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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 31, 2024 8:22:30 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 31, 2024 9:40:39 GMT -5
Perhaps a little known fact but Tom Sarris's Orleans House was a favorite of employees of a certain covert agency that occupied several office buildings in downtown Rosslyn in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 31, 2024 11:12:22 GMT -5
The false metropolis continues to erode…
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 31, 2024 12:18:26 GMT -5
There was a bar some may remember called the Pawnshop in homage to the numerous pawnshops that were located in Rosslyn, along with the bars and brothels. DID YOU KNOW ROSSLYN WAS ONCE RENOWNED FOR ITS NUMEROUS BROTHELS? OR THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE SITE OF AN IMPORTANT FORT IN THE CIVIL WAR? www.rosslynva.org/feature/rosslyn-history |
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Post by C86 on Mar 31, 2024 12:24:14 GMT -5
Someday Rosslyn will be gone, and no one will believe it existed.
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 31, 2024 13:09:51 GMT -5
Someday Rosslyn will be gone, and no one will believe it existed. Hopefully replaced by the new Georgetown Stadium and Accessory Campus/Entertainment complex with a high speed bullet train between campus and the complex. One can dream! |
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Post by Massholya on Mar 31, 2024 16:30:40 GMT -5
Someday Rosslyn will be gone, and no one will believe it existed. Hopefully replaced by the new Georgetown Stadium and Accessory Campus/Entertainment complex with a high speed bullet train between campus and the complex. One can dream! Am I out of the loop? Has Georgetown ever considered buying some of the property there given they can’t really expand beyond their current footprint in DC? Is it possible? Would be easy to connect the 2 campuses via shuttles I would think. |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 31, 2024 17:16:26 GMT -5
Am I out of the loop? Has Georgetown ever considered buying some of the property there given they can’t really expand beyond their current footprint in DC? Is it possible? Would be easy to connect the 2 campuses via shuttles I would think. Rosslyn is already very dense as land usage goes, so I'm not sure what people think is available-- putting aside the ongoing litigation on the Key Bridge Marriott property, older buildings have been scooped up and/or demolished (the RCA building on N. Moore St. as an example) and replaced with 20-30 story high rises with class "A" market rates. Most don't lend itself to academic or residential use. A building at 1201 Wilson recently came up for sale above the Rosslyn Metro stop. Cost: $339 million. The Capital Campus footprint is, on the surface, more strategic. Georgetown is focusing on vacant buildings and/or open blocks adjacent to the Law Center that it can renovate or build to suit. Moving more grad studies off campus won't suddenly redevelop green space but it reduces the strain on the physical plant. mccourt.georgetown.edu/closertoimpact/ |
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Post by Massholya on Mar 31, 2024 18:25:20 GMT -5
Am I out of the loop? Has Georgetown ever considered buying some of the property there given they can’t really expand beyond their current footprint in DC? Is it possible? Would be easy to connect the 2 campuses via shuttles I would think. Rosslyn is already very dense as land usage goes, so I'm not sure what people think is available-- putting aside the ongoing litigation on the Key Bridge Marriott property, older buildings have been scooped up and/or demolished (the RCA building on N. Moore St. as an example) and replaced with 20-30 story high rises with class "A" market rates. Most don't lend itself to academic or residential use. A building at 1201 Wilson recently came up for sale above the Rosslyn Metro stop. Cost: $339 million. The Capital Campus footprint is, on the surface, more strategic. Georgetown is focusing on vacant buildings and/or open blocks adjacent to the Law Center that it can renovate or build to suit. Moving more grad studies off campus won't suddenly redevelop green space but it reduces the strain on the physical plant. mccourt.georgetown.edu/closertoimpact/Thanks. I had assumed this would be an expensive proposition but folks were making it out like Rosslyn was on the down and outs (which didn’t make much sense to me). |
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Post by RusskyHoya on Mar 31, 2024 19:02:11 GMT -5
Hopefully replaced by the new Georgetown Stadium and Accessory Campus/Entertainment complex with a high speed bullet train between campus and the complex. One can dream! Am I out of the loop? Has Georgetown ever considered buying some of the property there given they can’t really expand beyond their current footprint in DC? Is it possible? Would be easy to connect the 2 campuses via shuttles I would think. Buying? Not that I know of. Renting? Sure. thehoya.com/5665/news/grad-housing-considered/www.arlnow.com/2013/09/10/georgetown-mulls-housing-385-students-in-clarendon/georgetownvoice.com/2013/09/12/student-leaders-oppose-satellite-residence-proposal/Ironically, this general topic has been near and dear to my heart ever since I served as a representative on the Georgetown BID's "Georgetown 2028" transportation committee. I was probably as incredulous as most when Joe Sternleib first brought up the idea of a gondola between Rosslyn and Georgetown, but then I suddenly had a vision of a Madison Square Garden-like facility on the Key Bridge Marriott site: Rosslyn II underground, an arena complex on top of that (sized for Georgetown, not the pros), and then some trophy office space above that. All with a built-in gondola station. It's too bad this 'DeGioiaDome' vision never got a chance to proceed past the dream stage. Thanks. I had assumed this would be an expensive proposition but folks were making it out like Rosslyn was on the down and outs (which didn’t make much sense to me). Rosslyn is definitely feeling the effects of the post-pandemic shift to hybrid/remote - there's noticeable fewer people there during working hours than there once were. But it's such a convenient location, and they've been adding enough amenities to draw the people who live within a close walk/bike/scoot away, that it's definitely not down and out. The major construction projects DFW alluded to continue apace. Edit to add: The DC CBD, however... is on the struggle bus right now. Would not be at all surprised to see Georgetown making more real estate moves while prices are low. |
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 1, 2024 18:39:33 GMT -5
When was the Key Bridge Marriott demolished? And what is the ongoing litigation about?
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 1, 2024 18:47:21 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 1, 2024 19:10:03 GMT -5
Wow. I've actually stayed there, but that was a long time ago. |
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 1, 2024 20:50:46 GMT -5
When was the Key Bridge Marriott demolished? And what is the ongoing litigation about? Wasn’t demolished when I was in the DC area a month ago. It’s just an empty shell though. |
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