Daniel Herrington, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of SketchFactor, presented to Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2F/Logan Circle at its regular monthly meeting last night (September 10). Herrington said his presentation was done at the request on an ANC2F Commissioner.

Herrington tells the ANC about SketchFactor

SketchFactor is described on the support section of its website as "a navigation app that relies on crowdsourced experiences and public data. We're exclusively focused on improving city exploration on foot. SketchFactor empowers users to report sketchy experiences, read sketchy incidents, and get directions to where they need to go." At the meeting, Herrington described it as "user-driven and hyper-localized".

"You can define what you want and tell your story," Herrington said.

Herrington explained how the app worked and handed out paper screenshots of the app to the audience. He talked about the type of locations which might be appropriate to report on SketchFactor -- drawing examples from a report on prostitution on 11th Street NW made at the meeting moments before by a member of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Another example of a reportable location, according to Herrington, was an intersection where bicyclists feel threatened by drivers.

"What about intersections where bicyclists always run red lights?" an audience member asked.

Herrington agreed this could be reported on the app.

Users could upload and download stories, Herrington explained. They could also vote for or against stories, which would increase or decrease their prominence. Stories which users had tagged as offensive would be removed, he said.

Herrington said he had told his investors he hoped for 10,000 downloads from the Apple App Store after three months. He reached the goal in one day. After four days, he had 60,000 downloads.

SketchFactor was released on August 7 and has generated some strong opinions. "[N]ear universal howls of protest" was how the website The Awl put it. The Washington Post reported accusations of racism. Read a blog post rejecting the accusations that SketchFactor is racist here.

SketchFactor then got the type of publicity money can't buy when a TV crew from WUSA9 went to Petworth to report on the neighborhood's reaction to the app. While the crew was working, WUSA9's van was broken into and many thousands of dollars of equipment was stolen. See the WUSA9 report on the incident here.

The Apple version of Sketchfactor is available at the Apple App Store. Herrington said the Android version was being released for beta testing on September 30. The Android beta test version might be buggy, Herrington said, but urged members of the audience who were interested in beta testing the Android version to send him an email. Herrington's email address is daniel@sketchfactor.com.

Harrington said he had made this presentation by invitation, and he had no immediate plans for further presentations to ANCs. However, he seemed to be open to further invitations.

SketchFactor co-founder Allison McGuire was also present, but did not speak to the ANC.

Tale of Two U Street Liquor Stores: One Approved, One Not

The cases of two U Street liquor stores came up at the regular monthly meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1B/U Street on September 4. The locations are one block from each. Each sought an endorsement for a liquor license. One sailed through the ANC without a problem. The other did not.

Gallagher and Graham's future home

Eleven Market's present home

The first case discussed was that of Gallagher and Graham Fine Spirits (1939 12th Street NW) -- previously reported in the SALM blog post of July 17. The second case was that of Eleven Market (1936 11th Street), which proposes to change its name to U Street Wine and Liquor -- see SALM blog post of June 24.

Both will require a Class A liquor license, which allows liquor stores to sell wine, beer, and hard liquor.

Gallagher and Graham Fine Spirits is named after the cousins who will be the joint proprietors. Tucker Gallagher, one of the aspiring proprietors, spoke briefly to the ANC at the meeting. The proprietors have already reached a settlement agreement with the ANC through its liquor-licensing affairs committee. Settlement agreements normally deal with such matters as store opening hours, sanitation, noise, and security. The discussion of the matter was brief. The ANC unanimously voted to approve the settlement agreement as negotiated and endorse the request for a liquor-license.

The case of Eleven Market generated more discussion. Eleven Market has operated in the neighborhood for 15 years with a Class B liquor license, which allows it to see wine and beer. It wants to have a Class A license instead.

The proprietor of the establishment was present as were several members of the community who opposed the license. ANC1B Chair James Turner (Commissioner for district 09) said he had received numerous emails both supporting the license and expressing concern about it. Jeff Jackson, a former investigator for the DC liquor-licensing authorities, represented the owners.

There had been some difficulty negotiating a new settlement agreement for the establishment. At the outset of the negotiations, the proprietor agreed to a clause in the agreement that prohibits the sale of malt liquor and single cans of beer. Since then, the proprietor also agreed to improve the appearance of the front of the building, including planters in the front courtyard (see photo above), with the intended effect of decreasing loitering in front of the liquor store.

Turner mentioned that the ban of sales of single cans of beer in much of the city (but not in Ward 1, where Eleven Market is located) had caused the appearance of "doubles", that is, two cans of beer sold together. Jackson said the store was not planning to sell doubles.

"Is it fair to say you're moving to a more upscale liquor store?" asked Turner.

"Yes," Jackson replied.

