Howard development & Cardozo’s renovation
Draft Campus Plan
Representatives of two large projects of local interest will appear at Thursday’s monthly meeting of ANC1B.
First, Howard University will give a short presentation of its draft campus plan (right). The university is finishing up the draft that it intends to submit for public review and Zoning Commission approval in the coming months. The draft we’ve seen shows positive steps for development along lower Georgia Avenue. We will post more details later this week.
Second, the city and its architects will present the concept design for the renovation of Cardozo Senior High School. The historic school building opened at a time when girls and boys were separated within schools. As a consequence, the building has two small gyms, rather than one adequate gym. The architecture team proposes appending a new gym to the west side of the building and partly burying it into the hillside. Burying the structure into the hillside allays residents’ previous objections to any additions that would obstruct the spectacular views from Clifton Street NW. The roof of the gym will serve as a parking lot and may provide a fireworks view (not launching!) platform for future Independence Days.
Two liquor licenses are on the agenda, too:
- Sankofa Café, 2714 Georgia Avenue NW – New tavern. “Live entertainment and a Summer Garden. Total seating is 86. Total occupancy load is 136. Summer garden 40 seats. Hours of operation: Sunday-Thursday 7 am-2 am, Friday & Saturday 7 am-3 am. Hours of sales/service/consumption of alcoholic beverages: Sunday-Thursday 5 pm-2 am, Friday & Saturday 12 am-3 am. Hours of live entertainment: Sunday 6:00 pm-2 am, Thursday through Saturday 6 pm-1 am. Summer Garden hours of alcoholic beverage sales/service/consumption: Sunday 12 pm-12 a,. Monday through Thursday 3 pm-12 am,Friday & Saturday 12 pm-12 am. Summer Garden hourse lf live entertainment: Sunday 6 pm-9 pm, Thursday through Saturday 6 pm-9 pm.”
- H2 LLC Voluntary Agreement
The monthly meeting of ANC1B will be Thursday at 7 pm at the Reeves Center at 14th & U Streets NW.
Where is Howard going to fit the new DC United stadium?