Comments on: The Beatles Were Here http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Guy Mondo http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-704 Guy Mondo Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:38:41 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-704 When I was a kid the Washington Coliseum was where you went to see shows that weren't big enough for the DC Armory and music show too big for the Howard Theater. I remember seeing the Harlem Globetrotters there. There were also roller derby and pro wrestling events and there was public roller/ice rink there, too, I think. I know many will disagree with me, but if a grocery goes up in that space I hope it doesn't drive the nearby DC Farmers Market away. Where else can I find smoked turkey butts and liver pudding? As for a Beatles museum, I say build it in the UK. When I was a kid the Washington Coliseum was where you went to see shows that weren’t big enough for the DC Armory and music show too big for the Howard Theater. I remember seeing the Harlem Globetrotters there. There were also roller derby and pro wrestling events and there was public roller/ice rink there, too, I think. I know many will disagree with me, but if a grocery goes up in that space I hope it doesn’t drive the nearby DC Farmers Market away. Where else can I find smoked turkey butts and liver pudding?

As for a Beatles museum, I say build it in the UK.

]]> By: Fish Food http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-681 Fish Food Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:17:49 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-681 Yeah Roller Girls! I live nearby and would be a regular if they also added beer and popcorn. Yeah Roller Girls! I live nearby and would be a regular if they also added beer and popcorn.

]]> By: poo poo http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-666 poo poo Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:38:32 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-666 HT has signed a letter of intent, but we all know how that goes. it means very little. they haven't even broken ground on the site. but yeah, hopefully they'll follow through. i was only half kidding about the whole foods. as long as it's not a strip club, i'll probably be on board. i can't wait to hear what jemal has in store for the spot.... HT has signed a letter of intent, but we all know how that goes. it means very little. they haven’t even broken ground on the site. but yeah, hopefully they’ll follow through.

i was only half kidding about the whole foods.

as long as it’s not a strip club, i’ll probably be on board.

i can’t wait to hear what jemal has in store for the spot….

]]> By: sean http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-651 sean Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:26:57 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-651 isn't there going to be a harris teeter about 2 blocks from there? how about a home for the DC roller girls? http://www.dcrollergirls.com/ isn’t there going to be a harris teeter about 2 blocks from there?

how about a home for the DC roller girls?
http://www.dcrollergirls.com/

]]> By: BiLL http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-645 BiLL Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:44:29 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-645 Yeah, gotta agree with poo poo here. I walk past that building twice everyday and its become a complete eyesore. So the Beattles played there once ... that's great, but irrelevant in most people's daily lives who live in the neighborhood. Right now it’s a daily car park (at least your cars are inside the old arena). Before that, it was a trash transfer station for the area. Ahhh ... good times with all the trash and trash trucks rumbling through the local streets. I saw some plans once to preserve the building but build something on top of it. The design looked kinda funky (not too sure), but at least the space was utilized and the "historic" building was saved. Personally I'd love to see a Whole Foods there. That would be the best thing since sliced bread. And if there was some residential added above the building, then that would be sliced bread plus PBJ. Yeah, gotta agree with poo poo here. I walk past that building twice everyday and its become a complete eyesore. So the Beattles played there once … that’s great, but irrelevant in most people’s daily lives who live in the neighborhood. Right now it’s a daily car park (at least your cars are inside the old arena). Before that, it was a trash transfer station for the area. Ahhh … good times with all the trash and trash trucks rumbling through the local streets.

I saw some plans once to preserve the building but build something on top of it. The design looked kinda funky (not too sure), but at least the space was utilized and the “historic” building was saved.

Personally I’d love to see a Whole Foods there. That would be the best thing since sliced bread. And if there was some residential added above the building, then that would be sliced bread plus PBJ.

]]> By: poo poo http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-641 poo poo Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:23:24 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-641 sorry to disagree. that space is adjacent to NY metro station (think "economy" of the NE quadrant). the volume of the area does not lend itself to be a museum of any kind. it needs to be utilized. i can't enumerate the number of places in dc that have gone from one extreme to another. just name the place "Beatles", throw up a few historic reminders, and go on with developing the place in accordance with the economy. there will never be a museum there. never. mark my words. a reference to the beats, yes, but that's about it. priorities in this part of DC are a bit different than the rest of dc, or tourists from MD, VA, and the rest of america. but hey, why not dream? no? sorry to disagree.

that space is adjacent to NY metro station (think “economy” of the NE quadrant). the volume of the area does not lend itself to be a museum of any kind.

it needs to be utilized. i can’t enumerate the number of places in dc that have gone from one extreme to another. just name the place “Beatles”, throw up a few historic reminders, and go on with developing the place in accordance with the economy.

there will never be a museum there. never.

mark my words.

a reference to the beats, yes, but that’s about it.

priorities in this part of DC are a bit different than the rest of dc, or tourists from MD, VA, and the rest of america.

but hey, why not dream? no?

]]> By: Kera D. http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-638 Kera D. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:42:35 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-638 Whole Foods would be great, but a Beatles Museum would be even better! We have some nice new Groceries in the area after all! but the entire US doesn't have a Beatles Museum! Whole Foods would be great, but a Beatles Museum would be even better!

We have some nice new Groceries in the area after all! but the entire US doesn’t have a Beatles Museum!

]]> By: Lori http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-636 Lori Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:39:05 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-636 wow, thats really interesting, and such a cool pic (though it is a little creepy)! ...like the site, i'll be back! wow, thats really interesting, and such a cool pic (though it is a little creepy)! …like the site, i’ll be back!

]]> By: poo poo http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-635 poo poo Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:42 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/01/25/the-beatles-were-here/#comment-635 isn't jemal teaming up with the property owner across the street to create a nighlife district? i know layman wanted it to have some 'music' related purpose, and maybe it still will. i personally would like to see a whole foods in there! isn’t jemal teaming up with the property owner across the street to create a nighlife district?

i know layman wanted it to have some ‘music’ related purpose, and maybe it still will.

i personally would like to see a whole foods in there!

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