1. The Northwest CurrentWednesday, February 17, 2016 Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967 Vol. XLIX, No. 7
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By CUNEYT DIL
Current Correspondent
Washington International School recently scaled
back designs for an expansion project on its historic
Tregaron Campus in Cleveland Park — a change that
has reversed some community criticism.
The private school at 3100 Macomb St. NW is
looking to construct a new academic building and a
two-level underground parking garage between the
Macomb Street entrance and former Tregaron man-
sion.
At Feb. 2 public meeting at Washington Interna-
tional, head of school Clayton Lewis said he has
heard concerns about whether the building, initially
proposed as three stories, fits with the character of the
community. Architect Douglas Bothner showed new
designs that bring the building down one story and
shrink the space by 1,200 square feet, making it more
“compact and less of an impact.”
“Sometimes the constraints actually make the
project better,” Bothner told about 30 residents
attending. “I have to say this makes the project bet-
ter.”
The Cleveland Park Historical Society ultimately
See School/Page 16
WIS scales back plans
for Tregaron campus
Rendering courtesy of Washington International School
The latest design for the science building has won
some community support, although other residents
consider it inappropriate for the historic campus.
By MARK LIEBERMAN
Current Staff Writer
An extended battle between
pub crawl promoters and city offi-
cials will reach the D.C. Council
within the next two months, fol-
lowing emergency action from the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
in January.
The board issued new emer-
gency regulations on Jan. 13
restricting pub crawl activities —
organized events for all-night
drinking at multiple nearby estab-
lishments — following months of
complaints from citizens, police
and business improvement dis-
tricts.
If the regulations hold, pub
crawl promoters planning events
for more than 200 people will
have to apply for a $500 license at
least 45 days before their event.
Applications will be sent to the
alcohol board and the Metropoli-
tan Police Department and will
need to specify plans for litter
removal, hours of the event and
protocols for dealing with unruly
patrons who might violate laws.
See Pub Crawls/Page 7
Crackdownonpubcrawls
tofaceupcominghearing
By BRADY HOLT
Current Staff Writer
A local developer has pur-
chased three Tenleytown office
buildings from American Univer-
sity with plans to convert them
into housing.
Urban Investment Partners
closed on the $45 million deal on
Friday for properties at 4000
Brandywine St. NW, 4620 Wis-
consin Ave. NW and 4545 42nd
St. NW, the firm’s Brook Katzen
said in an interview. The universi-
ty is shifting administrative offic-
es from those locations to its for-
mer law school building at 4801
Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Katzen said his firm is still
hammering out the details for its
plans, but the idea is to renovate
and possibly expand the existing
buildings, ideally starting at the
Wisconsin and Brandywine sites
within about a year. Those two
sites would collectively represent
“somewhere north of 200 [hous-
ing] units,” Katzen said in an
interview.
“We think Tenleytown is a
great neighborhood with a lot of
infrastructure in place,” he said,
citing its Metro station, Whole
See Buildings/Page 6
Tenleyofficesslatedforresidences
By CUNEYT DIL
Current Correspondent
In the wake of a proposal to build a network of
family homeless shelters across the District, Mayor
Muriel Bowser’s administration is hearing general
support for the idea but some concerns about the spe-
cific locations selected for the facilities.
The neighborhood shelters are part of Bowser’s
plan to close the dilapidated and overcrowded D.C.
General facility. Every ward will house a family shel-
ter under the proposal, except for Ward 2, where an
all-women’s shelter opened last week at 810 5th St.
NW with Bowser cutting the ribbon. The goal is to
house residents in the other ward facilities for about
100 days until they can move to longer-term housing.
The city estimates there were 1,311 homeless
families in 2015, a sharp rise from 800 six years ago.
At community meetings held in every ward last
Thursday, the public got its first chance to weigh in
on the approximately $22 million project. In Ward 3,
most attendees said they would welcome a shelter at
Wisconsin Avenue and Edmunds Street NW, cur-
rently a grassy plot of vacant land across from the
Russian Embassy.
See Homeless/Page 6
Plannedsheltersitessparkinitialdebate
■ Development:AUsells
threeparcelsfor$45million
Rendering courtesy of D.C. government
Some neighbors of the proposed Wisconsin Avenue
shelter say the building is too dense for the site.
■ Alcohol licensing:Rules
nowineffectpendingreview
Brian Kapur/The Current
The annual Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown rang in
the Year of the Monkey on Sunday afternoon. Frigid
temperatures didn’t stop revelers from enjoying Chinese
Dragon dances, kung fu demonstrations and live music.
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n a quiet street in the Pali-
sades, the Georgian
Revival house at 5050
Millwood Lane NW has just
come onto the market. Perfect for
a family eager to join the close-
knit Millwood Mob — locally
famous for its yearly presence at
the Palisades Fourth of July
Parade — the six-bedroom, five-
and-a-half bathroom whitewashed
brick house on a large half-acre
lot is listed for $3,395,000.
Concentric circles for traffic
flow in the floor plan make this
home uniquely suited for enter-
taining sizable crowds in all sea-
sons. The front door opens into
an airy hall, giving the choice of
heading to the living room on the
right, the dining room straight
ahead, or down the hall on the
left to a private sitting room,
where a fireplace with Greek key
mantle molding awaits family and
friends coming in from the cold.
Next to the sitting room, a
well-appointed butler’s pantry,
worthy of Downton Abbey, offers
a bar with brass sink and wine
glass racks, as well as a long
granite countertop with glass-
front cabinets
above and stor-
age cabinets
below.
Continuing
along the cir-
cuit, the enor-
mous kitchen
opens off the
left side of the
butler’s pantry.
