http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:38:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3593 sam Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:37:18 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3593 Clubs? The Park (at McPherson square) comes to mind, the entire building was made for the club, but most clubs just build out spaces that were once something else. Clubs? The Park (at McPherson square) comes to mind, the entire building was made for the club, but most clubs just build out spaces that were once something else.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3586 sean Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:21:18 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3586 are there any clubs that built their own buildings in dc? are there any clubs that built their own buildings in dc?

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3581 monkeyrotica Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:41:19 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3581 You can only have clubs in semi-industrial zoned areas anyway, because of noise issues. These areas are wastelands to begin with. Now that they've attracted yuppies who want more retail, they start bashing the clubs because they're not selling gourmet dog biscuits during the day. Whatever. And that goes double for dumps who don't serve lunch, or a decent sitdown breakfast even. Yuppies are too busy drinking their burnt-ass coffee and croissanwich to actually sit down to a decent plate of scrapple and grits. You can only have clubs in semi-industrial zoned areas anyway, because of noise issues. These areas are wastelands to begin with. Now that they’ve attracted yuppies who want more retail, they start bashing the clubs because they’re not selling gourmet dog biscuits during the day. Whatever. And that goes double for dumps who don’t serve lunch, or a decent sitdown breakfast even. Yuppies are too busy drinking their burnt-ass coffee and croissanwich to actually sit down to a decent plate of scrapple and grits.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3529 Ashley Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:47:29 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3529 Yeah but most restaurants and churches have nice streetscapes and are not closed off completely like the venues pictured, and other like them, the blocks that these are on are ugly looking, they could do more to make the streets they are on look nicer and not just board things up whenever they are closed. Yeah but most restaurants and churches have nice streetscapes and are not closed off completely like the venues pictured, and other like them, the blocks that these are on are ugly looking, they could do more to make the streets they are on look nicer and not just board things up whenever they are closed.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3528 brian Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:18:09 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3528 You could say the same thing about restaurants that are only open for dinner or about churches that closed a great deal of the time. There's also an argument that stores don't add anything to a neighborhood after they close in the evening, which is when most clubs/music venues are opening. It's important to have a mix of uses in an area that keep the street active rather than only looking at how a building contributes during a certain time of day. You could say the same thing about restaurants that are only open for dinner or about churches that closed a great deal of the time. There’s also an argument that stores don’t add anything to a neighborhood after they close in the evening, which is when most clubs/music venues are opening. It’s important to have a mix of uses in an area that keep the street active rather than only looking at how a building contributes during a certain time of day.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3525 sam Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:27:41 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/11/05/clubs-streetscape-responsibility/#comment-3525 This is a great question. The same people who jump all over any new development that doesn't have storefronts or some type of nice streetscape, are the first to say how great all these music venues are, it seems hypocritical. This is a great question. The same people who jump all over any new development that doesn’t have storefronts or some type of nice streetscape, are the first to say how great all these music venues are, it seems hypocritical.

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