Nick Baumann, chair of ANC1B's liquor licensing affairs committee, reported on the progress of talks with Eleven Market. Negotiations on a settlement agreement had begun, but not all the details had been nailed down. Some of the wording in connection with the nature of the improvement to the front courtyard was vague. The agreement said the improvements should be "satisfactory" -- what did that mean exactly?

"The definition of 'satisfactory' is up to you folks," Baumann said, meaning members of the ANC. He urged elected Commissioners to get more involved in the negotiation, but no one present seemed willing to volunteer to take the lead.

Some members of the audience urged the ANC officially protest the application until a settlement agreement was signed.

Commissioner E. Gail Anderson Holness (district 11) made a motion that the ANC accept the settlement agreement in its current form, but the motion died for lack of a second.

Commissioner Ricardo Reinoso (district 05) made a motion that the ANC protest the application for a liquor license conversion on the basis of peace, order, and quiet. It was second, and the motion passed, 7-1, with Holness the vote against.

According to a notice here, Eleven Market will have an initial hearing before DC liquor-licensing authorities on September 29. The offices are located at the Reeves Center (14th and U Street).

Interview with John Green, Candidate for ANC1B District 12

This is a written interview with John Green, who is standing for election for Commissioner on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B/U Street. Green is seeking to represent district 12. District 12 represents the most heavily commerical section of U Street. It is bounded by S Street NW to the South between 14th Street and 12th Street, then 13th Street to the east, V Street to the North, and then follows Florida Avenue, U Street, and 14th Street to the east (see lower left of map below).

District 1B12 is in the lower left corner

Green's opponent in the election is Matt Abbruzzese. An interview with Abbruzzese was published yesterday.

ANC1B, in addition to U Street, includes all or part of the following neighborhoods: Columbia Heights, LeDroit Park, Pleasant Plains, Shaw, University Heights, and lower Georgia Avenue.

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-- Where can potential voters go to find out more information about you? What will they find when they get there?

First, I would like to thank local blogger and founder of Short Articles about Long Meetings (SALM), David McAuley, for giving me the opportunity to introduce myself to the community. I know readers of SALM are civic minded and locally invested, and I appreciate the opportunity to engage with them.

I am running to be the next ANC Commissioner of 1B12. You can find out more about my campaign at my website johngreendc.com. There you will find a brief bio about who I am and why I am running, as well as my ideas and solutions to our neighborhood’s biggest issues.

You will also find links to all my social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and my personal LinkedIn page. I look forward to connecting with all residents and potential voters. I can also be reached directly via email at johngreenanc@gmail.com if anyone in the community has any questions, concerns or wants to meet me in person.

-- What sets you apart from the other candidate?

My passion and goal is to make the U Street community stronger. My partner and I have put down roots and recently decided to buy the home we have rented in the U Street Corridor. I am the best candidate to represent the unique needs of the 1B12 neighborhood because I offer focused leadership, integrity and feel that I am better in touch with the needs of the community.

I am already engaged in the ANC process and the community. I currently serve on the ANC 1B ABC Committee and am a member of the U Street Neighborhood Association, taking an active role in the summer movie series by raising $750 to benefit the Harrison Recreation Center.

I also have the endorsement and support of current ANC 1B12 Commissioner, Zahra Jiliani, and ANC legend, Phil Spalding, as well as others. I love U Street and believe that my policy training, background and experiences will help me better connect with voters. My motto is Leadership on Day One.

-- What is the biggest problem in the neighborhood?

Balancing the growth of U Street with the needs of the community. My goal as the next ANC Commissioner is to put the interests of residents above developers, and to encourage the building of more mixed-income housing. For example: The next big thing on U Street: Replacing Portner Place Apartments

The current Reeves Center/DC United land-swap deal presents the community with a number of issues and community input is needed to determine what should replace the Reeves Center. A unified voice representing ANC 1B12 is essential to tackle this and other major issues.

I believe that whatever replaces the Reeves Center should benefit the neighborhood and offer a place to bring the residents of U Street together as a community. I support a space for the farmers market and other outdoor gatherings, a post office, a building that would increase more daytime business like a hotel or offices, and realistic and attainable mixed-income housing.

-- What, if anything, should be changed concerning on-street parking for residents of your district?

In addressing the issue of parking, I will not support a parking garage that adversely impacts my district without public backing and adequate input from my constituents.

Under my watch, condominiums will have to meet minimum parking space requirements for their residents under current law. Also, I will encourage the use of public transportation and car sharing options, and I actively support keeping Capital Bikeshare in 1B12.

If residents want to change specific rules concerning on-street parking, I welcome any proposed suggestions once elected. The key to being a good ANC representative is being a good listener.

-- What's your position on the new attempts to limit density in residential neighborhoods?

