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Monday, 16 September, 2013 to
Saturday, 21 September, 2013
Blog, Photos and Videos in reverse chronology.
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☆ Video
• Saturday, September 21, 2013 - Rally
to Fight Cafritz Bulldozers
- YouTube Video
Chevy Chase residents took legal action and
scheduled demonstrations to block Jane and
Calvin Cafritz from moving ahead with a proposed
apartment complex that violates numerous city
and federal development rules. Note, the webcam
covers a little more than the middle third of the
Connecticut Ave. block between Military Rd. and
Kanawha St., so there were three times the
protestors, three times the noise, and three times
the message to the Cafritzes. (1:07 min)
• Friday, September 20, 2013
- Finished denuding along the south side, Kanawha
St.; cleared vegetation and secured double fence.
- Denuded the north side of the property, Military
Rd.
- Removed all grass.
- Stop Work Order Notification posted last night at
9P on Military Rd. fence. "This was posted on the
fence on the Military Road side, on the edge of the
project. So if that side of the fence starts at the
corner of Military Road and Connecticut Avenue,
the sign was posted by the DC government at the
end of the fence on the Military Road side, where
Cafritz erected a fence and locked it with a steel
chain and lock. Among other things, the order
says they didn't have a permit to block that
entrance, erect a fence (at least on that specific
area) and lock the gate." FC
• Thursday, September 19, 2013
- The Connecticut Ave fence came down.
- The Connecticut Ave, 100 year old, stone wall
and steps were destroyed.
- The trees on the south west corner were all
felled and chipped.
- A new double-thick fence was installed on the
Connecticut and Kanawha sides.
☆ YouTube Video
Much of the activity is behind the street trees on
Connecticut Ave., but watch the chipper smoke
and grind in the middle of the screen, disposing of
hundreds of years of trees. Even though the
activity is partially obscured, watch the trees and
bushes thin and disappear at the right of the
screen, the southwest corner of the property,
Connecticut Ave. and Kanawha St. And 42
seconds into the video, a hundred-year-old, 10-
story, blue evergreen is ever gone. At 1:05
minutes, another evergreen far right is down.
(2:06 min)
• Wednesday, September 18, 2013
- Small backhoe and bulldozer on east side of
property, started digging.
• Tuesday, September 17, 2013
- Confab of five hung sign on Connecticut Ave.
fence and permits on Military Rd. fence.