Comments on: Big Changes in Store for Skynear in Adams Morgan http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: R. Carrell http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29982 R. Carrell Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:59:29 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29982 I have been a customer of Skynear & Co. on 18th street for over 17 years , well before the copycats like Reincarnation and Urban Essentials and the other two (I don't even remember their names) on 14th st. came along. I always found Skynear to be ahead of the curve and an inviting place you can chat with the staff and get ideas from them. Now I understand a goumet food shop is coming on the street level by the Cashions restaurant on Columbia Rd. This is very cool I can go browse at Skynear and pick up some delicious antipasta, freash bread or desserts prepared by Cashions chefs before I go home. I don't think there's a place like that in DC. That's what I call CHANGE./ I have been a customer of Skynear & Co. on 18th street for over 17 years , well before the copycats like Reincarnation and Urban Essentials and the other two (I don’t even remember their names) on 14th st. came along. I always found Skynear to be ahead of the curve and an inviting place you can chat with the staff and get ideas from them. Now I understand a goumet food shop is coming on the street level by the Cashions restaurant on Columbia Rd. This is very cool I can go browse at Skynear and pick up some delicious antipasta, freash bread or desserts prepared by Cashions chefs before I go home. I don’t think there’s a place like that in DC. That’s what I call CHANGE./

]]> By: Reformed Somali Pirate http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29981 Reformed Somali Pirate Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:16:24 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29981 Ahoy ! The Edition Hotels in Bankok, Instanbul, and Honolulu may well be under way according to these 2009 stories: http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Edition%20Hotels Closer to home, Edition Hotel Washington in Adams Morgan may still well be coming along. According to Adams Morgan Main Street Group’s June 2009 Newsletter, the project has received Historic Preservation Review Board approaval and "The Tax Increment Financing (TIF) package is being prepared by Friedman Capital and Groundbreaking is not yet set, but Friedman hopes to begin in 2010 with the hotel to open in 2012.” Ahoy !

The Edition Hotels in Bankok, Instanbul, and Honolulu may well be under way according to these 2009 stories:

http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Edition%20Hotels

Closer to home, Edition Hotel Washington in Adams Morgan may still well be coming along.

According to Adams Morgan Main Street Group’s June 2009 Newsletter, the project has received Historic Preservation Review Board approaval and

“The Tax Increment Financing (TIF) package is being prepared by Friedman Capital and Groundbreaking is not yet set, but Friedman hopes to begin in 2010 with the hotel to open in
2012.”

]]> By: Reformed Somali Pirate http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29980 Reformed Somali Pirate Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:22:21 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29980 Ahoy ! m.e.: Yes, the book store you visited in the 90’s probably was Idle Time Books, same name. Back then they leased the space across the street at 2410 18th Street where Toro Mata Art of Peru Store is situated now. Idle Time Books is live-above-the-store owner occupied at 2467 today and open 7 days a week. We all really need to support our few remaining non food and beverage commercial establishments like Skynear, Little Shop of Flowers, Old Brass Knob, Toro Mata, Idle Time Books. We can’t complain about the lack of variety in our neighborhood retail if we don’t each make an effort when spending to reach out as neighbors and consider patronizing our local merchants. Think local ! http://www.toromata.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=29 http://www.thebrassknob.com/index.html Ahoy !

m.e.:

Yes, the book store you visited in the 90’s probably was Idle Time Books, same name.

Back then they leased the space across the street at 2410 18th Street where Toro Mata Art of Peru Store is situated now.

Idle Time Books is live-above-the-store owner occupied at 2467 today and open 7 days a week.

We all really need to support our few remaining non food and beverage commercial establishments like Skynear, Little Shop of Flowers, Old Brass Knob, Toro Mata, Idle Time Books.

We can’t complain about the lack of variety in our neighborhood retail if we don’t each make an effort when spending to reach out as neighbors and consider patronizing our local merchants.

Think local !

http://www.toromata.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=29

http://www.thebrassknob.com/index.html

]]> By: Odentex http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29979 Odentex Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:53:43 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29979 Pirate: The Schrager-Marriott partnership is now focusing on hotel properties in Asia and has dropped all of it's plans in the USA for the foreseeable future. They've yet to start actual work on any properties. Pirate: The Schrager-Marriott partnership is now focusing on hotel properties in Asia and has dropped all of it’s plans in the USA for the foreseeable future. They’ve yet to start actual work on any properties.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29978 Anonymous Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:44:53 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29978 I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with the Skynear staff. They always stop just to talk, don't follow me around and I never fail to leave the store without something. I do remember back in January I saw a beautiful sofa and the salesperson told me that it was the last one they had because their favorite supplier suddenly went out of business. They said the employees came to work only to find themselves locked out of the factory. This may have something to do with Skynear's troubles. Who knows what was on back order. I must say that every time I go there all I can think of is, given the layout of the store, what a wonderful home to live in this would make if it were on a quiet residential street. I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with the Skynear staff. They always stop just to talk, don’t follow me around and I never fail to leave the store without something. I do remember back in January I saw a beautiful sofa and the salesperson told me that it was the last one they had because their favorite supplier suddenly went out of business. They said the employees came to work only to find themselves locked out of the factory. This may have something to do with Skynear’s troubles. Who knows what was on back order. I must say that every time I go there all I can think of is, given the layout of the store, what a wonderful home to live in this would make if it were on a quiet residential street.

