tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post139119670022408229..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Council Approves New Southwest Fire StationKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-37815603791355237012009-11-17T13:04:21.770-05:002009-11-17T13:04:21.770-05:00Ah, yes, a banal glass box with a giant red lego g...Ah, yes, a banal glass box with a giant red lego glued to the side.<br /><br />Wonder how much Geoff Griffis (City Partners) is making on this deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-61756852045307675302009-11-15T11:34:55.381-05:002009-11-15T11:34:55.381-05:00I bet it's all red because Chief Rubin still w...I bet it's all red because Chief Rubin still wants a brand new headquarters once the old Grimke School in NW is sold in a likely smoke-screened fire sale to firends of the Council and Mayor. Predict a long term lease for the HQ will follow soon so the the HQ does not need to move to another school site in SE -- a rumor that was recently wafting through smoke filled corridors of the Wilson Building -- in order to make way for U Street condos for friends of Fenty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-1457717008533725832009-11-08T20:13:08.448-05:002009-11-08T20:13:08.448-05:00Very Creative and attractive. I look forward to it...Very Creative and attractive. I look forward to its construction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-14859415516139807592009-11-06T12:43:41.936-05:002009-11-06T12:43:41.936-05:00It's a glass box with LegosIt's a glass box with LegosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-87051514565088975012009-11-05T14:31:54.637-05:002009-11-05T14:31:54.637-05:00hideous. Cronyism at its worsthideous. Cronyism at its worstAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-55528599288295763232009-11-04T11:51:06.532-05:002009-11-04T11:51:06.532-05:00Design seemed gratuitous to me at first, but now t...Design seemed gratuitous to me at first, but now that I undertstand it houses a fire station, it has reason to be different. Very cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-22190074601249418522009-11-04T05:26:00.738-05:002009-11-04T05:26:00.738-05:00Nice Russian Constructivist twist. Anything is be...Nice Russian Constructivist twist. Anything is better than another banal glass box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com