On Tuesday, April 1 Douglas Development Corporation announced that Phase I of construction for the new Tenley View had begun. Neighbors, who have long awaited the redevelopment of the former Babe’s Billiards location, have been clamoring for photographic evidence of progress at the site. Douglas Development granted Tenleytown, D.C. permission to share this photo taken at the start of demolition of the
Read moreDon’t let the date fool you – this is no April Fools’ Day trick. The long awaited Tenley View project, the site of the former Babe’s Billiards and current landmark eyesore, will enter Phase I of construction on April 1, 2014. Douglas Development Corporation, in an email this week, announced that it had received a permit to begin interior demolition and
Read moreTonight’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 3E meeting will now include a presentation by Douglas Development Corporation regarding the current Tenley View project, located at 4600 Wisconsin Avenue. Douglas Development will share plans for a public space application at the former Babe’s Billiards site. Included in the application, and requiring ANC review and approval, are: special paving along Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street, an
Read moreAs promised by Douglas Development project manager Andrea Gourdine in an email earlier this month, demolition of the 4616 Wisconsin Avenue section of the Tenley View project looks to be on track for completion by the end of November. A walk by the site this afternoon revealed that the former two-story commercial building at the end of the lot is
Read moreTenleytown residents are understandably impatient to see progress at the site of the former Babe’s Billiards and future home of the mixed-use development Tenley View. This project has been over a decade in the making. While demolition work began at the end of October and there is a steady stream of debris filling the lone dumpster in front of the
Read moreAs promised by the Douglas Development Corporation, initial demolition work has begun at the former Babe’s Billiards site – albeit a few days later than they originally said. A large grey dumpster, which was full by mid-day, can be found on Wisconsin Avenue toward the end of the property that is to become the residential and retail Tenley View. A
Read moreAfter standing vacant for almost eight years as a dark black eyesore in the heart of Tenleytown, the former Babe’s Billiards site is set to begin its transformation early next week. Douglas Development Corporation, which owns the site, recently received a raze permit, and Project Manager Andrea Gourdine confirmed in an email that the “raze crew is expected to mobilize next
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