Wide counter-
tops, a floating
island, a Sub-
Zero refrigera-
tor and depend-
able Thermador
and KitchenAid
appliances will
suit a cook who means business.
For guests, there is plenty of
interest to the kitchen area. A
hand-painted, Southwest-themed
border mural circling the room is
sure to start plenty of conversa-
tions. The spacious breakfast area
in the kitchen opens to the out-
doors on three sides, first through
a convenient mudroom that leads
into the side yard, second onto a
lovely iron Juliet balcony over-
looking the backyard, and third
onto the beautiful slate back
patio.
From the kitchen/breakfast
room, traffic can flow two direc-
tions: in the inner circle, through
the butler’s pantry and directly
into the dining room, or in a
wider circle across the patio and
back into the house. In warm
weather, the patio will beckon.
The open side overlooks the
expansive backyard, where a
mixture of deciduous and ever-
green balances lushness and pri-
vacy. Winding paths through the
vegetation lead to the back of the
property, then circle back again to
the patio.
On the opposite side of the
patio from the kitchen, French
doors open onto the spacious sun
porch. The dining room, also
accessible from the patio, is
appropriately situated in the heart
of a house made for gatherings.
Rich details elevate this room
from simply beautiful to stately,
such as its octagonal shape, built-
in china shelves, chair rail and
scalloped crown molding. More
French doors lead back to the for-
mal living room, which has
southern, western and northern
exposures and a green marble
fireplace, making it a bright and
welcoming resting place for
guests.
The eight-sided shape is
echoed on the second floor, with
an octagonal window on the land-
ing. The master suite features an
extra-long mantle with fireplace
on the left and built-in bookcase
on the right — an unexpected
touch but excellent idea — as
well as a fully redone octagonal
master bathroom, with marble
shower, soaking tub, double sinks
A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington February 17, 2016 ■ Page 15
Stately,spaciousPalisadeshomeoffersquietcharm
Photos courtesy of Washington Fine Properties
This six-bedroom house on Millwood Lane NW in the
Palisades is priced at $3,395,000.
ON THE MARKET
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gave the new designs a thumbs-
up. The group’s Architectural
Review Committee passed a reso-
lution 7-0 in support last Monday,
commending the school for lower-
ing the height. “The addition of
modern architecture adds to the
vibrancy of the neighborhood,”
the committee concluded in their
meeting report.
The new building is designed
to house eight new labs: one each
for biology, chemistry, physics,
environmental science and middle
school classes; two design tech-
nology labs; and a robotics lab.
Additional plans for the cam-
pus, which hosts grades six
through 12, include improving
pedestrian access and walkways.
One trouble spot being eyed is
improving access up the tall hill
that greets residents at the Macomb
Street gate.
Aside from the new building’s
scale, another point of contention
has been the proposed removal of
27 trees located on or around the
footprint of proposed construc-
tion. Five of those trees are classi-
fied as “significant trees” by the
District, according to landscape
architect Michael Vergason. He
said 102 new trees would be plant-
ed, among other additions to
“upgrade the beauty of the place.”
Some residents at the school’s
Feb. 2 public meeting remained
skeptical with the project — if not
with the new designs, then with
the community engagement pro-
cess to date. A Macomb Street
resident said the plan “looks quite
beautiful,” but that the initial pro-
posal eroded his trust. “When you
originally did this, you acted in a
way that wasn’t neighborly,” he
said.
Other residents remained
opposed. To applause, a 50-year
Macomb Street resident called the
removal of the trees and the park-
ing garage proposal “highly
destructive” and said “this project
is huge [and] many of us think it’s
quite ugly.”
Lewis, the head of school,
defended the need for additional
science labs, arguing their impor-
tance to the school’s educational
mission. Bothner said a school
building “is now being called the
third teacher. You learn a lot from
your environment, so as a science
building, it’s a great opportunity
to put a green roof on it.”
The project would also feature
bioretention ponds on the campus,
to catch stormwater.
Lewis said he hopes to get the
project on the Historic Preserva-
tion Review Board’s March agen-
da. He added the school would
continue to engage with Advisory
Neighborhood Commission 3C
(Cleveland Park, Massachusetts
Avenue Heights, Woodley Park)
and the Tregaron Conservancy.
The lengthy process to win
construction approval, which will
also include a visit to the Board of
Zoning Adjustment, will “galva-
nize us to do a lot better” in
addressing community concerns,
Lewis said.
“I think we shouldn’t be too
hard on them,” said one resident at
the meeting, adding: “I don’t see
how we can move forward if this
antagonism is spread.”
SCHOOL: Design scaled back
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and water closet with bidet. Across the house, two
adjacent rooms divided by folding doors offer a
flexible space for two bedrooms or one en-suite bed-
room plus a sitting room.
On the third floor, one bedroom sits in each wing,
separated by a hall with built-in cabinets and a full
bathroom. Each bedroom is made more spacious by
extra-wide dormer windows that create pop-out
spaces.
The basement is above ground on the side, where
the long driveway winds around to the two-car
garage, hidden from the street. The main room is an
expansive family room with plentiful shelving and
big windows — the largest has 35 panes. A laundry
room and an au pair suite with full bath open off to
the left, while access to the garage is straight ahead.
This spacious home is ideal for a community-ori-
ented and growing family, frequent hosts and those
who enjoy the convenience of the easy commute to
Georgetown or downtown, as well as the fine dining
and convenient shopping right in the Palisades.
This six-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house at
5050 Millwood Lane NW is listed for $3,395,000.
For more information, contact Margot Wilson of
Washington Fine Properties at 202-549-2100 or
margot.wilson@wfp.com.
MILLWOOD
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Photo courtesy of Washington Fine Properties
This Palisades home boasts a spacious yard and
an interior layout ideal for entertaining.
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