Our district is unique. It has historical single-family homes, like Duke Ellington’s former residence, multi-unit dwellings like The Harper and the Ellington, and small condominium association like the one I live in.

There are two new apartment buildings that will begin construction in the fall and next year in our single member district: 13 & U and the Elysium Fourteen. I will work to hold these developers responsible for the promises they made. I will also work with neighbors to address any noise, traffic, waste, or rodent issues that arise because of these projects.

My position on rooftop additions or “pop-ups” is to support and advocate for more transparency in the process. I praise the Historic Preservation Review Board’s one-year trial of requiring properties to disclose information on public hearings via placarding requirements. Detailed information should always be provided to the public in advance of any public discourse for new rooftop additions and changing the façade of a home. I believe efforts to increase density should focus on large residential units versus jeopardizing the integrity of our historical district(s).

-- What is your opinion, generally speaking, about liquor license protests by the ANC?

I am proud to be a member of the ANC 1B ABC Committee. The ABC Committee reviews and recommends actions to the ANC on all issues affecting liquor, restaurants, retail and entertainment licenses. Under the leadership of chairman Nick Baumann, our committee has done great work in being proactive addressing protests, reaching positive resolutions through Settlement Agreements (SAs) and holding bad license holders accountable.

Unfortunately, a few elected ANC 1B Commissioners have failed on more than a few occasions to attend meetings in order to meet quorum requirements. Failure to make quorum means my committee’s recommendations, SAs and protests cannot be voted on by the ANC.

If elected ANC 1B12 Commissioner, I will not miss a single monthly ANC 1B meeting during my term. In the event that I do miss a meeting, I will not seek reelection. That is my promise to voters, residents of 1B12, and the community, period.

-- Is there anything I should have asked you but didn't?

Yes. If elected to the ANC, what will be your main areas of focus? Why?

ANSWER: I would like to see more residents in my district become more active and invested in our community. I want to lead by example.

If elected, I will address issues of public safety and street pollution head-on, by asking for extra police officers during peak traffic hours and by establishing a sustainable recycling program by facilitating the creation of a Business or Community Improvement District (BID or CID). There are currently 9 BIDs in DC. Why not have this type of community investment here in the U Street Corridor?

BIDs and CIDs are public-private partnerships that collaborate and work together to do great things for neighborhoods. Many BIDs or CIDs have introduced initiatives to pay for extra police officers to patrol streets, helping create public recycling programs, and a range of planting and maintenance services.


End of interview.


The election will take place on Tuesday, November 4. Thanks to all candidates for responding to my questions.

1740 Church Street: More "Pop Outs" in Historic Districts

A row house next to the Keegan Theater (1742 Church Street NW) near Dupont Circle is the latest example of "pop outs" in historic districts. The homeowner wishes to add a garage with a roof deck at the rear of the property at 1740 Church Street.

The rear of the property as it looks now (credit below)

A committee of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2B/Dupont Circle heard about the proposal at a meeting on September 3. Property owner Bryant Gardner along with representatives of the
Patrick Art Team made the presentation to ANC2B's Zoning, Preservation and Development (ZPD) Committee.

The proposed structure is an 18- by 22-foot garage with a staircase on the inside of the property. This staircase would allow the homeowners to access the proposed roof deck on the rear of the property.

This property is already "non-conforming" for lot occupancy, meaning, the footprint of the existing building is larger than foreseen by zoning regulations. As it stands now, the lot is zoned so a house should not cover more than 60% of the property. The house on the property currently covers over 67%. With the addition of the garage, over 90% of the lot will be covered. So the property owners will have to seek a zoning variance from DC's Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA).

Additional zoning variances will be required because both the size of the rear yard as well as the size of the closed space in the interior of the property are not as large as envisioned by zoning regulations.

The proposed new structure has an abundance of support from the neighbors, according to publicly-available documents from the web site of the BZA. One document in support of the project contained signatures of 29 residents of the 1700 block of Church Street.

At the meeting, ANC2B Commissioner Mike Silverstein (district 06) said the design seemed to be compatible with the neighborhood.

Commissioner Mike Feldstein (district 01) said a resolution in support of the project would be presented at the next regular monthly meeting of ANC2B.

Feldstein is the chair of the ZPD Committee.

This case is on the agenda for ANC2B's next regular monthly meeting, which will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, September 10) at the Brookings Institution (1775 Massachusetts Avenue) at 7pm. The case will then move to the BZA for consideration at a public meeting on September 23.

The documents related to the zoning case for this property can be accessed at the BZA's Interactive Zoning Information System and entering case number 18824 in the search bar.

See here for a July 27 SALM blog post about the recent increase in "horizontal pop-ups" in historic districts.

(photo credit: from public documents available online from the BZA)