]]> By: miss THANG http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29977 miss THANG Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:39:08 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29977 and here I thought only drag queens shopped at Reincarnations!!?!?!? git it grrrll. and here I thought only drag queens shopped at Reincarnations!!?!?!? git it grrrll.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29976 Anonymous Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:19:50 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29976 THIS is what DC is wasting our tax dollars on? http://www.am18thstreetreconstruction.com/18thStImgs/SidewalkRendering.jpg Grey to brown concrete? Lame Nickname Guy: You're right, it looks totally different! Couldn't even recognize it! I do think its lame that they are moving from diagonal parking to parallel parking. Way to go, DC fools. Geez. Less parking and less character? Sign me up for the NEW Adams Morgan! THIS is what DC is wasting our tax dollars on?
http://www.am18thstreetreconstruction.com/18thStImgs/SidewalkRendering.jpg

Grey to brown concrete? Lame Nickname Guy: You’re right, it looks totally different! Couldn’t even recognize it!

I do think its lame that they are moving from diagonal parking to parallel parking. Way to go, DC fools. Geez. Less parking and less character? Sign me up for the NEW Adams Morgan!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29975 Anonymous Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:14:57 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29975 My information was that the hotel project was cancelled due to upheaval in the financial lending markets. They have re-prioritized their funds, and this is no longer on the drawing board. Thanks for the news from 2008 though. Clam Chowder! My information was that the hotel project was cancelled due to upheaval in the financial lending markets. They have re-prioritized their funds, and this is no longer on the drawing board. Thanks for the news from 2008 though. Clam Chowder!

]]> By: m.e. http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29974 m.e. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29974 OK...I'm gonna visit Idle Time in the next couple of days. there used to be a great bookstore on 18th in AM, and maybe I.T. is it, but i don't think that was its name in the mid-90s. last time i looked for a bookstore there, i either couldn't find it or it was closed. now that olssen's is gone, i tend to go to kramerbooks--or, in a pinch, Borders, since that used to be a local bookstore in ann arbor. also, i rode the 90 buses for years when i was gainfully employed in an office, and they were ALWAYS crowded as heck east of 16th street going in either direction. and so on...i agree with the commenters on their experiences with skynear's retail employees. i never enjoyed going in there. the outside looked a lot warmer and friendlier than the inside. also, as i was strolling home yesterday, i was thinking that this area--AM/Petworth/Columbia Heights--reminds me of the East Village or Chelsea in NYC. It's so much more interesting than points west... OK…I’m gonna visit Idle Time in the next couple of days. there used to be a great bookstore on 18th in AM, and maybe I.T. is it, but i don’t think that was its name in the mid-90s. last time i looked for a bookstore there, i either couldn’t find it or it was closed. now that olssen’s is gone, i tend to go to kramerbooks–or, in a pinch, Borders, since that used to be a local bookstore in ann arbor.

also, i rode the 90 buses for years when i was gainfully employed in an office, and they were ALWAYS crowded as heck east of 16th street going in either direction.

and so on…i agree with the commenters on their experiences with skynear’s retail employees. i never enjoyed going in there. the outside looked a lot warmer and friendlier than the inside.

also, as i was strolling home yesterday, i was thinking that this area–AM/Petworth/Columbia Heights–reminds me of the East Village or Chelsea in NYC. It’s so much more interesting than points west…

]]> By: Reformed Somali Pirate http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29973 Reformed Somali Pirate Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:20:23 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/07/big-changes-in-store-for-skynear/#comment-29973 "What’s missing for me in Adams Morgan is a good bookstore." Ahoy! m.e.: Open 7 days a week for more than 25 years, this place has the ground floor and the second level full of thousands books organized like a library: Idle Time Book Store 2467 18th Street, NW Patronize your neighborhood merchants before you order from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Before you spend, think local ! and support and help save the neighborhood around you. The internet will survive. Many of our neighborhood merchants are not, and having a hard time competing with an increasing everything on-line culture. "Tantum Eruditi Sunt Liberi" “What’s missing for me in Adams Morgan is a good bookstore.”

Ahoy!

m.e.:

Open 7 days a week for more than 25 years, this place has the ground floor and the second level full of thousands books organized like a library:

Idle Time Book Store
2467 18th Street, NW

Patronize your neighborhood merchants before you order from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Before you spend, think local !

and support and help save the neighborhood around you.

The internet will survive. Many of our neighborhood merchants are not, and having a hard time competing with an increasing everything on-line culture.

“Tantum Eruditi Sunt Liberi”

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